Hectorite makes an excellent thickener for water based paints and coatings because of its suspending and thickening properties with pigments and extenders. Excellent thixotropy for reducing sags and drips. Hectorites provide low shear viscosity and prevent settling.
In the process of printing, some inks do not dry rapidly and cause blotting. A common cure for this problem is starch, held in suspension by a thin hectorite or white bentonite suspension.
Hectalite®-200 - High-yielding hectorite clay that exhibits high efficiency, excellent rheology and stability. Typically used in dishwasher liquids, cementitious products, cleaners, architectural paints, ceramics, and adhesives.
Hectabrite®-DP - Produces high viscosities and high gel strengths at low solids levels. Exhibits a high degree of shear thinning. Used as a binder and plasticizer, especially in ceramic bodies, to ease extrusion and increase green strength. Used in paints, ceramic glazes, and in other applications where a high degree of anti-settling and anti-sag are required..
Hectabrite® AW - Suspending agent, viscosifier, binder and emulsion stabilizer for cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products. Exhibits high thixotropy to enhance a broad range of formulations. Hectabrite AW delivers high viscosity to be incorporated in low solids preparations.
Magnabrite® T - Used whenever an inorganic, thixotropic material is desired to disperse pigments, retard settling, impart body or stabilize emulsions. Magnabrite T is a non-migrating binder which delivers high yield values that enable the successful suspension of high-density pigments and particles.
Polargel® T - A suspending agent, viscosifier, binder and emulsion stabilizer. A highly efficient form of purified white bentonite principally used in coating and cleaning compounds (polishes, detergents, etc.) Used whenever a white, inorganic, thixotropic material is desired for formulations.
Quest™ Premium QPN-300 - Household and industrial applications where moderate-swelling and brilliant whiteness are specifically desired.