Optimizing Paint & Coating Performance Across Industries
Paints and coatings are integral to modern industry, offering protection, durability, and aesthetic appeal in a wide range of applications. KaMin’s kaolin solutions are specifically engineered to optimize these formulations, delivering improved functionality, cost efficiency, and visual performance.
With expertise in both calcined and hydrous kaolin, KaMin supports a variety of industries, including construction, infrastructure, and automotive. Each solution is tailored to meet the unique challenges of its application, ensuring consistent quality and high performance.
Kaolin in Building, Construction, and Infrastructure Paints & Coatings
KaMin’s paints and coatings solutions play a critical role in construction and infrastructure, where performance and durability are paramount. Our advanced processing technology enables the production of hydrous kaolin across a wide range of particle sizes, from ultra-fine grades with a narrow particle size distribution to larger, coarser hydrous products, including delaminated grades. This versatility allows formulators to tailor coatings for enhanced coverage, durability, and application efficiency in construction and infrastructure projects.
- Superior Opacity & Brightness: Products like Satintone 5HB and Ultrex 96 provide excellent hiding power and visual appeal, making them ideal for high-PVC coatings.
- Binder Savings: KaMin 2000C reduces binder demand while maintaining the integrity of the coating, optimizing formulation costs.
- Durability & Longevity: KaMin minerals enhance wear resistance, ensuring that coatings withstand environmental stressors and maintain their quality over time.
- Specialty Finishes: Products like Mattex enable consistent matte finishes, ideal for modern architectural aesthetics.
Kaolin in Automotive Paints and Coatings
In the automotive industry, paints and coatings must deliver both functionality and aesthetics, meeting rigorous performance standards while ensuring a flawless finish. KaMin’s hydrous kaolin products are integral to industrial coatings and primers, optimizing formulations for durability, smoothness, and colorant efficiency.
- Improved Surface Smoothness: Hydrous kaolin products like ASP 200 and ASP 600 ensure a flawless, uniform surface for automotive coatings.
- Pigment Extension: Products such as Polygloss 90 extend titanium dioxide and other pigments, reducing costs without compromising color intensity.
- Corrosion Resistance: Kaolin enhances barrier properties in automotive primers, protecting against rust and environmental damage.
- Durability in Extreme Conditions: KaMin minerals support coatings that withstand high temperatures, humidity, and wear.
KaMin’s Collaborative Approach to Paint & Coating Solutions
KaMin’s total formulation approach ensures that every coating solution is optimized for performance, cost, and sustainability. By working closely with customers and understanding their unique needs, KaMin delivers customized solutions that drive measurable results and advantages, including:
- Enhanced opacity and brightness for superior visual impact
- Cost savings through optimized binder and pigment use
- Improved durability and longevity for demanding applications
- Tailored gloss and finish properties for architectural and industrial coatings
With over a century of expertise and a focus on material research, KaMin has played a critical role in advancing paints and coatings technology across industries.
