Acrylic paint

January 15 2019

Gellner Industrial: New Products

Gellner Industrial is a world-wide leader in the development and production of water-based acrylic polymers, synthetic resins, hydroxyl functional acrylic polymers, and WonderWet, which is a VOC free 100% acrylic solution polymer additive for paints that enables the elimination of ethylene and propene glycol from existing paint formulations. WonderWet allows paint chemists to formulate low or zero-VOC paints without sacrificing open time or performance. Here are some of our new widely-tested and successful products. OTTOPOL SF-45: Furniture Coatings This formulation is a unique polymer that has the ability to cross link at room temperature and is most suitable for its […]

January 1 2019

Gellner Industrial: A Brief History

Clients all over the globe have come to find that Gellner Industrial is truly a world leader in the manufacture and production of water-based acrylic polymers. We deliver products that are unique, unmatched, and innovative, which are just a few of the attributes that set our products apart. However, it’s more than just that – our products are indeed cutting-edge, but so is our company. We possess a rare history that is rooted in both scientific ingenuity, as well as family tradition, to bring a culture of advancement and caring to our products and our customers. Our doors officially opened […]

December 15 2018

Demand Grows for Coatings with Vinyl Applications

One of the most popular uses of our amazing acrylic polymer coatings is for adherence to vinyl substrates. Our acrylic polymers are an industry standard in providing superb adhesion to vinyl. Our polymers meet the high alkali resistance required for floor coating and wall coating applications, especially when used on vinyl surfaces. We also produce high-quality inks that work well with a variety of vinyl substrates. Furthermore, our products display a combination of hardness along with superior stain and chemical resistance. Our customers consistently report satisfaction when using our polymers for vinyl applications, citing such reasons as the polymers’ superior […]

November 1 2018

What Are VOCs?

Volatile organic compounds – otherwise known as VOCs – are a variety of compounds that are emitted as gases from certain types of solids and liquids. The concentration of VOCs can be particularly high indoors (up to 10x higher than outdoors) and can be emitted from a vast amount of household products. Wax, paints, and varnishes all contain organic solvents, as well as degreasing, hobby, cleaning, cosmetic, and disinfecting products. These are just some of the products that can contain VOCs: Pesticide Hobby supplies Moth repellants Air fresheners Wood preservatives Aerosol sprays Paints, paint strippers, and other solvents Building materials […]

October 3 2018

Polymer Supplier and Adhesive Manufacturer

The world of polymers is wide and varied, with many moving parts. There are hundreds of applications for our water based acrylic polymers in a variety of fields. A polymer, simply put, is a macromolecule comprised of many smaller molecules called monomers. These molecules react among themselves chemically to form long chain or three-dimensional networks. Both natural and synthetic polymers play a very important role in our day-to-day lives. The most commonly available polymer found in nature is cellulose, which is formed from the monomer glucose. Over 75% of most plant bodies are composed of cellulose. As an adhesive supplier and […]

September 16 2018

Acrylic Polymers in the Healthcare Industry

Acrylic polymer, derived from the monomer methyl methacrylate (MMA), was first developed more than 60 years ago. Since then, formulations have extended the material’s performance range, resulting in varying levels of melt flow, impact resistance, colorability, gamma recovery, and other controlled characteristics. General-purpose acrylic grades contain a comonomer, added during the polymerization process, to facilitate flow during injection molding and extrusion. Specialty grades are formulated to perform in applications requiring high impact strength and heat resistance. UV-light-transmitting formulations are also available, and are specified for certain critical diagnostic equipment in which even slight UV absorption or variation in material flow […]

July 12 2018

Top 10 Vinyl Applications We’re Sure You’ve Heard About

Everywhere you look, you see vinyl. A bus whizzes by you on the street, you walk into a fast food restaurant or walk into a suite in a corporate office building, it is all around you.Wiring and CablesLook around the room and you are bound to see lots of cables. A lot of cables are coated in vinyl because they are able to withstand tough conditions such as moisture and temperature. PVC is an excellent insulator on electrical wires. Manufacturers love it because it is affordable and very heat resistant. It is also chemical and oil resistant, impact resistant, elastic, […]

June 28 2018

Everything You Need To Know About Acrylic Paint

Acrylic paint is our bread and butter here at Gellner Industrial. We create a variety of acrylic polymers for paints, including 25-50E, which converts into low cost solution polymer for pigment grinding and high gloss flexo and gravure inks, C5-58, which is used as a binder for house paints and binder for pigment dispersion, M-49, which is used for metallic ink or paint vehicle and has exceptional stability and brilliance with metallic pigments, and S-50, an emulsion polymer with good adhesion to nonporous surfaces. All of these acrylic polymers for paints, as well as acrylic polymers for paints are painstakingly […]

June 15 2018

Advantages To Using Water Based Acrylic Polymers

There are many benefits to using high-performance resins and chemicals developed with water-based acrylic industrial polymers. Some primary benefits include that they are easy to work with, good for the environment and showcase a large variety of industrial applications including industrial coatings, printing inks, and high-gloss varnishes.Other Types of Acrylic PolymersHowever, you may wonder what the alternative to water-based acrylic polymers is. Well, you could use a solvent based product. So what does that mean? Well, fifty years ago, virtually all paint and the polymers behind it were solvent based. Sometimes referred to as “Oil-based” or “Alkyd” paints, solvent-based coatings […]

May 31 2018

Spotlight On Acrylic Polymer Products

It’s no secret that Gellner Industrial has a wide variety of acrylic polymer products for an abundance of polymer applications, like ink or vinyl. However, we are always coming up with new products to help best fit you- or your company’s polymer needs. We have a large selection of a variety of polymers, including anionic acrylic polymers, cationic acrylic polymers, hydroxyl functional acrylic polymers, and non-ionic acrylic polymers. We also have a variety of Wonderwet Products, which entail polymer additives for paints. But that’s just barely scratching the surface- within our different types of polymer products, there is an abundance […]