Coating ingredients for Water-based Inks

QUAKER COLOR™ BRF-FP-1854 Fluorescent Pink by Quaker Color is a fluorescent resin-free, waterborne, low-VOC and APE-free dispersion based on Fluorescent Pink. It is designed to be used in waterborne or water reducible industrial and architectural coatings, inks, and stains. BRF-F dispersions are resin-free, they are compatible with most water-based applications.

• Full line of fluorescent pigments
• Low-VOC and APE-free (VOC: 14.1)
• Excellent stability


• Technology: QUAKER COLOR™ BRF-FP-1854 is surfactant based and glycol-free. It will have minimal influence on coating properties like gloss, hardness, moisture resistance, and rheology.
• Applications: It is formulated to be used in places where fluorescence is needed for extra visibility. It can be used in architectural as well as industrial coatings.
• Compatibility: It is compatible in most waterborne and water-reducible coating types like acrylic, styrene acrylic, alkyd emulsion, PUD urethane, vinyl acrylic, epoxy, and 2k urethane.
• Typical addition levels are between 0.1 and 12% by weight.

VISCOPOL™ 6191 by allnex is a low-foaming, fast-drying and anionic styrene acrylic copolymer emulsion. It exhibits excellent water and grease-resistance, excellent gloss and adhesion properties and has excellent mechanical shear stability. It also shows excellent pigment wetting and good block resistance coupled with wide solvent tolerance. VISCOPOL™ 6191 is particularly recommended for use in water-based flexographic & gravure printing inks, overprint lacquers and paper & board-coating applications. It is also highly recommended for use in the formulation of anti-corrosive metal primers. It has a shelf life of 12 months.

EPOCROS™ WS-700 by Nippon Shokubai is a VOC-free adhesion promoter and a waterborne crosslinker based on acrylic, high oxazoline functionalized reactive copolymer. The new crosslinking technology enhances the reactivity between oxazoline groups and carboxy groups through a heating and mixing process involving EPOCROS™ WS and a carboxy group-containing emulsion with a specific neutralization rate.

• It offers lower curing temperature, excellent storage stability, no peeling and long pot life for one packaging.
• It provides film properties, low toxicity, fast drying and improved water- & heat resistance.
• EPOCROS™ WS-700 allows crosslinking reaction at low temperature (80-120°C) and without any by-product.
• It exhibits high reactivity and performance expression with even small addition.
• It offers excellent adhesion to polyethylene terephthalate (PET), oriented polypropylene (OPP) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
• Recommended for coatings (metals, films, paper, plastics, leather), primer (film, plastics, building materials, automobiles, PVB inks), paints, inks and pigment printing.
• It is registered with CSCA (Japan), TSCA (USA), REACH EU and IECSC (China) regulations.

EPOCROS™ WS-300 by Nippon Shokubai is a VOC-free adhesion promoter and waterborne crosslinking agent based on acrylic, high oxazoline functionalized reactive copolymer. The new crosslinking technology enhances the reactivity between oxazoline groups and carboxy groups through a heating and mixing process involving EPOCROS™ WS and a carboxy group-containing emulsion with a specific neutralization rate.

• It offers lower curing temperature, excellent storage stability, no peeling and long pot life for one packaging.
• It provides film properties, low toxicity, fast drying and improved water- & heat resistance.
• It shows excellent adhesion to polyethylene terephthalate (PET), oriented polypropylene (OPP) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
• It exhibits controllable appearance by glass transition temperature adjustment and crosslinking reaction at low temperature (80-120°C) with no by-product.
• It offers high reactivity and performance expression with even small addition.
• EPOCROS™ WS-300 is designed for coatings (metals, films, paper, plastics, leather), primer (film, plastics, building materials, automobiles, PVB inks), paints, inks and pigment printing.
• It is registered with CSCA(Japan) and TSCA(USA) regulations.

RHEOLATE® HX 6030 by Elementis is a non-ionic associative thickener (NiSAT) designed for waterborne systems. It is a VOC-, APEO-, and tin-free polyurethane solution offering high thickening efficiency without compromising application performance.

• It provides excellent sag resistance, flow and leveling due to its balanced Newtonian rheology profile, making it ideal for use in coatings ranging from low sheen to high gloss enamels.
• It can replace conventional medium to high shear rheology modifiers and is compatible with various resin chemistries.
• It can be used alone or in combination with other thickeners to optimize brush and roller application properties.
• It is a pourable and pumpable liquid, offering low odor and good storage stability.
• RHEOLATE® HX 6030 does not detract from gloss or wet adhesion and performs well across a broad pH range.
• It has stronger association in smaller particle size resin and is compatible with most water-based resin systems.
• It exhibits excellent compatibility with other associative rheological additives, clay-based thickeners, or cellulosic thickeners for desired rheology.
• It is suitable for use in water-based systems including premium zero- to low-VOC and conventional latex paints, inks and textile coatings.
• It has a shelf life of 24 months and recommended usage level is 1.5% to 2.5% on total paint weight.

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.

HYMICRO20 -G distributed by DKSH is a fine micronized Fischer-Tropsch wax powder with good rub resistance and excellent slip & gloss performance.

• It is excellent for use in inks due to its low melting point.
• It is recommended for use in powder coating due to the high degassing performance and easy to handle behavior.
• HYMICRO20 -G performs very well in water-based inks and is available only in Poland.

NUOSPERSE® FX 7600W by Elementis is a waterborne and organic solvent-free wetting and dispersing agent. It is an aqueous solution of surface-active substances and polymers containing multiple anchoring groups. It offers efficient viscosity reduction and outstanding color strength development in carbon black and organic pigments dispersions.

• It is sustainable and shows compatibility with most waterborne formulations.
• It exhibits high efficiency, improved pigment wetting and low foaming.
• It is easy to use and provides viscosity stability and long-term storage capacity.
• It is designed for water-borne inks, industrial coatings and pigment concentrates.
• Recommended usage level is 1-5% for binder resin containing and 5-20% for binder resin-free formulations.
• NUOSPERSE® FX 7600W has a shelf life of 2 years.

RHEOLATE® 212 by Elementis is 20% solids, VOC-free polyether polyurethane associative rheology modifier. It shows more efficient high-shear viscosity development and improved flow and levelling properties.

• It can be used alone with small particle size latex systems or in combination with a co-thickener such as RHEOLATE® 655 or RHEOLATE® 666 if higher mid-shear (package) viscosity is required.
• It shows more efficient high-shear viscosity development and improved flow and levelling properties.
• It provides superior spatter resistance, good color acceptance and pourable liquid for easy addition.
• It is bio-stable and pH independent grade.
• It is compatible with other thickeners.
• It does not detract from gloss or wet adhesion.
• Designed for use in high quality, low VOC latex paints, high- & semi-gloss interior and exterior latex paints and other waterborne alkyd latex paints, inks and textile coatings where maintaining viscosity at high shear during product application and improved film levelling are required.
• Recommended dosage level is 0.5% to 5% (thickener solids weight) on total system weight.
• RHEOLATE® 212 has a shelf life of 2 years.

Ecodis™ P 90 distributed by DKSH is an ionic homopolymer dispersing agent for water-based systems. It is cost-effective, compatible, easy to handle, and ready to use. It is APEO-free, bacteria-resistant, heavy metal-free, and solvent-free.

• It ensures stable storage with antisettling, viscosity stability, syneresis resistance, and floating resistance.
• The resulting film exhibits excellent hiding power/opacity, chemical resistance, stain resistance, and transparency.
• It is suitable for fillers, organic and inorganic pigments.
• It is used in graphic arts, architectural, textile & leather coating and traffic paints.
• Recommended dosage level is 0.1-0.5% of active ingredients based on the total weight of the pigments and fillers.
• Ecodis™ P 90 has a shelf life of 1 year.
• It is available in Canada.