MINEX® functional fillers and extenders are proven performance enhancers in a broad range of paints, coatings, adhesives, sealants, and inks. Excellent brightness, tint retention, and weatherability can be achieved in exterior paints. Improved color, sheen uniformity, chemical and stain resistance, and durability result when MINEX® is used in interior paint formulations. MINEX® is easily dispersed in all conventional vehicle systems, and low oil absorption permits high loadings in adhesives, sealants, and aqueous and alkyd-based paints.

These specialty grades use proprietary processing technologies to produce engineered mineral filler products. Ultra-fine MINEX® 10 and 12 are especially useful for higher gloss coatings and are the preferred choice for clear systems. Due to its unique light transmission properties, MINEX® 12 is particularly well suited for clears, UV, and powder coating systems requiring higher gloss and optimum clarity. MINEX® EP grades have a controlled particle size distribution specifically developed to enhance the flatting of clear and opaque powder and liquid coatings with excellent dispersion characteristics. The controlled top-size lowers process wear while optimizing transparency in clear. Reduced fines content facilitates high solids/low VOC formulating.

MINEX® fillers are produced from nepheline syenite; a naturally occurring, silica deficient, sodium-potassium alumina silicate. Automated scanning electron microscopy confirms that MINEX® contains less than one-tenth of one perfect crystalline silica. No free crystalline silica is detectable in the mineral complex.

Grades Available

Properties

MINEX® 10 | MINEX® 12 | MINEX® EP-315