property reserved 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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property reserved 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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property reserved 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 All copy rights and intellectual property reserved 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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property reserved 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 All copy rights and intellectual property reserved 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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property reserved 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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property reserved 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 All copy rights and intellectual property reserved 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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property reserved 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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property reserved 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