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No. 1043 Flexible, Impact-Resistant Red Iron Oxide Primer
EPON Resin 1001-CX-75/EPI-CURE Curing Agent 3164
Material PART A EPON Resin 1001-CX-75 Beetle 216-8 XyIene Cooperas R-5098 10 ES Wollastocoat Sparmite Barytes Zinc Phosphate J-0852 Micromica C-3000 Bentone SD-2 Xylene MIBK Supplier Pounds Gallons Resolution Performance Products CYTEC Industries Shell Chemical Company ELEMENTIS Pigments Inc. NYCO Minerals, Inc. ELEMENTIS Pigments Inc. Mineral Pigments Corp. Franklin Industrial Minerals Rheox
High Speed Disperse for 10 minutes. Reduce speed, then add:

Formula

208.7 8.5 45.0 26.7 112.0 154.5 167.9 26.7 7.8 85.1 130.2 973.1

22.98 1.00 6.25 1.49 4.35 4.21 6.74 1.14 0.54 11.82 19.48 80.00

High Speed Disperse to a texture of 5-6 Hegman Scale. Reduce speed, then add:

Shell Chemical Company Shell Chemical Company TOTAL PART A

PART B EPI-CURE Curing Agent 3164 Xylene n-Butanol

Resolution Performance Products Shell Chemical Company Shell Chemical Company TOTAL PART B TOTAL PARTS A AND B

100.2 37.7 16.1 154.0 1127.1

12.37 5.24 2.39 20.00 100.00

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Table 1/ Typical Formulation and Coating Properties Mix Ratio Part A:Part B Binder Stoichiometry (solids basis) Pigment: Binder Weight Ratio Total weight solids, % Total volume solids, % PVC, % Volatile organic compounds (VOC) Viscosity, Part A + Part B, Stormer at 25 C Induction time, minutes Potlife, hours Applied to cold-roll steel, cured for 7 days at 77 F and 55% RH: Dry times, hours, drawdowns, 2 mil DFT Set-to-touch Cotton free Through <0.15 12.5 18.5 3B F By Volume By Weight PHR Stoichiometry (CA:Epoxy) 4:1 6.32:1 64 1.25:1 1.6:1 67.2 46.6 38.8 3.70 443 70-75 KU 45 >8

Pounds/Gallon Grams/liter

24-hour pencil hardness 7-day pencil hardness Performance after 7 days RT cure: Impact resistance, (Direct/Reverse), inlb Mandrel Bend Flexibility Performance after 1 month FIT cure + 14 days at 140 F: Impact resistance, (Direct/Reverse), inlb Mandrel Bend Flexibility Adhesion (X-cut) MEK double rubs (200 gram weight) 60 C water immersion (2000 hrs) Salt spray (2000 hrs) Prohesion cyclic salt spray (1300 hrs) Cleveland humidity chamber (1300 hrs)

100/120 Pass 1/8"

60/88 Pass 3/16" 5A 179 6M 8F with 12 mm undercutting 8F with 12 mm undercutting None

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