COMMET Paint and Printing Ink Driers are produced from synthetic mono-carboxylic acids.
All COMMET Driers are supplied in dearomatized solvents. These liquid metallic soaps are mainly used as driers in the production of solvent based paints for the oxidative polymerisation of the unsaturated carbon bonds in the alkyd resins. COMMET paint drier can be supplied in various concentrations, metal blends and solvents according to customers\' requirements.
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- COMMET Barium
- COMMET Bismuth
- COMMET Calcium
- COMMET Cobalt
- COMMET Manganese
- COMMET Zinc
- COMMET Zirconium
- Drier Blends
COMMET Barium
Barium Octoate is used as an auxiliary drier in combination with primary driers like Cobalt and Manganese. It also improves gloss and prevents the adsorption of primary driers and thus inproves the drying stability during long storage. Barium also acts as wetting agent for pigments and fillers.
| Specifications | |||||||
| Product / Grade |
Metal Content |
Appearance | Colour |
Solids Content |
Specific Gravity (at 25°C) |
Viscosity (at 25°C) |
Application information |
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%m/m |
%m/m |
mPas |
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| Barium Octoate 12.5% White Spirits | 12.2 - 12.8 | Clear Liquid | Gardner 6 max. | 42 - 50 | 0.96 -1.05 | 400 max | Loss of dry promoter |
| Barium Octoate 10% White Spirits | 9.7-10.3 | Clear Liquid | Gardner 5 max. | 32 - 38 | 0.78 - 0.88 | 300 max | Wetting agent for pigments |
COMMET Bismuth
Bismuth Octoate can be used to replace Zirconium in paint applications where low temperatures and high humidity conditions prevail.
It is also used as an EP-Additive to replace Lead and also for Polyurethane Catalysis.
COMMET Calcium
Calcium Octoate is used as an auxiliary feeder drier and prevents the adsorption of primary driers resulting in improved drying stability.
| Specifications | ||||||||
| Product / Grade | Metal Content | Appearance | Colour | Solids Content | Specific Gravity (at 25°C) | Viscosity (at 25°C) | Application information | SDS |
| %m/m | %m/m | mPas | ||||||
| Calcium Octoate 6% White Spirits | 5.7 - 6.3 | Clear Liquid | Gardner 6 max. | 55 - 65 | 0.88 - 0.94 | 14000 max. | Secondary drier in alkyd resin paints |  |
| Calcium Octoate 5% White Spirits | 4.70 - 5.30 | Clear Liquid | Gardner 7 max. | 37 - 45 | 0.87 - 0.92 | 5000 max. | Loss of dry promoter | |
| Calcium Octoate 4% White Spirits | 3.8 - 4.2 | Clear Liquid | Gardner 5 max. | 30 - 40 | 0.8 - 0.9 | 1000 max. | |
COMMET Cobalt
Cobalt Octoate is the most active primary drier and is used in conjunction with auxiliary and through driers to promote an even surface and through drying. Care needs to be exercised when dosing Cobalt in order to prevent a too fast initial drying which would result in surface wrinkling.
| Specifications | ||||||||
| Product / Grade | Metal Content | Appearance | Colour | Solids Content | Specific Gravity (at 25°C) | Viscosity (at 25°C) | Application information | SDS |
| %m/m | %m/m | mPas | ||||||
| Cobalt Octoate 12% White spirits | 11.7 - 12.3 | Clear Liquid | Violet | 65 -75 | 0.95 - 1.05 | 1000 max | Paint Drier |
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| Cobalt Octoate 10% White Spirits | 9.7-10.3 | Clear Liquid | Violet | 50 - 58 | 0.92 - 0.99 | 400 max | Paint drier | |
| Cobalt Octoate 8% White Spirits | 7.8 - 8.2 | Clear Liquid | Violet | 42 - 46 | 0.87 - 0.93 | 100 max | Paint drier | |
| Cobalt Octoate 6% White Spirits | 5.7 - 6.3 | Clear Liquid | Violet | 28 - 38 | 0.84 -0.94 | 200 max | Paint drier | |
| Cobalt Octoate 10% PKWF (Printing Ink) | 9.7 - 10.3 | Clear Liquid | Violet | 50 - 60 | 0.94 - 0.98 | 400 max | Printing Ink drier |
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COMMET Manganese
Manganese Octoate is the second most important primary drier. It can be used as a Cobalt replacement in darker coloured paints where discolouration due to the dark brown Manganese colour is not important. High humidity may however lower the effectivity of Manganese as well.
Manganese is also used in combination with Cobalt in the offset printing ink applications.
| Specifications | ||||||||
| Product / Grade | Metal Content | Appearance | Colour | Solids Content | Specific Gravity (at 25°C) | Viscosity (at 25°C) | Application information | SDS |
| %m/m | %m/m | mPas | ||||||
| Manganese Octoate 8% White Spirits | 7.7 - 8.3 | Clear Liquid | Brown | 42 - 50 | 0.90 - 0.98 | 400 max | Printing Ink drier | |
| Manganese Octoate 6% White Spirits | 5.7 - 6.3 | Clear Liquid | Brown | 35 - 50 | 0.85 - 1.0 | 100 max | Printing Ink drier | |
| Manganese Octoate 10% PKWF | 9.7 - 10.3 | Clear Liquid | Brown | 70 - 80 | 0.97 -1.05 | 500 max. | Printing Ink drier | |
COMMET Zinc
Zinc Octoate reduces rapid film formation and therefore improves through drying. It prevents wrinkling and is used in combination with primary and auxiliary driers. Zinc can be applied as a fungicide and in the formulation of PVC stabilizers.
| Specifications | ||||||||
| Product / Grade | Metal Content | Appearance | Colour | Solids Content | Specific Gravity (at 25°C) | Viscosity (at 25°C) | Application information | SDS |
| %m/m | %m/m | mPas | ||||||
| Zinc Octoate 16% White Spirits | 15.7 - 16.3 | Clear Liquid | Gardner 3 max. | 65 - 75 | 0.9 - 1.1 | 300 max | Surface drying inhibitor to allow through dry | |
| Zinc Octoate 12% White Spirits | 11.7 - 12.3 | Clear Liquid | Gardner 3 max. | 45 - 50 | 0.88 - 0.95 | 80 max | Surface drying inhibitor to allow through dry | |
| Zinc Octoate 8% White Spirits | 7.8 - 8.2 | Clear Liquid | Gardner 3 max. | 40 - 40 | 0.80 - 0.85 | 50 max | Surface drying inhibitor to allow through dry | |
COMMET Zirconium
Zirconium Octoate is only effective as an auxiliary drier in combination with primary driers. It promotes surface and through drying. It has been extensively used to replace lead because of environmental effects.
| Specifications | ||||||||
| Product / Grade | Metal Content | Appearance | Colour | Solids Content | Specific Gravity (at 25°C) | Viscosity (at 25°C) | Application information | SDS |
| %m/m | %m/m | mPas | ||||||
| Zirconium Octoate 18 % White Spirits | 17.7 - 18.3 | Clear Liquid | Gardner 5 max. | 70 - 80 | 1.11 - 1.18 | 500 max | Through Drier in alkyd resin paints | |
| Zirconium Octoate 12% White Spirits | 11.7 - 12.3 | Clear Liquid | Gardner 3 max. | 45 - 55 | 0.95 - 1.00 | 300 max | Lead Drier replacement | |
Drier Blends
A variety of Lead-free and Leaded multi-metallic Drier belnds are available in dearomatized white spirits. Speciality Drier blends can be tailor-made to customer requirements.
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| Product / Grade | Metal Content | Appearance | Colour | Solids Content | Specific Gravity (at 25°C) | Viscosity (at 25°C) | Application information | SDS |
| %m/m | %m/m | mPas | ||||||
| PLF-10 LA (Lead-free : Co/Ca/Ba/Zr) | 9.80 - 10.2 | Clear Liquid | Violet | 48 - 58 | 0.90 - 0.95 | 100 max | Alkyd Resin paint drier blend | |
| PLF-10 HA (Lead-free: Co/Ca/Zr) | 7.40 - 7.85 | Clear Liquid | Violet | 40 - 50 | 0.86 - 0.94 | 100 max | Alkyd Resin paint drier blend | |
| PLF-10 ++ | 7.4 - 7.85 | Clear Liquid | Violet | 40 - 50 | 0.86 - 0.94 | 100 max | Alkyd Resin paint drier blend | |
| Co/Zr 6/9 LA (Lead-free) | 14.7 -15.3 | Clear Liquid | Violet | 60 - 70 | 1.00 - 1.10 | 500 max. | Alkyd Resin paint drier blend | |
| CCZ 88 (Lead-free: Co/Ca/Zr) | 8.5 - 9.0 | Clear Liquid | Violet | 34 - 40 | 0.85 - 0.90 | 400 max. | Alkyd Resin paint drier blend | |
| Co/Mn 2/6 SIS (Rapeseed Methyl ester) | 7.7 - 8.3 | Clear Liquid | Violet | 70 - 80 | 0.97 - 1.05 | 500 max. | Printing Ink drier blend |
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