Zirconium Drier 18% Drum

Zirconium driers are slightly yellow solutions with low viscosity of zirconium metallic soap of 2-ethyl hexanoic acid in mineral spirit or in methyl esters.

Properties

Zirconium​​ driers become widely used due to legislation restriction for lead limitation.​​ 

Zirconium, like lead and rear earth metals serves as a through drier and is used in combination with cobalt – calcium and manganese driers.​​ 

Unlike lead, zirconium is a poor pigment – wetting and dispersing agent therefore the combination with calcium is necessary.​​

Zirconium drier has very low toxicity while the maximum drier performance can be best determined experimentally.​​ 

With respect to the toxicity of lead compounds we have to consider that in near future the use of lead based paint driers will eventually be forbidden. ​​ 

Although Zirconium driers have been generally accepted as a replacement for lead driers still

there are some problems with respect its performance under critical conditions, lower than ten degrees of Celsius and yellowing.​​ 

Application

In lead free paints.

In combination with driers such as: Cobalt, calcium and manganese.