Short Oil Alkyd Resin

Short Oil Alkyd Resin

Short oil resins are based on semi-drying and non-drying oils and mostly used in industrial coatings. This oil range in short oil resins is between 25 to 40% and dissolved in (toluene and xylene). These resins generally have a high viscosity and usually applied by spray. Supplementary data is available in catalogue.

In addition short oil resins exhibit good chemical resistance, low flexibility and high hardness due to the shorter oil length than long oil and medium oil resins. Short oil resins classified to two types of soybean short oil resin and Fast-drying short oil resin. Soybean short oil resin needs heat to cure, but Fast-drying short oil resin can also be dried at room temperature without the need for heat. Supplementary data is available in catalogue.