Raw material for solvent based paints
Paint is made through combining chemical products. These chemicals include solvents, binders, additives and pigments. Paint is classified into two basic categories, latex, in which the major liquid ingredient is water, and solvent-based, which contains some sort of organic solvent.
As their name indicates, solvent-based paints, sometimes referred to as "oil-based" or "alkyd" paints, contain a significantly higher level of organic solvents than water-based paints.
The function of organic solvents in a paint relates to certain properties it brings – it facilitates the paint’s application, it’s drying, and the formation of a regular paint film. During application and drying, the solvent evaporates. Ideally a dry paint film no longer contains solvent.
Solvent-based building paints have a variety of applications such as covering internal environments, metal, wooden, cement, plaster and concrete surfaces, as well as creating colourless coating on wooden internal surfaces, etc.
