When manufacturing a paint, it is very important to know how to choose all its components so that it retains its properties when used in the application for which it has been designed. One of these properties, perhaps one of the most important, is undoubtedly the colour. The components that determine the colour of a…
The detergent and paint industries have long used MIT (Methylisothiazolinone) as a biocide/preservative in water-based formulations. Until now, the legislation required MIT to be labelled as H317 (it may cause an allergic skin reaction) when above 1000 ppm, and as EUH208 when above 100 ppm. This, so far, has not been a problem for these…
Quimidroga, the distributor for many years of the French manufacturer DRT (Les Dérivés Résiniques Terpéniques, www.drt.fr ) for Spain, Portugal, Maghreb and Turkey, has just obtained the distribution of its range of resins for the adhesive, paint, rubber and construction industries for the market of French Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises from next October onwards. This…