Coating ingredients for Textile Printing inks

RHEOLATE® BIO 5075 by Elementis is a bio-based mid-shear non-ionic synthetic associative thickener (NiSAT). It is an environmentally friendly, VOC-, APEO-, and tin-free polyurethane solution.

• It is designed to give a good balance of leveling and sag resistance in interior and exterior deco paints across all sheen levels.
• Its low viscosity makes it an easy to handle pourable and pumpable liquid.
• It shows excellent compatibility with other associative rheological additives, clay-based thickeners, or cellulosic thickeners for desired rheology.
• It offers broad formulation flexibility, excellent storage stability, ease of incorporation and use, spatter resistance, and pH independence.
• RHEOLATE® BIO 5075 is designed for use in industrial water-based coatings systems, inks and textile coatings.
• Recommended dosage level is 0.2-1% (thickener solids weight) on total system weight.
• It has a shelf life of 2 years from the date of manufacture.

RHEOLATE® BIO 5010 by Elementis is a bio-based associative thickener for high shear-rate viscosity build in water-borne systems. It is an environmentally friendly, APEO-, VOC-, and tin-free polyurethane solution.

• It provides improved flow and levelling in the gloss and semi-gloss water-based paints than most other viscosity modifiers.
• Its ability to enhance high shear viscosity of water-based paints is desirable for improved applied film build and levelling properties.
• It is compatible with other thickeners and does not detract from gloss or wet adhesion.
• It provides superior spatter resistance, good color acceptance and is a pourable liquid for easy addition with pH independence.
• RHEOLATE® BIO 5010 is used in water-based paints, inks and textile coatings.
• Recommended dosage level is 0.5-5% (thickener solids weight) on total system weight.
• It has a shelf life of 2 years from the date of manufacture.

SACHTLEBEN MICRO distributed by DKSH is a synthetic barium sulfate. It is acid, weather and alkali resistant. It is inert with extremely narrow particle size range and low specific surface area.

• Exhibits lightness, low abrasive action and an extremely high light reflectance in broad ranges of the spectrum.
• Offers pure whiteness while preserving the original brilliance and hues of colored pigments used.
• It is notable for its extremely low binder requirement and excellent dispersibility.
• Its deflocculating properties makes it possible in combination with titanium dioxide, colored pigments and carbon blacks.
• It can be used to achieve high gloss coatings which are flocculation resistant.
• Recommended for fishing enamels, dispersion paints, printing inks, wood paints and powder coating systems.
• SACHTLEBEN MICRO is FDA approved.
• It is available in Canada.

Yunying™ HEC BR4400H distributed by DKSH is a nonionic, water-soluble hydroxyl ethyl cellulose (HEC)-based thickening agent. It provides excellent water retention, viscosity stability upon tinting and storage viscosity stability.

• It offers very good bio-stable properties.
• It shows high compatibility with pigment paste.
• Yunying™ HEC BR4400H is used in latex paints, paper coatings, waterborne system and textile printing inks.
• This product is available in Asia/Pacific regions.

Yunying™ BR300H distributed by DKSH is an uniform, non-ionic, water-soluble, cellulose ether-based thickener. It provides excellent water retention, viscosity stability upon tinting and storage viscosity stability.

• It possesses very good bio-stable properties.
• It shows high compatibility with pigment paste.
• Yunying™ BR300H is used in latex paints, paper coatings, waterborne system, emulsion synthesis and textile printing inks.
• This product is available in Asia/Pacific regions.

Dispurez® 104 by Incorez is a solvent-free, aliphatic polyurethane dispersion. It has been formulated to offer the best combination of toughness and flexibility to coatings that require durability. Films derived from Dispurez® 104 exhibit excellent hydrolysis and thermal resistance whilst also offering excellent low temperature flexibility, making them particularly suited for waterproofing, boosting performance of acrylic wall coatings and textile applications.

Butyl Glycol Acetate by BASF is ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate/ acetic acid-2-butoxyethyl ester/ 2-butoxyethyl acetate. Acts as a low volatility solvent for paints and printing inks. Possesses a faint ester odor, and good solvent power for numerous organic substances. Improves the gloss and flow of coatings. Also improves the flow and brushability of cellulose nitrate and cellulose ether lacquers and of paints formulated from chlorinated binders. Exhibits miscibility with most common organic solvents eg. alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, ethers, glycols, and glycol ethers but sparingly soluble with water. Butyl Glycol Acetate is used in flexographic, gravure and screen printing inks, for dyes used to print and color leather and textiles, for dyes in furniture polishes and wood stains.

Kronos® 9900 distributed by DKSH is a titanium dioxide pigment concentrate. It provides highest brightness and opacity with a bluish tone. It is a ready-to-use concentrate that improves storage stability of inkjet inks.

• It enables required rheological performance, optimizes processing for cost reduction, and is dust-free to enhance work safety.
• It is used in water-based and hybrid (H₂O/UV) inkjet ink systems for applications such as packaging and textiles.
• It is available in APAC region (Portugal, Spain, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan).

AERODISP® WK 7330 by Evonik is a cationic, aqueous dispersion of fumed silica and a fumed mixed oxide with high solids content and a positive zetapotential. It is used as a sizing or coating pigment for inkjet paper to enhance color strength (gamut and optical density), print uniformity (mottle and grain), print resolution (line growth, raggedness, and blur), water fastness, and coefficient of friction.

• It is also suitable for modifying electrophoretically deposited metal layers.
• It enables excellent dot sharpness and resolution, crucial for high-quality digital printing.
• In order to achieve high-quality results, it is necessary to control the spreading behavior and fixation of the inks on the substrate.
• It provides positively charged solid particles, nano-sized primary particles, superior rheological behavior and high formulation flexibility and ease of handling.
• AERODISP® WK 7330 is compatible with non-ionic and cationic binder systems, making them the first choice for primers such as textile inks.

Crilat 1830 by Vinavil is a formaldehyde-and nonylphenol ethoxilated surfactants-free aqueous dispersion of a self-cross-linkable acrylic polymer. It acts as a binder for non-wovens.

• It offers good solvent resistance.
• It crosslinks on drying without added heat and produces no formaldehyde emissions.
• Crilat 1830 is suitable for textile printing, finishing and impregnation.
• It has a shelf life of 6 months.