Z-KYD LSO is a low viscosity, 100% solids version of our popular Z-KYD alkyd vehicle. Use 2 to 10% Z-KYD LSO to help reduce tack or viscosity of overly heavy or overgelled inks. Use 5 to 25% Z-KYD LSO to wet out "dry" inks or dispersions in order to rescue their transfer, gloss, and density. Due caution must be used when using more than 10% of any alkyd in an ink because there is the possibility of to much water pickup in litho ink formulations. We recommend trying 1% of LithoTrol ink/water balance control additive to remedy the problem.

Z-KYD LSO contains pure drying oil, so it can be used to help improve film hardness and integrity when metallic driers such as cobalt and manganese compounds are used.

Z-KYD LSO can also be used when dispersing or flushing pigments to reduce viscosity or help flushes "break". Z-KYD LSO also gives flow to high pigment content dispersions.

Additional Properties

 

Viscosity: Gardner #00

COLOR:  6.5 (Gardener Scale)   

ACID NO: 10.4

IODINE VALUE: 140    (WIJS Method)

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