COBALT ALTERNATIVES

DURA has developed a series of high-activity oxidative driers as replacements for conventional cobalt driers to meet the increased demands for regulatory compliance.  These Manganese-based and Iron-based driers utilize unique patented technology to specifically achieve high activity at low metal concentrations, which results in equivalent film dry-times and hardness development but with significantly improved whiteness/color retention when compared to the results with standard cobalt driers.  The improved performance is a result of increased crosslink density of the dried film.  These driers are available for both solventborne and waterborne systems.