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Additives: The Small Ingredients That Do Big Work: Rheology Modifiers, Dispersants, Wetting & Leveling Agents, Defoamers, Driers, and Corrosion Inhibi
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Series: Paint Formulation for Beginners, Book 2
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 26 2026
Pages: 94
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.19 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Rheology modifiers - control how the coating flows, from the can to the wall (or panel, or pipe) and everywhere in between.
Dispersants and wetting agents - get pigment particles properly separated and keep them that way.
Defoamers - manage the air that gets whipped into a coating during manufacturing and application.
Driers - speed up the oxidative cure of alkyd and oil-based systems from days to hours.
Corrosion inhibitors - slow down the electrochemical process that turns coated steel back into rust.
Book 1's Chapter 1 additive overview touched on all of these at a high level. This book gives each one its full due.
There are other additive categories in the wider world - biocides and mildewcides, coalescing aids, matting agents, UV stabilizers, slip agents, and more - that aren't in this book. That's not because they don't matter; it's because a book that tried to cover every additive category with equal depth would be a reference manual, not something you'd actually read. These six show up on the most formula sheets, cause the most first-year confusion, and do the most damage when they're wrong.
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