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The Wonders of WONDERWET IV – Zero VOCs, 100% Quality
The summer season means a lot of things to a lot of people and industries: warmer weather, barbeques, outdoor events, and for a variety of industries, outdoor painting projects. With the longer days and higher temperatures, most facilities choose the summer months to tackle their painting, which means paint manufacturers, suppliers, and contractors are busier than ever. This also means that they need to make and choose the best paint products—those that are high-quality, efficient, compliant, and made to last. At Gellner, we’ve created the WONDERWET™ IV paint additive to meet these needs, allowing paint manufacturers to produce the best paint possible. WONDERWET […]
All You Need To Know About The GHS System
If you work with chemicals and have questions about the GHS system, you’re not alone. Many people wonder who it pertains to, which agency governs GHS, and even more specifically, what it is exactly. We’d like to help demystify it.GHS: The Who, What, and WhyGHS stands for the Globally Harmonized System of the Classification and Labelling of Chemicals. It essentially is a set of guidelines that ensures safe production, handling, use, transport, and disposal of any hazardous materials. Developed by the United Nations its purpose is to make universal regulations for safer chemical use and transport. As well as a […]
Understanding Latex and Acrylic Paints
Latex and acrylic paints are water-based and made up of synthetic polymers that resemble natural latex—but there is no actual latex in them. They are an umbrella term, and within this category of synthetic water-based paints are a variety of specific types. This includes acrylics, vinyl acrylics, styrene acrylics, and more. So when you’re looking at one paint type vs. another, it’s not latex vs. acrylic because acrylics fall under the latex paint umbrella. That said, roughly 75% of the paints sold today are latex because they offer a number of advantages over the alternative—oil-based paints. The acrylic within these […]
How Coatings Keep Concrete Uncompromised
It’s difficult to imagine a world without concrete. Our roads, sidewalks, and buildings would be weak and messy. They would be dangerous and virtually unlivable. Additionally, a world without concrete means a world without highways, airports, and even without the Panama Canal and the Hoover Dam.The nature of concrete—the way in which a variety of materials in specific proportions mix to form a complex chemical reaction—makes is hard and strong. In essence, perfect for infrastructure needs. But despite this nature, it’s actually quite vulnerable. Wearing and abrasion, along with chemicals penetrating its porous surface, corroding rebar, and other environmental factors […]
Understanding The Unique Advantages And Challenges Of Water-Based Inks
At Gellner Industrial, our team of experts can promote the benefits of water-based inks indefinitely. But it’s not just because we’ve been making the acrylics that produce them for over a quarter of a century. It’s also not because our products have served countless ink-manufacturing clients over the years. It’s because the advantages of water-based inks are numerous and significant. Inks made from water, as opposed to solvents, are used for a number of processes, including digital printing of fabrics and garments. Obviously, water is the main solvent, keeping the pigments in their liquid form. Some of the many advantages […]
The Effects of Temperature on Gravure Ink Printing, Profits, and the Planet
If you’re one of the country’s 480 gravure printers, you know that anything that can be done to prevent solvent losses from gravure ink printing during press operations is a good thing. Particularly if you’re a product or packaging gravure printer—running a smaller operation with fewer employees—every dollar counts. Knowing this, there’s some good news; according to statistics discovered in a joint study between the Gravure Association of America (GAA) and the EPA, Western Michigan University (WMU), and the University of Tennessee (UT), there are ways that controlling ink temperature can directly reduce your solvent losses while improving your print […]