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MPMA One Day Seminar

Water Based Paints An Overview


Part 7a

INCAN, DRY FILM BIOCIDES


AND SURFACE STERILIZERS
September 15 2015

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INCAN BIOCIDES 1
• ARE MATERIALS WHICH ARE ADDED TO WATER
BASED PAINTS TO KEEP IT STERILE IN LIQUID
PAINT STATE DURING PRODUCTION AND STORAGE
• INCAN BIOCIDES TEND TO BE MIXTURES OF
MICROBIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE MATERIALS
• IN RSA THEY ARE MOSTLY MADE UP OF CMIT/MIT
AND FORMALDEHYDE RELEASE AGENTS
• EXAMPLES ROCIMA 523/620/623/GT/KATHON
LXE/ACTICIDE FSK/HF, NIPACIDE CFX3, PARMATOL,
MERGAL ETC

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INCAN BIOCIDES 2
• IN THE EU BIOCIDES ARE VERY
REGULATED (EU 43) AND IN A LOT OF
CASES PAINTS USING CERTAIN INCAN
BIOCIDES (MOST OF THE ONES USED IN
DEVELOPING MARKETS ) HAVE TO BE
LABELLED AS BEING TOXIC

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INCAN BIOCIDES 3
• OVER THE LAST 2-3 YEARS THERE
HAS BEEN MORE DEMAND FOR EU 43
COMPLIANT INCAN BIOCIDES
EXAMPLES ARE:
• ROCIMA MBX
• ROCIMA 523/MV(CAN USE 0.3%
BEFORE BEING ABOVE EU 43 CMIT
LIMIT)
• ROCIMA 607/ACTICIDE MBS
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INCAN BIOCIDE 4
• UNLESS A FORMULATION USES A
CONTAMINATED RAW MATERIAL OR A
VERY HIGHER FILLER , LOW LATEX
LEVEL OR THERE IS A SOURCE OF
MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION
IN THE PLANT YOU SHOULD ONLY
NEED TO USE 1.5-2.5 G/L OF AN
EFFECTIVE BIOCIDE

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DRY FILM BIOCIDES 1
• DON’T WORK IN THE WET STATE
• THEY PROTECT THE DRY PAINT FILM
FROM FUNGUS AND ALGAE ATTACK
• FUNGUS LIKE HUMID, DARK AREAS
WITH A SOURCE OF FOOD
(PAINT/DUST ETC)
• ALGAE LIKE HUMID, SUNLIT AREAS
BUT AGAIN NEED A SOURCE OF FOOD
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DRY FILM BIOCIDES 2
• IN SOME TROPICAL AREAS OF SEA
ALGAE AND FUNGUS EXIST IN A
SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP
• DRY FILM BIOCIDES ARE MIXTURES
OF DIFFERENT ACTIVE MATERIALS AS
THEY HAVE TO PREVENT THE
GROWTH OF A WIDE RANGE OF
DIFFERENT ALGAE/FUNGUS TYPES

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DRY FILM BIOCIDES 3
• EXAMPLES OF SUCH ACTIVES ARE
OIT, DCOIT, DIURON, CARBENDAZIM,
IPBC
• HOWEVER IN THE EU AGAIN STRICT
REGULATION ON LEVELS ARE IN
PLACE AND IF EVEN MODERATE
LEVELS ARE USED THE PAINT HAS TO
CARRY A LABEL

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DRY FILM BIOCIDES 4
• IN SOUTHERN AFRICA THE DRY CLIMATES
IN A LOT OF THE REGIONS MEAN THAT DRY
FILM BIOCIDES ARE NOT REQUIRED BUT
FOR THE MORE HUMID, DAMP REGIONS A
LEVEL OF 0.5-1.5% OF A TRADITIONAL OIT,
DIURON BASED DRY FILM BIOCIDE E.G.
ROCIMA 363N/EPW IS REQUIRED
• IN VERY TROPICAL, HUMID ENVIROMENTS
MUCH HIGHER LEVELS (2-4%) ARE
REQUIRED
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DRY FILM BIOCIDES 5
• ROCIMA 350 IS BASED ON DCOIT/IPBC
AND IS THUS MUCH LESS WATER
LEACHABLE-WHICH PRACTICALLY
MEANS THAT YOU USE 50-60% OF THE
ORIGINAL ROCIMA 363N/EPW LEVEL
AND GET BETTER PERFORMANCE
• IN EUROPE THIS MEANS THAT YOUR
PAINT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE
LABELLED AS HAZARDOUS

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SURFACE STERILISERS 1
• ARE QUICK ACTING BIOCIDES SIMILAR IN ACTIVITY
TO DISINFECTANTS BUT MORE SUITABLE FOR
PAINTS
• THEY ARE USED TO STERILISE SUBSTRATES
PRIOR TO PAINTING-THEY CONSIDERABLY
LENGTHEN THE LIFESPAN OF THE TOPCOAT
• THEY HAVE RELATIVELY SHORT SPANS OF
ACTIVITY AFTER APPILICATION SO THE
REPAINTING MUST BE WITHIN 24 HOURS
(SHORTER IN TROPICAL HUMID AREAS)

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SURFACE STERILISERS 2
• TRADITIONALLY IN DEVELOPING MARKETS
BLEACH ( HAS BEEN USED IN THIS ROLE BUT
ACTUALLY IT ONLY KILLS SOME FUNGAE AND NO
ALGAE
• A SURFACE STERILISER E.G. ROCIMA 101,
103/ACTICIDE 50X WHICH CAN BE DILUTED TO 0.5-
2% -IS FAR MORE EFFIECENT AS A STERILISER
AND A SURFACE CLEANER –HOWEVER FOR VERY
CONTAMINATED SUBSTRATES 2-3 APPLICATIONS
MAYBE REQUIRED

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