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Aluminum oxide for paint

2003

RFQ: I have a need for aluminum oxide paint for a front projection screen. Where can this be found?

Kenneth G [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
- Xenia, Ohio

Ed. note: Sorry, this RFQ is old & outdated, so contact info is no longer available. However, if you feel that something technical should be said in reply, please post it; no public commercial suggestions please ( huh? why?)

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Q. We are interested in producing paint compounds that contain aluminum oxide powder. Several years ago we manufactured an aluminum oxide paste which was used for textile printing. We blended 50% aluminum oxide powder with 50% diethylene glycol (DEG), producing a very heavy paste.

Recently, we were contacted about supplying a similar paste to be used in the paint industry (small,family owned paint company). The use will be oil based paints only.

Can we use the same formula (above) and add this paste to a Ti02 oil based, tint base? If DEG is not a good substrate (in paint industry) for aluminum oxide paste, what do you recommend?

Thank you in advance for your help.

William L [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
V.P. of paint co. - Rock Hill, South Carolina, U.S.A.
2003