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For the Lab and Plant
We are proud to represent the Leneta Company, the world leader for high quality test charts for the paint and coatings industry. All test charts are not alike. Your critical R&D endeavors and quality control depend on the highest level of reproducibility in the lab and plant. With Leneta brand test charts and equipment, you […]
Mica
We are pleased to represent for our customers Southeastern Performance Minerals and their outstanding line of muscovite mica. Produced at their plant in Deepstep, Georgia, our wet ground and dry ground mica products are commonly used in the coatings, plastics, and composites industries. Systems formulated using mica generally exhibit excellent sandability, improved film integrity, and […]
Zinc Oxide / Zinc Dust
For many years we have been pleased to offer the Maximo Zinc line of American process zinc oxide. Zinc oxide has long been used as a fungistat in the coatings industry and our American process grades are particularly suited to provide the highest level of performance and stability. There are two processes used in producing […]
PolyResyn, Inc
For many years, we have been pleased to offer to our industrial coatings customers the SUSPENO line of rheological additives from PolyResyn, Inc. SUSPENO is an organic compound which provides anti-settling and sag control with no increase in apparent viscosity. Field experience shows marked improvement in brushability and leveling in a variety of pigmented industrial […]
Attapulgite Clay
This difficult to pronounce but very useful clay additive is produced by our supplier ActiveMinerals. Min-U-Gel attapulgite clays are hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate clays with gelling and rheological properties used to thicken and stabilize aqueous systems. MinU-Gel can be used alone or in conjunction with associative thickeners where a low shear thixotrope is required to […]
Fumed Silica
Fumed silicon dioxide is perhaps the most interesting and versatile product sold by Majemac. Numerous hydrophilic and hydrophobic grades are used in many industries for a wide array of applications. In the pharmaceutical industry, fumed silica is used as an excipient in tableting applications. The silica performs two functions, the first to improve release of […]
Burgess Optiwhite
It has been many years since the Burgess Pigment Company introduced the first thermooptic kaolin clays to the paint and coatings industry. In that time, Optiwhite, Optiwhite P, and Optiwhite MX have gained significant market acceptance based on two key properties: opacity and flatting efficiency. Formulating with Optiwhite products enable the coatings producer to achieve […]
Optipozz Pozzalan for Concrete
Kaolin clay, both hydrous and calcined grades, have long been used in a wide array of industries as extender pigments and functional fillers. Our supplier of kaolin clay, the Burgess Pigment Company is recognized as the leader in the production of specialty grades of kaolin for the coatings, rubber, plastics and printing ink industries. The […]
Shamrock Texture Additives
Polypropylene texture additives are widely used in the decorative concrete and flooring industry. Shamrock Technologies is the leading producer of these products which are available in a wide range of particle sizes. The most popular products for the decorative concrete market are Texture 1200A, and Texture SPP500. Texture 1200A is 50 mesh and the SPP500 […]
CR Minerals Pumice for Paint and Coatings Industry
CR Minerals Safsil and Navajo brand pumice grades are widely used in the paint and coatings industry as well as many others. The low density and unique particle morphology of the vitreous pumice imparts many desirable properties. Safsil products are high performance functional fillers that contain less than .1% respirable crystalline silica. SafSil may be […]