Advantages and disadvantages of alkyd coatings What are the alkyd coatings and how to choose them?

Alkyd coatings are favored by many home improvement consumers because of their good luster, good weather resistance, good constructability, brush, spray, baking, strong adhesion and strong climate change. Below I will introduce the advantages and disadvantages of alkyd coatings in detail and how to choose alkyd coatings. Alkyd coatings are favored by many home improvement consumers because of their good luster, good weather resistance, good constructability, brush, spray, baking, strong adhesion and strong climate change. Below I will introduce the advantages and disadvantages of alkyd coatings in detail and how to choose alkyd coatings.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of alkyd coatings?

Alkyd paint (alkyd? Paint) alias alkyd paint or alkyd paint, mainly composed of alkyd resin, is a kind of paint produced in China at present. It has the advantages of low price, simple construction, low requirements for construction environment, plump and hard coating, good durability and weather resistance, good decoration and protection.

The main components of alkyd coatings are alkyd resin, No.200 solvent gasoline, drier (containing cobalt, manganese, lead, zinc and calcium, or rare earth cobalt and manganese) and scale inhibitor. Paint also contains pigments and so on. Its application is relatively simple. Due to the low surface tension of most alkyd coatings, solvent-based alkyd coatings are less affected by film defects, and there are few defects such as edge shrinkage and shrinkage caused by surface tension-driven flow or surface tension difference-driven flow. For alkyd resin, because it will not cause flocculation, it is quite easy to disperse pigments.

Alcoholic acid paint is mainly used for painting general wood products, furniture and home decoration, general metal decorative paint, metal anticorrosive paint with low requirements, general agricultural machinery, automobiles, instruments and meters, industrial equipment, etc. It can also be used for metal, wood, various vehicles, mechanical instruments and ships with steel components on the water.

Disadvantages are slow drying, the coating is not easy to meet higher requirements, and it is not suitable for occasions with high decoration. Alcoholic acid paint is mainly used for painting general wood products, furniture and home decoration, general metal decorative paint, metal anticorrosive paint with low requirements, general agricultural machinery, automobiles, instruments and meters, industrial equipment, etc.

How to Choose Alkyd Coatings

First, look at the gloss: look at the effect of the sample brush, the gloss is good, and whether it is soft and not dazzling under the light.

Second, smell: just finished brushing, smell whether it is pungent.

Third, water resistance: sprinkle some water on the brushed sample to see how water resistance is and whether there are water drops sliding down.

Adhesion: sprinkle some hair on the sample to see how the adhesion is. If it sticks, it means that the adhesion is strong and it is not easy to clean in the future.

Alcoholic acid paint can adjust a variety of colors, colors can be modulated by manufacturers, and can be selected according to the overall home style.

The above are the answers to the advantages and disadvantages of alkyd coatings and how to choose alkyd coatings. I hope it will be helpful for you to buy paint products. In addition, there are many brands of coatings on the market now, and the quality is mixed. Consumers must keep their eyes open when purchasing.