A problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an aqueous pigment dispersion for adjustment of ink for ink jet recording in which the optical density OD of plain paper and the gloss value of photographic paper are compatible with each other at a high level. Another object of the present invention is to provide an ink for ink jet recording obtained by using the aqueous pigment dispersion. The present invention relates to an aqueous pigment dispersion including an aqueous medium, a dispersion (A), and a dispersion (B), wherein the dispersion (A) contains a pigment (a) and a pigment dispersant resin, and has a volume average particle diameter of 40 nm or more and less than 70 nm, and wherein the dispersion (B) contains a self-dispersing pigment (b), and has a volume average particle diameter of 70 nm or more and 210 nm or less.

Disclosed herein are a more efficient method for manufacturing paints and a universal extender pigment grind that can be used for the paints in the same paint line as well as in different paint lines, while producing paints with similar properties as paints manufactured under traditional manufacturing techniques. The universal extender pigment grind comprises a minimum amount of diatomaceous earth.

An object of the present invention is to provide an aqueous pigment dispersion that provides an aqueous ink for inkjet recording that contains a reduced number of coarse particles, is excellent in ejection stability, and is applicable to a printer equipped with a high-resolution inkjet head and to provide the aqueous ink for inkjet recording. The present invention relates to an aqueous pigment dispersion containing: a polymer (A) that has anionic groups, has a solubility in water of 0.1 g/100 mL or less and a number average molecular weight within the range of 1,000 to 6,000, and forms fine particles in water when the degree of neutralization of the anionic groups with a basic compound is 100%; a polyhalogenated metal phthalocyanine pigment or a diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment; and water. The invention also relates to an aqueous ink for inkjet recording.

Described herein are an aqueous pigment paste including at least one color pigment (a) and at least one polymer (b) which is preparable by successive radical emulsion polymerization of three monomer mixtures (A), (B) and (C) of olefinically unsaturated monomers in water, an aqueous basecoat material which is preparable by admixing the pigment paste to at least one aqueous binder-containing component suitable for preparing the basecoat material, a method for producing a multicoat paint system using this basecoat material, and use of the polymer (b) for dispersing color pigments within an aqueous pigment paste.

The present disclosure provides a series of block copolymers including a hydrophilic segment and a hydrophobic segment with varied chain length. The hydrophilic segment includes a segment represented by formula (1), and the hydrophobic segment includes a segment represented by formula (2). Formula (1) and formula (2) are defined as in the specification. The block copolymer can be used as a dispersant of a pigment dispersion composition, a metal oxide dispersion composition or a dye dispersion composition.

A process for preparing an aqueous dispersion of pigment particles is described. The pigment particle contains a pigment and an aminoplast resin which surrounds or embeds the pigment. The process includes (i) a step of subjecting an aqueous suspension of a pigment in the form of coarse particles to milling so that the coarse particles are comminuted in the presence of a polymeric dispersant to a particle diameter d(v 0.9) of below 1500 nm, as determined by laser diffraction; and (ii) a step of polycondensation of an aminoplast pre-condensate in the aqueous suspension of the comminuted particles of the pigment obtained in step (i) or during the milling of step (i). The polycondensation is performed in the presence of an acid catalyst at pH of below 5.5. The aqueous dispersion obtained by the process and the use of the aqueous dispersion for tinting waterborne liquid coating composition are also described.

Described herein are an aqueous effect pigment paste including at least one effect pigment (a) and at least one polymer (b) which is preparable by successive radical emulsion polymerization of three monomer mixtures (A), (B) and (C) of olefinically unsaturated monomers in water, an aqueous basecoat material which is preparable by admixing the effect pigment paste to at least one aqueous binder-containing component suitable for preparing the basecoat material, a method for producing a multicoat paint system using this basecoat material, and use of the polymer (b) for dispersing effect pigments within an aqueous effect pigment paste.

The present invention relates to an aqueous paste composition for textile coating, comprising: 1-60 parts by weight of at least one material having tensile modulus of at least 2000 MPa, 1-24 parts by weight of at least one antistatic agent, 16-60 parts by weight of at least one binder, and 50-200 parts by weight of water. The invention also relates to a process for producing a coated fabric, to a coated fabric as obtainable trough said process, and to a garment comprising it.

A vegetable oil-based alkoxylate composition comprising a mixture of mono-, di-, and/or triacyl alkoxylated glycerides and alkoxylated glycerin. A method of reacting a vegetable oil and an alkoxylated glycerin via a transesterification reaction to produce a vegetable oil-based alkoxylate composition.

An example of a liquid ink includes a pigment dispersion, a polyurethane dispersion, a polytetrafluoroethylene wax emulsion, a co-solvent, and a balance of water. A particle diameter of a polytetrafluoroethylene wax in the polytetrafluoroethylene wax emulsion is less than 50 nm. Examples of the liquid ink may be incorporated into a thermal inkjet printing system.