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What is a Polymer Coating?

Depending on what you know about coatings, you may have heard the term “polymer” before. You might be familiar with the term from class in school. However, even if you did get A’s in chemistry class, you might be curious as to our specific type of polymer coatings, and what they can do to benefit you. What is a Polymer Coating? A polymer coating is a paint or coating that is made with polymers. A polymer is a substance that contains a molecular structure that mainly contains a large number of similar units. This includes synthetic organic materials such as […]

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What makes our polymers for screen printing inks so special?

There are many products in our daily lives that each requires a specific chemical make-up in order to function properly. Take printing inks for example. Here at Gellner Industrial, we are proud to offer versatile polymers for screen printing inks with unique capabilities. And each ability is a direct result of their chemical make-up. Here are just a few ways in which our chemical process contributes to the overall efficiency of your specific type of printing ink.Screen PrintingWhen it comes to silk screen printing, our acrylic polymers allow for the best possible results. Silk screen printing has always been a delicate […]

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Polymer Product Presentation: OTTOPOL SF-45 for Furniture coating

If you are looking through the polymer coatings to find the right substance that brings you the best results for furniture, then the OTTOPOL SF-45 is what you need. Say goodbye to worrying over beer, wine, milk, detergent, and even black tea spills. Once it is dried at room temperature, you and your family can kick back and enjoy each other’s company. You won’t have to be constantly worried over if your kids will knock over the soda cans. Abilities The OTTOPOL SF-45 is one of the best polymer coatings for furniture use that we offer. Its solvent resistance is good for alcohol, […]

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Polymer Product Presentation: OTTOPOL K-12

Here at Gellner Industrial, we are proud to take a moment to focus on the capabilities of our individual products. It might be easy to glide through our catalog of polymers and miss the capabilities of a few special polymer products. That is why we are here to today to talk about the capabilities of the OTTOPOL K-12. This is an incredibly versatile acrylic emulsion polymer. You can have an OTTOPOL K-12 as a Rust converting Primer, or as a Wood Primer. So let’s take a look and see what makes this product tick! Rust Converting Primer Specifications: This primer is a […]

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Polymer Product Presentation: Water Based Industrial Polymers for Optimum Resistance

Resistance is a key attribute for most practical polymers. But underwater environments obviously bring a different kind of challenge to resistance. That is why many of our water based industrial polymers are especially made with resistance in mind. As part of a special showcase, we would like to give you a special look into the 3 main products that provide optimum resistance. Ottopol 522 The Ottopol 522 is a hard acrylic emulsion that crosslinks with melamine or aziridine. It comes with Hydroxyl functionality, and is a great tool for solvent resistance. It is especially resistant to numerous liquids and solvents. The 522 […]

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Polymer Product Presentation: Adhesive Power of our Solution Polymers

Our line of Cationic Acrylic Polymers offer a many benefits for coating. One of these wonderful benefits is their level of adhesion. Surface adhesion is a special focus of some of our cationic acrylic polymers. These 8 polymer options are split equally into two categories. These categories are solution polymers and emulsion polymers. As a special showcase of its abilities, we are going to take a look today at the solution polymers.Solution PolymersA solution polymer is a polymer that is soluble to a specific solvent. It is created by having a monomer dissolved from a non-reactive solvent. That specific solvent […]

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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 pellets were designed to break on impact, leaving a paint splat mark. Looking to increase revenue for his company, Charles Nelson marketed the device to cattle herders who would use the paintballs to mark cattle. Ranchers would mark cattle to distinguish them from which ones that were to be sold, […]

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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 an airbrush can be manipulated by the depression of the trigger (single action) and adjustment of color and air by depressing the trigger and moving it back and forth (double action). Ink, dyes, and paint can be fed through the airbrush via different feed systems. Those feed systems are known as gravity feed, bottom […]

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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 biocides is being caused by many forces and factors, such as environmental regulations and the increased need for environmentally friendly products. Increased environmental regulations and environmentally conscious customers have lead to more products that are water based being demanded over products that are oil based. The requirement by customers […]

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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 that is why the majority of Research and Development, formulating, and lab testing has been done in the Industrial Coatings Industry to make coatings from Anionic systems. When an Anionic emulsion is mixed with a Cationic emulsion a strong bond develops and the result is the changing of the substance to a solid. […]

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