Pigment & Resin Technology: Volume 10 Issue 1

Comment

Following our comments last month on powder coatings, an interesting development is that the Berger Group is to develop and manufacture a new ‘liquid powder’ or ‘slurry’ paint…

Applications of gas chromatography in the paint & allied industries. Raw materials: Part 2

Ann J. Walton

The liquid extract obtained from the natural cashew nutshell is rich in phenolic substances which are derived from anacardic acid C6H3(OH) (CO2H) (C15H31‐n), where n may have…

Coatings update: new raw materials

Americus

If the paint chemist is to meet the challenges of ecology, toxicity, and government regulations generally, he must rely on two things. One of these is formulating skill, the…

The importance of controlled lighting for colour matching

Keith McLaren

Ever since artists began to paint on canvas rather than cave walls they have always preferred to have the light coming from the sky rather than directly from the sun mainly…

Leather finishes based on polyvinylchloride and polystyrene resins

M.I. Khan, S. Chandra, A.K. Vasishtha

Lacquers based on polystyrene and polyvinyl chloride resins were prepared by blending the two resins in various proportions. Their properties were evaluated and compared with…

Equipment

A roller coater designed principally for the application of UV polyester and acrylic lacquers at rates from 10 to 200 grammes per sq. metre is now being marketed by the Machinery…

Materials

Garrick Chemical & Equipment Co Ltd, Swan House, 20 New Wharf Rd, London N1 9RR, announce a new range of water based medium to high molecular weight pressure sensitive adhesives…

Industry

Over 80 screen printers, designers and print buyers attended the recent launch of Coates Special Product's new Colour Guide at the London Press Centre. The standard colours are…

People

Mr. Michael Dowdall, formerly chairman of Lever, France, has been appointed chairman of BOCM Silcock Ltd. He succeeds Mr. Christopher Jemmett, now appointed a member of Unilever's…

Publications

A list of readily‐available high‐purity monomers has been produced by Ubichem Ltd., 281 Hithermoor Road, Stanwell Moor, Staines, Middx.