
Paint Drier
Octoates Driers
Cobalt Octoate
Synonym: Cobalt Octoate, Cobalt 2-Ethylhexanoate
Features: This series of products is composed of sodium 2-ethylate soap and cobalt salts. This product has good solubility, low unsaponifiable substances, low toxicity, and low taste. When used in light colored paint, it can reduce the color of the paint film and improve its luster. It has good promoting and drying properties.
Application: Used as a paint drying agent, unsaturated polyester resin promoter, catalyst; Used as a plastic stabilizer; Used for organic synthesis of benzoic acid, phenylacetic acid, acetophenone, etc.
Manganese Octoate
Synonym: Manganese Octoate, Manganese 2-Ethylhexanoate
Features: This series of products is composed of isooctanoic acid and inorganic manganese acid, and is a special drying agent for paints. It has good drying properties for the middle and low layers of coatings and is generally used in conjunction with cobalt and lead soaps.
Application: Mainly used as a paint drying agent; Can be used as a fungicide.
Lead Octoate
Synonym: Lead Octoate, Lead 2-Ethylhexanoate
Features: This series of products is composed of isooctanoic acid and lead oxide. It is a specialized drying agent for paint and plastic runways. In coatings, it can promote the drying of the bottom layer of the paint film to obtain a tough and hard film, and improve the adhesion of the paint film.
Application: Mainly used as a paint drying agent; It has anti-aging and corrosion resistance in lubricating oil.
Zinc Octoate
Synonym: Zinc Octoate, Zinc 2-Ethylhexanoate
Features: This series of products is composed of isooctanoic acid and zinc oxide, which plays an auxiliary drying role in the coating system. It is an excellent pigment wetting agent; It can be used as a catalyst for polyurethane coatings and elastomers, promoting the crosslinking of aliphatic isocyanates and shortening the curing time.
Application: Mainly used as a paint drying agent; Used as wood preservative, fabric waterproof, bactericide.
Calcium Octoate
Synonym: Calcium Octoate, Calcium 2-Ethylhexanoate
Features: This series of products is a coordinated drying agent that can form high molecular weight functional complexes with hydroxyl groups or other polar genes in the resin. Combining with cobalt can effectively improve the drying ability of cobalt. The promoting dryness of this product is not as fast as that of lead, but the toughness and hardness performance of the system after actual drying are significantly better than that of the lead drying system. The combination of zirconium drying agent and cobalt in white alkyd self drying system has good color retention performance and the paint film is not prone to yellowing.
Application: Mainly used as a drying agent for paint systems with less impact on color.
Zirconium Octoate
Synonym: Zirconium Octoate, Zirconium 2-Ethylhexanoate
Features: This series of products is a coordinated drying agent that can form high molecular weight functional complexes with hydroxyl groups or other polar genes in the resin. Combining with cobalt can effectively improve the drying ability of cobalt. The promoting dryness of this product is not as fast as that of lead, but the toughness and hardness performance of the system after actual drying are significantly better than that of the lead drying system. The combination of zirconium drying agent and cobalt in white alkyd self drying system has good color retention performance and the paint film is not prone to yellowing.
Application: Mainly used as a drying agent for paint systems with less impact on color.
Copper Octoate
Synonym: Copper Octoate, Copper 2-Ethylhexanoate
Features: This series of products is composed of sodium 2-ethylhexanoate soap and inorganic copper salts. Mainly used as an inhibitor for unsaturated resin polymerization. It has anti fouling and anti-corrosion effects in the coating system.
Application: Used as a mold proof, stain proof, and anti-corrosion agent for coatings; Used as a good polymerization inhibitor and stabilizer for high temperature mixing with styrene in unsaturated resins; Adding an initiator to an unsaturated resin has a promoting effect.
Potassium Octoate
Synonym: Potassium Octoate, Potassium 2-Ethylhexanoate
Features: This series of products is composed of isooctanoic acid and potassium carbonate. The product has the advantages of stable acid value, stable molecular weight, light color, and good catalytic effect. In unsaturated resins, using cobalt salt in combination can reduce the amount of cobalt salt used and have a significant promoting effect on drying.
Application: Used as a polymerization promoter for unsaturated polyester resin; In combination with other soap salts, a colorless accelerator can be prepared.
Sodium Octoate
Synonym: Sodium Octoate, Sodium 2-Ethylhexanoate
Features: This product is formed by direct reaction of isooctanoic acid and alkaloids. Mainly used as an excellent additive in unsaturated polyester resin.
Application: In unsaturated polyester resin, it cannot be used alone, but in combination with cobalt salts, which can significantly promote the effect and reduce the amount of cobalt used. Used in combination with cobalt, calcium, and copper, it can be formulated as a colorless accelerator.
Rare Earth Octoate
Synonym: Rare Earth Octoate, Rare Earth 2-Ethylhexanoate
Features: This series of products is a carboxylate synthesized from light rare earths mainly composed of cerium in the lanthanide element and isooctanoic acid. Rare earth drying agent is a non-toxic new type of drying agent. This product has excellent storage stability, light color, small odor, good fluidity, and good drying effect. When used in light colored paint, it has better properties, reducing the color of the paint film and improving its luster. When used in conjunction with cobalt in a white alkyd self drying system, the paint film does not turn yellow.
Application: Used as a paint drying agent; Used as a plastic stabilizer; Used for the manufacturing of various types of air dry paints.
Naphthenates Driers
Manganese Naphthenate
Features: This series of products is composed of naphthenic acid and inorganic acid manganese. Manganese naphthenate is a drying agent in coatings, which can promote the formation of a film on the bottom layer of the coating. It is commonly used in conjunction with cobalt and lead.
Application: Used as a paint drying agent; Can also be used as a fungicide, and etc.
Lead Naphthenate
Features: This series of products is composed of naphthenic acid and lead oxide. It can promote the drying of the bottom layer of the paint film to obtain a tough and hard coating film, and can improve the adhesion and water resistance of the paint film. It is usually used in conjunction with cobalt and manganese.
Application: Mainly used as a paint drying agent; It has anti aging and corrosion resistance in lubricating oil.
Zinc Naphthenate
Features: This series of products is composed of naphthenic acid and zinc oxide composite. Zinc naphthenate is a drying aid in coatings, which has no significant drying effect when used alone. When combined with the main drying agent, it can completely dry the paint film and have good hardness. This product is also a powerful wetting and dispersing agent.
Application: Used for various types of air dry paints; Used as a waterproof and bactericidal agent for fabrics.
Calcium Naphthenate
Features: This series of products consists of naphthenic acid compounded with inorganic calcium acid. Calcium naphthenate is a drying aid in paint manufacture, prevents lead precipitation, and turns cobalt pink into blue. It cannot be used alone in unsaturated resins but with cobalt and potassium to obtain a light or colorless effect.
Application: Used in all types of air-drying paints; used as a fabric water repellent, fungicide, etc.
Copper naphthenate
Features: This series of products is composed of sodium naphthenate soap and inorganic copper salts. Mainly used as an unsaturated resin polymerization inhibitor and also as a bleeding agent in antifouling paint. Used in marine antifouling paint, it can enhance the toughness of the paint film and increase the bleeding rate of the antifouling agent. To achieve the purpose of mediating and controlling the leakage of anti fouling agents.
Application: Used as a mold proof, stain proof, and anti-corrosion agent for coatings; Used as a good polymerization inhibitor and stabilizer for high temperature mixing with styrene in unsaturated resins; Adding an initiator to an unsaturated resin can have a promoting effect.
Chromium Naphthenate
Features: This series of products is composed of sodium naphthenate soap and inorganic copper salts. Mainly used as an unsaturated resin polymerization inhibitor and also as a bleeding agent in antifouling paint. Used in marine antifouling paint, it can enhance the toughness of the paint film and increase the bleeding rate of the antifouling agent. To achieve the purpose of mediating and controlling the leakage of anti fouling agents.
Application: Soluble in organic solvents such as alcohols, ethers, and ketones, insoluble in water; Has a strong smell of naphthenic acid; Relatively stable in the air and prone to decomposition when exposed to heat.
Composite Driers
Specification A
Features: This product is formed by direct reaction of isooctanoic acid and alkaloids. Mainly used as an excellent additive in unsaturated polyester resin.
Application: In unsaturated polyester resin, it cannot be used alone, but in combination with cobalt salts, which can significantly promote the effect and reduce the amount of cobalt used. Used in combination with cobalt, calcium, and copper, it can be formulated as a colorless accelerator.
Specification B
Features: This series of products is divided into TY-CQ-88E, TY-CQ-100E, and TY-CQ-668; Vanadium containing desiccants.
Application: Mainly used in air dry paint of alkyd resin, with high metal content.
Specification C
Features: This series of products is divided into TY-CQ-160 and TY-CQ-170.
Application: Mainly used in air dried paints based on alkyd resins, with high metal content.
Specification D
Features: This series of products is divided into:
1) TY-CQ-1000C: Used in alkyd resin based air dried paints, environmentally friendly and lead-free, especially suitable for producing white paint.
2) TY-CQ-568S: Used in alkyd resin based air dry paint, environmentally friendly and lead-free.
Specification E
Features: This product is divided into a TY-829-1 new cobalt zirconium hybrid system, which prevents yellowing of the paint film and improves gloss and hardness.
Specification F
Features: This product is divided into TY-FAE-1 for curing polyurethane auxiliary materials (elastomers) to improve the room temperature curing effect.
LC-7 Ink Manganese Drier
Features: This series of products belongs to manganese isooctanoate, mainly used in the production of ink. It must be used in conjunction with other drying agents such as cobalt. Compared with manganese naphthenate desiccants, they have advantages such as good solubility, less usage, high purity, light color, light odor, and low viscosity.
Application: This product is mainly used for the production of ink.
LC-8 Ink Cobalt Drier
Features: This series of products belongs to cobalt isooctanoate and is mainly used for the production of ink. It must be used in conjunction with other drying agents. This product has excellent storage stability, and compared to cobalt naphthenate, it has a small odor and good drying effect. Used in light colored paint, it can reduce the color of the paint film and improve its luster, making it an upgraded product of cobalt naphthenate.
Application: This product is mainly used for the production of ink.
PE Paint Drier
Features: This series of products is divided into TY-EC-6, TY-EC-6E, and TY-EC-6F, all of which are dedicated drying agents for Pe coatings. Among them, TY-EC-6 is a pure cobalt drying agent with short curing time and easy polishing. TY-EC-6E is a composite cobalt drying agent with a light color and easy to polish. TY-EC-6F is a composite cobalt desiccant with a light color. Good anti greening effect.
Application: Mainly used in unsaturated polyester paint.
ABOUT TAOYUAN COBALT
Founded in 2001, Shanghai Taoyuan Cobalt Co., Ltd. is a comprehensive enterprise integrating the development, production and sales of cobalt series products. It is also an earlier-establisted and larger enterprise producing 2-Ethylhexanoate and naphthenate products in China, which has been widely recognized by the market.
The enterprise always adheres to the spirit of respecting people, dedication, innovation and efficiency to create value for employees, customers, partners and society. Talents are the most valuable resources. We strive to build our own R&D, Sales and Customer Service teams, and explore the market with the mission of Customer First and Joint Development. On the basis of traditional products, we encourage innovation and continuous improvement, so as to enhance performance and empower society.

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