Get Ready For Some Paintball The origins of paintball began back in the 1950s when Charles Nelson developed a device for the Forestry Service to tag trees for their use in marking trees for cutting or clearing. Later on the invention was remodeled from one that squirt paint into one that shoots paint-filled pellets. These [...]
AIRBRUSH PAINT, PROCESSES, PIGMENTS, & POLYMERS A form of painting known as airbrushing is a process that involves the passing of ink, dyes, and paint through a nozzle by the process of converting the aforementioned paint and coatings into a mist or fine spray. Applying ink, dyes, and most often paint to a substrate using [...]
The Market for Biocides The outlook for 2014 in the Paint and Coatings industry has seen an increase in demand for biocides. The increased market demand for biocides is not only being seen in the national biocide market, but also in the global biocide market of the Paint and Coatings Industry. The market increase for [...]
Anionic and Cationic Water Based Emulsions Emulsion polymers that are manufactured by Gellner Industrial are Anionic and Cationic. An emulsion can be Anionic, Cationic, and Non-Ionic. An Anionic emulsion has a negative charge, a Cationic emulsion has a positive charge, and a Non-ionic emulsion has no charge. Most of the things in the world are Anionic and [...]
Gellner Industrial's Hydroxyl Functional Acrylic Polymers Hydroxyl Functional Acrylic Polymers when used in coatings they create unique resistance properties for chemical-resistant coatings and industrial coatings. Hydroxyl Functional Acrylic Polymers are a very important part in the formulation of chemical-resistant coatings and industrial coatings. Gellner Industrial manufactures three Hydroxyl Functional Acrylic Polymers which are used to aid [...]
INTERIOR ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS Interior Architectural Coatings Market experienced positive growth last year and the industries manufacturers expect the growth to continue in 2014. Several factors contributed to 2013 being a positive year for the interior architectural coatings industry which includes: Drop in Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Levels Increased Consumer Confidence Improved Housing Market When it [...]
Rust Converting Primer with Ottopol K-12 Rust converting primer with Ottopol K-12 when applied to a rusty surface involves a chemical reaction that converts rust to black iron oxide which stops further rusting and corrosion. Rust is a natural occurrence that involves the oxidation of metal and the return to its original state iron oxide. [...]
Resins for Electronics Epoxy resins and polyurethane resins based products protect electronic components from moisture, vibration, shock, overheating, strain, and contamination. A few electronics that resins are used in the production of are circuit boards, strain-sensitive components, coils, and transformers. For example resins are used in various types of circuit board production: FR-2 Paper/Phenolic - [...]
Ottopol KX-99 in Water Based Paints and Coatings for Concrete Ottopol KX-99 is a Hydroxyl Functional Cationic Acrylic Solution Polymer that Gellner Industrial produces for manufacturers of water based paints and coatings for concrete. This polymer provides an excellent barrier to solvents, humidity, salt, acids, oils, impact, abrasion and wear that affect concrete. Our hydroxyl functional acrylic [...]
Printing Inks Processes, Products, & Polymers Gellner Industrial manufactures water based acrylic polymers that are sold to companies worldwide that formulate and manufacture printing inks. Printing inks are used on a multitude of materials performed by various printing processes. Those printing processes include Screen printing, Flexographic printing, and Gravure printing. The Screen printing process involves the [...]
