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Paint Formulation Calculation Guide

This document provides a guide to paint formulation that includes a sample formulation calculation. It lists the ingredients, their weights and volumes, and calculates various metrics like non-volatile content, pigment-to-binder ratio, vehicle solids, VOC content, and PVC (pigment volume concentration) values. The table shows the breakdown of a paint sample including resins, pigments, additives, and volatiles along with the calculations to determine properties like solids content, PVC, and VOC.

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Paint Formulation Calculation Guide

This document provides a guide to paint formulation that includes a sample formulation calculation. It lists the ingredients, their weights and volumes, and calculates various metrics like non-volatile content, pigment-to-binder ratio, vehicle solids, VOC content, and PVC (pigment volume concentration) values. The table shows the breakdown of a paint sample including resins, pigments, additives, and volatiles along with the calculations to determine properties like solids content, PVC, and VOC.

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5/5/23, 1:41 PM Paint Formulation Guide

   

PAINT FORMULATION
                         
TOTAL NV PIGMENT ADDITIVE VOLATILE OA
  a b c d e f g h i j k l
Wt. Vol. Wt. Vol. Wt. Vol. Wt. Vol. Wt. Vol. #/100# OA*vol%
Resin (60% NV) 600 74.4 360 38 0 0 0 0 240 36.4 0 0.00
Pigment 170 5 0 0 171 5 0 0 0 0 20 14.29
Pigment 2 70 2 0 0 70 2 0 0 0 0 18 5.14
Additves (50% N 20 2.5 0 0 0 0 10 1 10 1.5 0 0.00
Volatile 140 21.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 21.2 0 0.00
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
TOTALS 1000 105.1 360 38 241 7 10 1 390 59.1 19.43
                 
Weight a 1000
9.51
Gallon b 105.1
(c + e + g) 100 (360 + 241 + 10) * 100
Non-Volatile (Wt. %) 61.1%
a 1000
(d + f + h) 100 (38 + 7 + 1)
Non-Volatile (Vol. %) 43.8%
b 105.1
f (100) 7 (100)
PVC 15.6%
(d + f) (38 + 7)
e 241
Pigment to Binder Ratio 0.67 to 1
c 360
c (100) 360 (100)
Vehicle Solids (Wt. %) 48.0%
(c + i) (360 + 390)
i 390
VOC 3.71
b 105.1
1 1
CPVC 54.09%
(1+l/100*(e/f)/7.88) (1+19.43/100*(241/7)/7.88)
PVC 0.156
Λ (Reduced PVC) 28.76%
CPVC 0.541
                     
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