Buyers' Guide

Our International Buyers Guide contains information on chemicals and equipment suppliers for the paint and coatings industry. It also includes listings for associations and consultants, with detailed contact information for all companies.

Resins

The binder, or vehicle, that forms the film component of paint. Binders include synthetic or natural resins such as acrylics, polyurethanes, polyesters, melamine resins, epoxy or oils.

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Oils / Fatty Acids

Used in coatings either by themselves as the binder or as a portion of the nonvolatile vehicle when combined with a resin.

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Solvents

The main purposes of the solvent are to adjust the curing properties and viscosity of the paint.

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Additives

Paint can have a wide variety of miscellaneous additives, which are usually added in very small amounts to give coatings certain necessary properties.

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Dyes

Used to color paint formulations; a distinction is usually made between a pigment, which is insoluble in the vehicle (resulting in a suspension), and a dye, which either is itself a liquid or is soluble in its vehicle (resulting in a solution).

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White Pigments

The most important color used in paint because it is used a great deal as a stand-alone color, but also forms the basis for many shades and tints.

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Black Pigments

Next to whites, blacks are probably the most important colors used in coatings and include carbon black, charcoal black, ebony, ivory black and onyx.

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Corrosion Inhibiting Pigments

Used to protect surfaces against chemical attack by water or other contaminants.

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Extender Pigments

Added to decorative paints to lower their raw material cost by replacing white pigments.

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Metallic Pigments

Pigments that produce silvery and other metal-like effects.

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Red Pigments

Used for coloring paint reddish tones.

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Specialty Pigments

Used not for their color or opacity, but for the special properties that they give a coating.

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Iron Oxides

Chemical compounds composed of iron and oxygen. Many classic paint colors, such as raw and burnt siennas and umbers, are iron-oxide pigments.

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