OPAQUE POLYMER
OPAQUE POLYMER is an organic opacifier for water-based paints and coatings, mainly white and pastel formulations.
To a certain extent, using OPAQUE POLYMER enables white and pastel paints and coatings formulators to decrease their titanium dioxide consumption.
OPAQUE POLYMER is a highly efficient, voided latex product that improves hiding and whiteness in paints and coatings and functions as a partial replacement for titanium dioxide (TiO2).
Opaque Polymer is a hollow-sphere polymeric pigment that allows paint manufacturers to reduce the raw material cost of their formulations with no performance penalties.
Adding Opaque Polymer to conventional paints allows the paint manufacturer to reduce the initial level of TiO2 and provide significant cost savings with equal properties.
Because Opaque Polymer has a comparatively low binder demand, the total PVC can be slightly increased without sacrificing paint performance.
The extender levels may need to be rebalanced to adjust gloss by adjusting the ratio of large and small particle size extenders, and the water level and thickener may need to be adjusted to keep volume solids and viscosity constant.
Opacifiers and opaque polymers can be used in wall coating formulations as a partial replacement of TiO2 to achieve a balance of performance and cost.
Our opaque polymer additives help your formulations offer opacity, gloss, and brightness for paints and coatings.
Our advanced polymeric opacifiers are engineered to improve the efficiency of titanium dioxide (TiO2) through better spacing for improved light scattering – all while maintaining the performance of the paint or coating.
Current market conditions related to the rising cost of TiO2 allow this product to deliver value at higher levels of TiO2 replacement and in more formulating spaces.
Opaque polymer was developed to supplement titanium dioxide (TiO2) in paint formulators with a light-scattering pigment.
The hollow-sphere structure of OPAQUE POLYMER provides a controlled and consistent level of air void hiding in paint through the refractive index differential between the internal air void and the outer polymer shell.
The encapsulated air voids hide without losing resistance properties associated with other raw materials, which provide hiding through increased film porosity.
Extensive research and practical experience demonstrate that OPAQUE POLYMER may economically replace 10 to 20% of TiO2 in white and pastel architectural paints.
Recent and continued increases in TiO2 prices have raised the formulated cost of all paints.
As a result, there is growing interest in using OPAQUE POLYMER at higher levels of TiO2 replacement in white and pastel acrylics.
This interest extends to using OPAQUE POLYMER in mid-tone tint bases, primers, and polyvinyl acetate (PVA) paints.
Reformulation and performance studies coupled with a new proprietary reformulation tool demonstrate the expanded utility of OPAQUE POLYMER in these formulation spaces.
In addition, technological advances have led to the development of a next-generation OPAQUE POLYMER that can be used in waterborne and solvent-borne alkyd architectural paints.
OPAQUE POLYMER
Ataman's Opaque Polymer is an ammonia, formaldehyde, and APEO-free OPAQUE POLYMER designed for water-based paints and other coatings.
OPAQUE POLYMER is an organic opacifier for water-based paints and coatings, mainly white and pastel formulations.
Ataman's Opacifier Polymer is an OPAQUE POLYMER
Ataman's Opaque Polymer is a non-film-forming.
Ataman's Opaque Polymer is a polymer emulsion that forms hollow air-filled particles when dried.
When used in paint formulations to partially replace TiO2 and other extenders, Ataman's Opaque Polymer acts like a fine-particle inorganic extender, spacing the TiO2 particles.
This improves the efficiency of TiO2.
Ataman's Opaque Polymer has a very low surface area, and the binder demand is very low.
This allows the paint formulators to work at higher pigment volume concentrations.
By utilizing the benefits of Ataman's Opaque Polymer, the paint formulation cost could be reduced without reducing the performance.
Alternatively, the paint performance could be improved without increasing the
cost.
TYPICAL PROPERTIES
Appearance: White emulsion
Non-Volatile Content (by weight) % ± 1: 30
Viscosity (Brookfield LVT 2/60): 500 cps max
pH: 8.0 - 8.7
Specific Gravity of Dry Polymer @ 25°C: 0.6 ± 0.02
Particle Size (nm): 450 ± 50
APPLICATION PROPERTIES
- APEO-free organic opacifier
- Ammonium hydroxide free
- Broad range of formulations from low to high PVC
- Increased TiO2 efficiency
- Excellent opacity contributions
- Improved formulation cost optimization
PRODUCT HANDLING – STORAGE – SHELFLIFE
Containers should be well sealed to prevent water evaporation and skin formation and ensure safe storage of this emulsion.
The emulsion must be stored between 5-25°C for 12 months, and freezing must be avoided.
Keeping the emulsion under slow and/or intermittent agitation is strongly advised.
Ataman's Opaque Polymer should not be in contact with any glycols glycol derivatives or aromatic solvents during storage.
