Arc Chemicals- Cobalt Octoate Driers, Manganese Octoate Driers, Lead Octoate Driers, Calcium Octoate Driers, Zinc Octoate Driers, Copper and Iron Octoate Driers.
Arc Chemicals, established in 1994 started a consignment of Metallic Carboxylate commonly known as Paint Drier. Arc became the proud manufacture of various Paint Driers of international quality within a short span of 6 years. The Liquid Heat Stabilizers are safe to use when compared to Solid Stabilizers. Arc’s product range includes Cobalt Octoate Driers, Manganese Octoate Driers, Lead Octoate Driers, Calcium Octoate Driers, Zinc Octoate Driers and Copper & Iron Octoate Driers.
Cobalt Octoate Driers
Cobalt Octoate drier is an extremely active & most widely used drier in coatings & capable of being used even as a single Drier. Cobalt Octoate drier is primarily an oxidation catalyst & acts as a “Surface Drier ". Cobalt Octoate Driers may have a tendency to cause surface wrinkling, hence to provide uniform drying. Cobalt Octoate drier is generally used in combination with other metals, such as Manganese, Zirconium, Calcium & Combinations of these metals.
As quantity of Cobalt Octoate Drier used is very small, it minimizes discoloration in paints & enamels as compared with other Driers. Cobalt Octoate drier is not a white discolor paint as the deep blue color of the cobalt counteracts the yellow of the oils & resins & thereby enhances the whiteness of the paint. The unique feature of cobalt Octoate drier is that it is least affected by atmospheric humidity.
Manganese Octoate Driers
Arc Chemicals offers a wide range of manganese Octoate driers to the customers. Manganese Octoate driers are intermediate in activity & they have both oxidizing & polymerizing properties. When manganese Octoate drier is used alone it may produce too hard & too brittle films. When manganese Octoate drier is used in combination with Lead, hard, tough and durable films are produced. One disadvantage in the usage of manganese Octoate drier is that its relative dark color has a tendency to discolor white or light finishes.
Lead Octoate Driers
Lead Octoate drier is a thorough drier and is always used with cobalt and/or manganese. Lead Octoate drier improves the drying time of double boiled linseed oil & yields very pale & clear boiled oil.
Lead in combination with cobalt & calcium are suggested, particularly for long oil alkyds, lead is the most important drier. However some of the problems connected with lead Octoate driers are Sulphur staining & reaction with polybasic acids which is overcome by inclusion of calcium drier. As lead is toxic in nature the lead Octoate drier’s usage in toys & edible film packaging is to be avoided.
Calcium Octoate Driers
Arc Chemicals offers a superior range of calcium Octoate driers to its customers. Calcium Octoate drier being an auxiliary drier has little drying action in itself but is very useful in combination with active driers. Calcium Octoate drier is also useful as pigment wetting & dispersing agents & help to improve hardness & gloss & reduce "Silkins". Calcium minimizes loss of dryness by being preferentially absorbed when it is ground with Calcium Octoate drier absorbing pigments.
Zinc Octoate Driers
Zinc Octoate drier being an auxiliary drier used in conjunction with redox metals. The primary function of zinc Octoate drier is to keep the film "Open" by retarding Surface dry, thus permitting hardening through out & preventing surface wrinkling, particularly in Cobalt containing films & enamels.
Zinc Octoate drier is a powerful wetting & dispersing agent, when incorporated early in formulation, it greatly reduces the time of mixing & grinding. Because of the extremely light color, Zinc Octoate drier can be added without discoloring the film.
Copper and Iron Octoate Driers
Copper and iron Octoate drier is an anti fouling agent. Copper and iron Octoate drier is used in ship bottoms paints. Copper and iron Octoate drier is used as a rot proofing agent in textiles, cordage etc. Copper and iron Octoate drier is to prevent dry rot & mildew growth in timber, its insecticidal property is taken advantage of import a long lasting protection against termites, beetle & ambrosia & many other insects attacking timber/lumber, Copper and iron Octoate driers may be applied on textile fabrics by dipping, spraying or impregnation.
