Micro Powders, Inc.
REIMAGINING WAX TECHNOLOGY
Micro Powders was founded in 1971 as a supplier of micronized wax powders to the printing inks and coatings industry. 50 years later, our diverse portfolio of novel additive powders gives formulators the tools they need to enhance performance in paints, coatings, inks, personal care products, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals. Our products enrich your everyday life, from the wall paint that is easier for you to clean, to the natural shower scrubs that cleanse and refresh your skin.
We serve the global additives market through a network of highly experienced agents and distributors, many who have been with us for decades, providing customers with outstanding technical and customer service at the local level. Our commitment to quality, from ISO 9001 certification to the most stringent particle size control in the industry, ensures product reliability and performance in your application. And our team of wax experts is always available to navigate you to the best possible additive to deliver the results you need.
Our sole focus is to supply you with exciting new additive powders, dispersions, emulsions and gels that protect, decorate, and enhance your formulated products. We believe that, working closely with our customers, Small Particles can truly empower you to bring Big Ideas to your world.
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MicroWhite™ 1005
Pigment Type: Inorganic Pigments
Chemical Family: Polyolefins, Polypropylenes (PP)
End Uses: Solventborne Coating, Waterborne Coating
Features: Excellent Dispersibility, High Performance, Good Color Fastness, Provides Good Texture
Synonyms: Polypropene, Propylene homopolymer, Propylene polymer
MicroWhite™ 1005 are White pigmented 100 mesh polyethylene for visual effects in paints and coatings.Features and Benefits White pigmented additive to provide unique visual and tactile effects. Formulated to be used in conjunction with MicroBlack 100 and Microscrub 100 to create a "granite" look in all types of coating applications. Adds a moderate textured touch. Colorfast; will not bleed into coating. Easy to disperse fine powder that can be incorporated with high speed mixing.
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MicroTouch 800XF
Function: Surface Modifier, Grinding Aid
Chemical Family: Polyurethanes (PU)
Features: Mar Resistance, Abrasion Resistance, Burnish Resistance, Good Gloss Control, Excellent Scratch Resistance, High Performance
End Uses: Stains, Solventborne Coating, Waterborne Coating, Gravure Ink, Powder Coating, Flexography Ink, Sealer, Varnishes, Radiation Curable Coating
MicroTouch 800XF is Highly resilient spherical polyurethane beads that can modify the tactile properties of formulated coatings and inks while improving burnish, scratch and mar resistance.Features and Benefits Virtually indestructible elastic particles that distort when disturbed by a physical force and then return to their original spherical shape when the force is removed. Provide different tactile effects ranging from satiny smooth to rubbery to leathery in properly formulated coatings Different particle sizes available to create a unique surface "touch" Improves burnish and abrasion resistance Effective gloss reduction
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MicroTouch 800VF
Function: Surface Modifier, Grinding Aid
Chemical Family: Polyurethanes (PU)
Features: Mar Resistance, Abrasion Resistance, Burnish Resistance, Good Gloss Control, Excellent Scratch Resistance, High Performance
End Uses: Stains, Solventborne Coating, Waterborne Coating, Gravure Ink, Powder Coating, Flexography Ink, Sealer, Varnishes, Radiation Curable Coating
MicroTouch 800VF is Highly resilient spherical polyurethane beads that can modify the tactile properties of formulated coatings and inks while improving burnish, scratch and mar resistance.Features and Benefits Virtually indestructible elastic particles that distort when disturbed by a physical force and then return to their original spherical shape when the force is removed. Provide different tactile effects ranging from satiny smooth to rubbery to leathery in properly formulated coatings Different particle sizes available to create a unique surface "touch" Improves burnish and abrasion resistance Effective gloss reduction
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MicroTouch 800XXF
Function: Surface Modifier, Grinding Aid
Chemical Family: Polyurethanes (PU)
Features: Mar Resistance, Abrasion Resistance, Burnish Resistance, Good Gloss Control, Excellent Scratch Resistance, High Performance
End Uses: Stains, Solventborne Coating, Waterborne Coating, Gravure Ink, Powder Coating, Flexography Ink, Sealer, Varnishes, Radiation Curable Coating
MicroTouch 800XXF is Highly resilient spherical polyurethane beads that can modify the tactile properties of formulated coatings and inks while improving burnish, scratch and mar resistance.Features and Benefits Virtually indestructible elastic particles that distort when disturbed by a physical force and then return to their original spherical shape when the force is removed. Provide different tactile effects ranging from satiny smooth to rubbery to leathery in properly formulated coatings Different particle sizes available to create a unique surface "touch" Improves burnish and abrasion resistance Effective gloss reduction
Micro Powders, Inc.
MicroTouch 850XF
Function: Surface Modifier, Grinding Aid
Chemical Family: Polyurethanes (PU)
Features: Good Lubricating Properties, Mar Resistance, Abrasion Resistance, Improved Slip, Burnish Resistance, Good Gloss Control, Excellent Scratch Resistance, High Performance
End Uses: Stains, Solventborne Coating, Waterborne Coating, Gravure Ink, Powder Coating, Flexography Ink, Sealer, Varnishes, Radiation Curable Coating
MicroTouch 850XF is Highly resilient modified spherical polyurethane beads that can modify the tactile properties of formulated coatings and inks while improving burnish, scratch and mar resistance.Features and Benefits Virtually indestructible elastic particles that distort when disturbed by a physical force and then return to their original spherical shape when the force is removed. Provide different tactile effects ranging from satiny smooth to rubbery to leathery in properly formulated coatings. Modified to enhance surface slip and lubricity. Improves burnish and abrasion resistance. Effective gloss reduction
Micro Powders, Inc.
MicroTouch 800F
Function: Surface Modifier, Grinding Aid
Chemical Family: Polyurethanes (PU)
Features: Mar Resistance, Abrasion Resistance, Burnish Resistance, Good Gloss Control, Excellent Scratch Resistance, High Performance
End Uses: Stains, Solventborne Coating, Waterborne Coating, Gravure Ink, Powder Coating, Flexography Ink, Sealer, Varnishes, Radiation Curable Coating
MicroTouch 800F is Highly resilient spherical polyurethane beads that can modify the tactile properties of formulated coatings and inks while improving burnish, scratch and mar resistance.Features and Benefits Virtually indestructible elastic particles that distort when disturbed by a physical force and then return to their original spherical shape when the force is removed. Provide different tactile effects ranging from satiny smooth to rubbery to leathery in properly formulated coatings Different particle sizes available to create a unique surface "touch" Improves burnish and abrasion resistance Effective gloss reduction
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Microcare
Applications: Oral, Drug Delivery & Care Solutions
Product Families: Pharmaceutical Coatings, Binders & Disintegrants, Excipients
Microcare™ 350GMP is a ultrafine #1 prime yellow carnauba wax for use as a coating and binding excipient in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products.
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Micropoly
Applications: Beauty & Care, Color Cosmetics, Hair Care
Product Families: Functionals, Rheology Modifiers
INCI Name: Polyethylene
End Uses: Pomade, Pencils, Lip Scrub
Ultrafine polyethylene powders with noticeably creamy esthetics for various leave-on applications. The spherical grades are proven to impart optical blurring, line filling, and soft focus. Worldwide approval.
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Propyltex
Applications: Architectural Coatings, Industrial Coatings, Wood Coatings & Finishes
Product Families: Surface Modifiers, Additives, Processing Aids
Chemical Family: Polyolefins, Polypropylenes (PP), Polyethylene Waxes
End Uses: Waterborne Coating, Varnishes, Stains
Micronized polypropylene designed to produce unique texturizing effects in paints and coatings. The low density and insolubility characteristics of PropylTex reduce or eliminate settling and provide optimum durability in both water based and solvent systems. Coarse PropylTex grades are ideal for walking surfaces and other nonskid coating applications. Medium and fine particle size grades can be used to reduce gloss in higher film build coatings.
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AquaBead
Applications: Coatings & Finishes, Automotive & Transportation, Building & Construction
Product Families: Additives, Surface Modifiers, Elastomer Additives
Chemical Family: Waxes, Mineral Oils, Anionics
End Uses: Stains, Waterborne Coating, Sealer
AquaBead E series products are designed to produce a water beading effect as well as long-lasting water repellency in aqueous paints, stains, and coatings.AquaBead 519/AquaBead 916: Finely micronized wax polymers specifically formulated to products a water "beading" effect. These unique powder compositions combine the synergistic properties of several waxes to produce immediate, consistent and long-lasting water beading and weather resistance.
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AquaKlean
Applications: Coatings & Finishes, Building Materials, Automotive & Transportation
Product Families: Additives, Surface Modifiers
Chemical Family: Polyethylenes, Polyolefins, Waxes
End Uses: Stains, Waterborne Coating, Sealer
The AquaKlean grades provide excellent scrubbability and burnish resistance in architectural interior and exterior wall paints, coatings, stains, and sealers.
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AquaPoly
Applications: Building Materials, Building & Construction, Industrial Coatings
Product Families: Additives, Surface Modifiers
Chemical Family: Polyethylenes, Polyolefins, Waxes
End Uses: Gravure Ink, Seed Coating, Waterborne Coating
Specifically modified for easy incorporation and stability in water based inks, paints, and coatings. AquaPoly 215 grades are economical polyethylene waxes. AquaPoly 250 is a hard, high-density and high molecular weight polyethylene polymer that imparts excellent scratch, rub and mar resistance, while reducing potential wax defoamer kickout.
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AquaMatte
Applications: Building Materials, Building & Construction, Industrial Coatings
Product Families: Additives, Surface Modifiers
Chemical Family: Polyethylenes, Polyolefins, Waxes
End Uses: Gravure Ink, Seed Coating, Stains
AquaMatte 22 is an ultrafine grade of micronized oxidized polyethylene for gloss reduction of paints and industrial coatings. Also useful as an additive in seed coatings to improve anti-blocking, flow, and abrasion resistance.AquaMatte 26HD is a high density oxidized polyolefin designed for ease of dispersability and stability in all water based systems.
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MicroWhite
Applications: Architectural Coatings, Metal Coatings, Industrial Coatings
Product Families: Inorganic Pigments, Functional Pigments, Pigments & Colorants
Chemical Family: Polyolefins, Polyethylenes, Polypropylenes (PP)
End Uses: Waterborne Coating, Solventborne Coating
MicroWhite products are pigmented polymers for adding colored effects to paints and coatings.
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