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Terlon™ 3010 A is a linseed-based alkyd. Terlon 3010 A is known for its excellent pigment wetting ability and fast hard-drying properties. Terlon 3010 A alkyd is an essential ingredient in many oilbased printing inks. This alkyd’s ability to develop and maintain color strength with minimal bronzing and to provide flow and leveling where required make Terlon 3010 A an important formulating tool. Terlon 3010 A is very compatible with most ink vehicles and serves to stabilize ink formulations that do not hold up on long runs. Metal decorating inks based on this alkyd bake very fast and form hard abrasion-resistant, glossy surfaces.

When printed on coated paper, a Trionol™ 3 A based ink partially penetrates and oxidizes, providing a tough anchor. The remainder of the Trionol 3 A remains on the surface as a film-forming coating that rapidly hardens to a tough, rub-resistant print. Trionol 3 A, with exceptionally good pigment wetting properties, can improve gloss, setting speed and rub resistance, in contrast with many pigment-wetting vehicles that detract from gloss and setting speed. The use of driers, resinates or reactive metals on pigment surfaces will gel Trionol 3 A. The increase in viscosity caused by the use of metallic driers can be modified by the addition of one-fourth the drier weight of an anti-skinning agent. The viscosity of Trionol 3 A is stable in finished inks. Trionol 3 A can replace drying oils in quickset and heatset vehicles to improve compatibility, solvent tolerance, pigment wetting, and rub resistance without sacrificing setting speed.