Study of different operational techniques to improve the physiochemical properties of solvent borne paint

Abstract

The aim of this study is to measure the impact of different operational techniques on properties of solvent borne paint. Solvent borne white paint samples having same composition were prepared by three different mills, i.e., Conventional Agitator, Attritor and Basket mill. It was observed that conventional agitator showed good results as compared to both attritor and basket mill in terms of whiteness, wet hiding, dry hiding and gloss. It was also shown that different operational techniques also affect total batch processing time and time to achieve optimum dispersion. The effects of particle size of paint samples were also examined. Bigger particle size resulted in better gloss, opacity, whiteness and viscosity.