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This web page is a product of Progressive Epoxy Polymers, Inc. (www.epoxyproducts.com). If you arrived here by following a link from another web site (epoxy floor coating internet vendor that shall remain nameless) - note that they are using our site - this page - to sell their product. Also notice that their web page about cycloaliphatic epoxies (which has the link to this page) - is copied exactly from our page on cycloaliphatic epoxies (www.epoxyproducts.com/cyclo.html) . They simply copied it word for word and pasted it into their website, without our permission or even without asking us. This is certainly unethical if not illegal. It also shows they don't know anything about epoxies - they are using use for epoxy information. They are slick sales scammers, not coating professionals. Even their web site looks like a late night cable TV infomercial. We ask that you DO NOT do business with this unethical epoxy floor paint company. You are judged by the company you keep and if they did this to us, what will they do to you if you have issues or problems? Consider our floor coatings options - see www.epoxyproducts.com/floorcoatings.html for basic information - see www.epoxyproducts.com/floorlinks.html for all things floor related and see www.epoxyproducts.com/b_floor.html for the epoxy floor page in our epoxy catalog. You would think that with this notice/disclosure to you, their potential customers, that they would remove their link to this page. Any 'real' business would do that immediately. Either they don't put much stock in what is posted on their web site, or they don't think you have a moral compass or a brain. Visit our Floor Epoxy catalog --- Why buy from us --- Epoxy questions and/or comments EMAIL US . |
Why you can buy from Progressive Epoxy Polymers (epoxyproducts.com) with confidence - click here .
Your Host and Tour Guide:
Paul Oman, MS, MBA - Progressive Epoxy Polymers, Inc. - (floor epoxies, marine epoxies, underwater epoxies, repair epoxies)
Member: NACE (National Assoc. of Corrosion Engineers), SSPC (Soc. of Protective Coatings)
"Professionals helping Professionals since 1994"
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Nonyl Phenol is a common chemical additive in almost all epoxies. It has both good and bad properties
Good Properties:
* used to adjust the mix ratio of part A and part B to whole numbers
* can add useful properties to epoxies with additives/thickeners (we had an epoxy paste that become a crumbling mess when we attempted to remove the nonyl from the formulation)
* used as a thinner with thicker epoxy resins
* useful as a low cost accelerator/catalyst for epoxy curing
Bad Properties:
* can be used as a way to cheaply 'water down' the epoxy to increase profits
* probably slightly reduces the epoxies physical properties
* reclassified as a 'hazmat' ingredient around 2009, meaning most epoxies require hazmat or ORM-D shipping
* nonyl-phenol has potential health risks
* appears to greatly retard the drying of alkyd (oil based) enamels applied over epoxies containing nonyl phenol (often to unacceptable levels) in high humidity/dew point conditions - see following link:
---------- lots more info on the nonyl vs. enamel paint issues / recommendations - CLICK HERE ---------
Properties of Epoxies without Nonyl Phenol:
* more likely to be non-hazmat to ship (other factors/ingredients also come into play)
* probably slightly better epoxy physical properties
* part B (the curing agent) more likely to be dark amber colored instead of clear or slightly amber
* traditional alkyd (oil based) enamel paints dry without problem over these epoxies
Does it contain Nonyl Phenol?
Check the MSDS sheet for parts A and B of your epoxy. You have a legal right to see the MSDS document. If the vendor/store
resists your request, find a different vendor or store.
Epoxies offered by Progressive Epoxy Polymers, Inc. without
Nonyl Phenol:
Premium No Blush (tm)
Marine epoxy (non hazmat to ship - can be air shipped worldwide - and cycloaliphatic
besides!) find in catalog
Water Prime (tm) (pigmented water-based epoxy) -- (cannot be sold in Southern California -- non-hazmat to ship) find in catalog
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Epoxies for Floor and Garage Kits and Individual Products (We have been selling floor epoxies since 1994)
Massive Page of Floor Epoxy Links CLICK HERE Read before buying any floor epoxy paint kit online CLICK HERE Floor epoxy catalog page CLICK HERE
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