1. OPAQUE POLYMER
Hollow Sphere Pigment
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2. Opaque Polymer – SHP Series
The Difference is in the paint
SHP opaque polymer is a unique hiding additive that enables paint
manufacturers to save money and improve performances. 
What’s New
SHP SERIES opaque polymer significantly expands the boundaries of light-scattering technology, providing the most efficient dry hiding in interior and exterior coatings.
Paint formulators can now…
Significantly increase light-scattering efficiency while maintaining paint performance, or
Realize greater cost savings while providing equal hiding property.
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3. Opaque Polymer – SHP Series
The Difference is in the paint
Product Overview
SHP SERIES? Opaque polymers are non-film-forming synthetic pigments engineered to
provide dry hiding in water-based coatings.
They consist of spherical styrene/acrylic beads supplied as emulsions. In wet paints the
beads are filled with water. As the paints dry, water permanently diffuses from the center
of the beads and is replaced by air, resulting in discrete encapsulated air voids uniformly
dispersed throughout the dry paint film.
The encapsulated air voids provide optimal hiding when the paint film dries and light is
scattered as it passes from the exterior of the beads to the interior micro voids.
Properties
The use of SHP SERIES opaque polymer can have a beneficial impact on the performance
properties of both interior and exterior paints. Substituting opaque polymer for some of the
titanium dioxide and pigment extender in an interior paint makes it less vulnerable to
damage from cleaning (see Interior Scrub Panel).
In an exterior paint, on the other hand, exchanging opaque polymer for a portion of
nondurable pigment extender such as calcium carbonate can improve durability
(see Exterior Exposure Panel).
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4. Opaque Polymer – SHP Series
The Difference is in the paint
 Interior Scrub Panel
The use of SHP SERIES? Opaque polymer in paints formulated above the critical pigment volume content (CPVC) level significantly improves their wash ability.
The panel above contains two versions of a high-PVC paint, one conventionally extended (left), the other made with SHP SERIES opaque polymer (right).
When cheesecloth dipped in either water or a household cleaner is rubbed back and forth across the panel to simulate washing, the conventionally pigmented paint is abraded; its SHP SERIES opaque polymer counterpart remains intact.
Interior Scrub Panel
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5. Opaque Polymer – SHP Series
The Difference is in the paint
Exterior Exposure Panel
The Difference is in the paint
The use of SHP SERIES? Opaque polymer can significantly improve paint durability in cases where the extenders are not durable. Even in paints containing durable extenders, SHP SERIES opaque polymer can help improve durability.
The panels above contain conventionally pigmented (left side) and opaque polymer (right side) versions of a flat paint.
The formulations on the top panel contain Minex 4 nepheline syenite, a durable extender; those on the bottom, a clay.
The opaque polymer version on the bottom panel retains its color significantly better because the opaque polymer is more durable than the clay it replaced. Even in the more durable formulations on the top panel, the paint containing opaque polymer shows better color retention.
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6. Opaque Polymer – SHP
Hollow Sphere Pigment for Water Based Coatings
SHP consists of a styrene-acrylic copolymer emulsion, providing non-pigment hiding of emulsion paints and related systems.
The emulsion particle is a non-film forming spherical bead consisting of a hard Polystyrene/Acrylic shell and a hollow core.
This core is filled with water in the emulsion state and in the wet paint state.
However, as the paint dries, the water diffuses out of core and is replaced by an air void, which serves as an excellent light scattering media.
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7. Opaque Polymer – SHP Specification
Hollow Sphere Pigment for Water Based Coatings
Specification
* Hiding Power is determined through tests of sample coating systems containing only Opaque polymer SHP as the whitening pigment and binder.(SHP : binder = 3 : 7 on solid base, PWC=30%) Mixed composition is drawn down 8mil Bird Applicator on Hiding Power test paper.  
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8. Opaque Polymer SHP-100 Technical Specification
Hollow Sphere Pigment for Paint
Chemical Nature : Aqueous anionic dispersion of copolymer of acrylic, styrene.
Physical form : Milky White Liquid  
Storage :
Opaque polymer SHP-100 has a shelf life of 12 months.
The air in the headspace of bulk storage tanks must be kept saturated with water vapor at all times. 
Technical Specification
* Hiding Power is determined through tests of sample coating systems containing only Opaque polymer SHP as the whitening pigment and binder.(SHP : binder = 3 : 7 on solid base, PWC=30%) Mixed composition is drawn down 8mil Bird Applicator on Hiding Power test paper.  
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9. Contacts EN-TECH POLYMER CO., LTD.
HEAD OFFIC : RM209, JEIL PLAZA, IMAE DONG 131-1, BUNDANG KU,
SEONG NAM CITY, KYUNGGI DO, , SOUTH KOREA
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