The search for acceptable alternatives to toxic chemical additives in alkyd paints, especially the
antiskinning agents and the cobalt drier catalysts, has recently become a subject of intense industrial and academic interest.
Largely in Europe, Ascinin[R] AntiSkin
antiskinning agents serve as methylethyl ketoxime alternatives and Borchers[R] Dry driers find use as replacements for cobalt-based products.
This implies that the system will either not need
antiskinning agents or will need much less than cobalt-based systems.
Cytec Surface Specialties, which recently acquired the Surface Specialties business of UCB, provides a broad and deep portfolio of additives: pigment wetting and dispersing agents, flow and leveling agents, defoamers, adhesion promoters, catalysts, UV light stabilizers, preservation and curing additives, rheology modifiers, driers,
antiskinning agents, antistatic agents, and antioxidants.
Prevaskin[TM]: New
Antiskinning Agents for Alkyd Resins--Conor Dowling and Robert Ash, Atofina Chemicals, Inc., Philadelphia, PA