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PAINT RECIPE

I am looking for oil-based paint recipes or water-based paint recipes. Any recipes would be nice. I am doing a chemistry project and I need recipes to make paints if anyone can help me out I would highly appreciate it.

Thanks,

Kathleen
- Fulton, New York, USA
2003

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2003

Here is a formulation from a course I took years ago.

Alkyd Gloss
11-064 Beckosol 150 g
Kadox 515 Zinc oxide 3.0 g
Titanox RA-45 300 g
Thixatrol ST 7.0 g High speed dispersed to a temperature of 52°C

Hegman >6
11-064 Beckosol 516 g
mineral spirits ⇦this on eBay or Amazon [affil links] 170 g
6% Cobalt Naphthelate 3.3 g
24% Lead Naphthelate 50 g
4% Calcium Naphthelate 10 g
Exkin #2 1.0 g

Good luck.

Ronald Zeeman
- Brampton, ON, Canada