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Product Overview: Zinc isooctoate is a highly effective zinc organic carboxylic acid catalyst that is non-toxic, safe, and environmentally friendly. It can be used as a substitute for lead, mercury, and tin catalysts in two-component polyurethane systems, facilitating the chemical reaction between the alcohol and isocyanate components in polyurethane coating systems. This enables optimal control of the drying properties, improves the solvent resistance of the system, and enhances the hardness of the coating film. Zinc octoate can also be used in alkyd coatings as a secondary drying agent, usually in combination with carboxylate drying agents of cobalt, manganese, barium, and calcium. This helps to ensure thorough curing and drying within the paint film, thereby improving its water resistance and weather resistance. Product features: * Light color, low odor, high concentration; suitable for white or light-colored paints, it can reduce the color intensity of the paint film and increase its gloss. * Compared to tin and bismuth catalysts, the reaction rate is slower, but its pot-life is longer. * As a polyurethane catalyst with relatively weak activity, its main characteristics are slow gelation and good cross-linking catalytic performance. It can reduce the acidity of the system; when used in combination with organic bismuth catalysts, it exhibits a significant synergistic effect. This helps to overcome the drawbacks associated with the use of organic bismuth catalysts, such as short initial setting time, long subsequent curing time, and sticky products, by accelerating the reaction and promoting cross-linking. * In addition to serving as a drying accelerator, it is also an effective pigment wetting and dispersing agent that can reduce the absorption of such pigments as titanium dioxide and carbon black by the drying accelerator, thereby maintaining the drying properties of the coating system. Product applications: * Activator for natural rubber vulcanization * Two-component polyurethane elastomeric coatings * Blending coatings * Enamel for insulated wires * Alkyd coatings * Polyurethane reactions * Polyurethane casting * Polyurethane running tracks. Main specifications: * TMG 610: 10% Zn * TMG 612: 12% Zn * TMG 620: 18% Zn * TMG 618: 18% Zn, low viscosity * TMG 612HD: 3.6% Zn, water-based