Cationic surfactants are directed at reducing the most expensive operations in manufacture of paints and printing inks; the wetting, dispersing and stabilizing of a pigment into a vehicle. Our cationic products allow manufacturers to reduce costs by controlling the time and energy required.

Cationic treatment of pigments can be accomplished either by pre-treating the pigment in a water slurry or by adding the cationic agent directly to either the vehicle or the pigment-oil paste at the point of grind.

Benefits of cationic treatment include –

• Elimination of the sweating period
• Higher grind number with a reduction in grinding time.
• Lower power consumption during grinding
• Less pigment separation / settling in stored paints
• Retention of film hardness, dry-time, gloss, color and color retention