If you are working in the paint industry or owns a business selling paints, it can be mind-boggling to compare a wide range of paint products. In fact, many buyers are resorting to choose based on price tag alone. However, the fact is that it might take some time and extra money to achieve the desired results that you expect from a paint. It will make you regret and wish you had spare more. So it is in your best interest to know some of the basic facts about paint. It is a product made out of combining four components, including paint solvent, pigment, resin, and additives.
Pigments are the ones providing color, while resin serves as the binder. Paint solvent is what makes the product all liquid and does evaporate as it dries, leaving only the pigment on the painted surface. So if you think of it then, the more solvent there is in a paint, the less pigment is left behind. Whereas additives are added in some specialty paints for applications that require performance enhancements like mold-killing and stain-blocking properties. You will discover that most of the less expensive paints consist of more paint solvent. In fact, there can be as much as 50% less pigment and resin contained in cheaper paint products.
This only tells you that most of what you are applying with it is paint solvent, either mineral spirits or water. This is why painters have to keep on applying up to four times with low-quality paint before sufficient pigment is applied to achieve the desired color. So if you want your customers to keep on coming back, instead of regretting of sourcing from you, use only high quality paint components from A. S. Paterson. We are a trusted Canadian chemical distributor that provides top quality paint mixes, including all four: paint solvent, pigments, resins, and additives.