Product Profile of Leafing Aluminium Pigments

Chem impex usha pvt. Ltd. Since 1997 is manufacturer of various chemical products applicable in the coating and plastic industries. Chem impex under the trade mark silberline asia pacific inc. Offers aluminium pigments and leafing aluminium pigments is one of them. Aluminium pigments is utilized in milling process as each flake type provides aesthetics unlike the other, the parameters affecting application formulations and end uses will vary according to the effects desired. Leafing aluminium pigments is where
Aluminium flakes orient themselves in a continuous layer at or near the surface of the film, producing an opaque silver finish. Salient features are:

• It is this opacity that makes leafing aluminium pigments a very important functional raw material.

• They are used primarily in roof coatings, maintenance and trade sales coatings where barrier protection is a critical concern.

• The appearance can vary from a coarse, white look to a dark, highly spectacular, or mirror like look.

• Grades of leafing aluminium pigments with large flakes provide the least amount of hiding and the coarsest texture, but the whitest, brightest finish.

• The finest grades of leafing aluminium pigments provide the greatest amount of hiding, smoothest texture, and polished finish.