SOLEX PAINTS LIMITED
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PAINTS
Paint is any pigmented liquid, liquefiable, or mastic composition that, after application to a substrate in a thin layer, converts to a solid film. It is most commonly used to protect, color, or provide texture to objects. Paint can be made or purchased in many colors—and in many different types, such as watercolor, synthetic, etc. Paint is typically stored, sold, and applied as a liquid, but most types dry into a solid.
Common Types of Paint:
Primer
is a preparatory coating put on materials before applying the paint itself. The primed surface ensures better adhesion of the paint, thereby increasing the durability of the paint and providing improved protection for the painted surface. Suitable primers also may block and seal stains, or hide a color that is to be painted over.
Emulsion
paints are water-based paints in which the paint material is dispersed in a liquid that consists mainly of water. For suitable purposes this has advantages in fast drying, low toxicity, low cost, easier application, and easier cleaning of equipment, among other factors.
Varnish and shellac
are in effect paints without pigment; they provide a protective coating without substantially changing the color of the surface, though they can emphasise the colour of the material.
Wood stain
is a type of paint that is formulated to be very "thin", meaning low in viscosity, so that the pigment soaks into a material such as wood rather than remaining in a film on the surface. Stain is mainly dissolved pigment or dye plus binder material in solvent. It is designed to add color without providing a surface coating.
Enamel paint
is formulated to give an especially hard, usually glossy, finish. Some enamel paints contain fine glass powder or metal flake instead of the color pigments in standard oil-based paints. Enamel paint sometimes is mixed with varnish or urethane to improve its shine and hardness.
SOLVENTS
Solvent products are utilised in almost all manufacturing processes in a wide variety of applications.
Many of the products we use that are vital to everyday modern living such as pharmaceuticals, personal care or electronics are all manufactured using solvents in their processes.
The following applications all use solvents in the process of their manufacture;
Pharmaceuticals
Paints and Coatings
Printing Inks
Cosmetics and Personal Care
Food and Beverage
Cleaning and Degreasing
Automotive
Dyes and Pigments
Adhesives
Chemical Manufacture
Aerosols
Agrochemicals
