Neutralization

In order to increase the quality of your paint, it is critical that you maintain its pH constant. As you may know, an inconsistent pH can cause many effects amongst others: viscosity fluctuation, pigment floating, pigment settling.

In response to this, multifunctional amine's high boiling point leads to less evaporation and therefore to long lasting neutralisation of the latex. As a consequence, the paints exhibit an excellent stability in term of pH and viscosity. Therefore, multifunctional amine is a stable and effective neutralizer which provides a stable pH throughout the manufacturing process. It will therefore reduce the impact of any of the before mentioned defects and deficiencies.

Paints neutralized by multifunctional amines exhibit an excellent pH stability, for instance in semi-gloss paints:

Figure 1:Stabilized pH with multifunctional amine

The structure of multifunctional neutralizing amines make them an ideal choice for emulsion stability and pigment particle wetting.