Paints and Coatings Industry Expertise
Our team of scientists and chemists have 145+ years of combined industry experience with PhD, MS, and BS in chemistry, biochemistry, biomolecular engineering, analytical chemistry, and inorganic chemistry.
Combined Areas of Expertise: Product development, technical services, field technical support, analytical characterization, competitive analysis, benchmarking, root cause analysis, analytical method development, statistical analysis and design of experiments.
Formulating Expertise and Technical Services in:
- Architectural Paints and Coatings
- Industrial and Household Paints and Coatings
- Packaging
- Graphic Arts
- Adhesives
- Wood Coatings
Industry Capabilities
Using state-of-the-art, on-site laboratories, Hydrite chemists are equipped to conduct extensive performance testing to better understand and optimize your formulation. Specific capabilities include:
- Density: Measures the effectiveness of a defoamer on entrained air in a system
- Tri-Gloss Measurement: Compatibility of a defoamer in a gloss or sheen paints and coating application (flat, eggshell, semi-gloss, gloss)
- High Shear Mixing: Determine the efficiency and persistence of a defoamer in surfactant systems under high shear or stress
- Circulatory Foam Test: Simulate many industrial application conditions to determine the effectiveness of the defoamer in surfactant systems under a circulatory application
- Drawdown Assessment: Evaluate surface defects and bubble breaking ability in finished paint systems (i.e. craters, orange peel, fisheyes, etc.)
- D/Emulsification: Formulation expertise to optimize emulsification or demulsification needs
- Shear Properties: Evaluation of viscosity and shear conditions to understand spray, flow, brushing, and sag properties
- Storage Stability: Evaluation of the quality of a product with time under the influence of environmental factors (temperature, humidity, light)
- Shake Test: Fast and simplistic way to measure generated foam in a non-pigmented system
Performance & Property Analysis
- Particle Size & Distribution
- Thermal: Evaluation of thermal properties to asses material performance & stability, pourability, degradation, solidification, gloss transition temperatures
- Viscosity/Rheology: Viscosity, flow, visco-elastic properties
- Compatibilities: Surface tension, wettability, substrate compatibility
- Other properties: pH, conductivity, SG/density
Chemical Identification and Characterization
- Chemical Analysis and Assay
- Impurities and Contaminants
- General Chemistries and Functional Groups
- Organic and Inorganic Chemistries
- Molecular Weight and Distribution
- Liquid and Solid analysis
- Bulk and Surface Analysis
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