Paint Ingredients and Functions

Paint components fall into four categories vehicles, solvents, pigments, and additives. The vehicle portion of paint gives it film continuity and provides 

Pigments give the coating properties that cannot be obtained from the vehicle alone, such as 

Pigments are also used to fill space in paint films. This important function is often abused by adding excessive amoimts of filler, inert, or extender pigments to reduce the raw material cost of the paint. 

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