INTRODUCTION OF THE SEPIOLITE PANGEL RANGE

Sepiolite PANGEL® products are highly pseudoplastic rheological additives based on sepiolite
clays for both, water based and solvent based systems.

TOLSA selects the best raw material and process to offer the most suitable special clay
additive for each specific paint formulation.

Sepiolite Pangel®
WATER BASED SOLVENT BASED

new technology
PANGEL S9 PANGEL B Series
PANGEL W

for water-borne systems

 INTRODUCTION OF THE SEPIOLITE PANGEL RANGE
Viscosity Cellulose
Sedimentation • Very good low-shear vis. • No effect in high-shear
Can stability • Water retention vis.
• Open time control • Microbial degradation
Roller spattering
Sag • Offer good compatibility •
Application • Reduce water and scrub
Resistance
Consistency resistance
Viscosity ASE / HASE
Leveling • Good high-shear vis. • Sensitive to pH
• Easy incorporation • No water retention
• Cheap • Reduce water and scrub
HEUR resistance
HASE HEUR / PUR
Cellulosics • Very good high-shear • Sensitive to co-solvents
ASE vis. and surfactants
Clays • No sensitive to pH • Limited colorant
• Water resistance compatibility
• No water retention
Shear Rate
INTRODUCTION OF THE SEPIOLITE PANGEL RANGE
Clays
• Settling and sagging resistance
• In-can stability, liquid separation control
• Water and scrub resistance
• Microbial degradation
• Shear-thinning properties

Hectorite Attapulgite Sepiolite

Anti‐sagging * ** ***
Anti‐settling * ** ***
Spatter resistance * ** ***
In‐can stability * ** ***
Swelling time Need No need No need
 INTRODUCTION TO THE PANGEL RANGE – CLAYS GELLING MECHANISM
SHEET LIKE

Smectites
(Bentonite
& Hectorites)

SWELLING GEL STRUCTURE STRUCTURE TEMPORARY

DESTROYED

NEEDLE LIKE

Sepiolite
INTRODUCTION OF THE SEPIOLITE PANGEL RANGE
PANGEL S9 High purity sepiolite • High pseudoplasticity unaffected by electrolytes.
• Co-thickener of HEUR, ASE & Cellulosic thickeners.
• Highly effective in syneresis reduction.
• Spatter resistance
PANGEL W Organically modified sepiolite • Co-thickener of HEUR, ASE & Cellulosic thickeners.
• Total or partial replacement of HEC and acrylic thickeners
• Enhanced thickening efficiency
• Provides open time and water retention
• Spatter resistance
MAIN APPLICATIONS OF SEPIOLITE PANGEL
▪ Decorative paint

▪ Textural paints

▪ Pastes for wall preparation

(sparkles, putties, crack fillers)

▪ Skim coats, Plaster

▪ Pigment Paste stabilization

▪ Intumescent Paint
DISPERSE PANGEL IN WATER BASED SYSTEMS – PREGEL METHOD
A pregel is a dispersion of clay in water or solvent that can be prepared in a different vessel of smaller scale, and used at any time of production.

WATER
93 ~ 95%

High Shear
Add PANGEL
Mixing FINISH
slowly at low Ready to be used
> 18 m·s-1
mixing speed at any time
5-10 min

PANGEL
5 ~ 7%
DISPERSE PANGEL IN WATER BASED SYSTEMS – DIRECTLY USED METHOD
In case of using directly PANGEL as powder form, please noted that dispersants can reduce PANGEL capacity to build a gel structure
while can interfere in the dispersion of pigments.

WATER
A part of the water
Only the liters required
to have a 5-7% of
PANGEL concentration

Add PANGEL High Shear Mixing

High Speed High Speed
slowly at low > 18 m/s
Mixing Mixing
mixing speed 5-10 min

PANGEL WATER Fillers and

Total amount Add the rest of other solids
in formula the water in
formula
HIGH SHEAR EQUIPMENT – MIXER SPEED
HIGH SHEAR > 18 m/s

SAME R.P.M. MEDIUM SHEAR ≈ 10 m/s

LOW SHEAR < 5 m/s

Peripheral speed (m/s) is the key value

to determine the right speed, without
considering disk and mixer dimensions
and power

A simple formula can help us to

DIFFERENT m/s calculate peripheral speed knowing
the disk diameter and rotation speed
in rpm

V(m/s)=RPM·π·d(cm)/(60·100)
HIGH SHEAR EQUIPMENT – MIXER SPEED HIGH SHEAR > 18 m/s
MEDIUM SHEAR ≈ 10 m/s
LOW SHEAR < 5 m/s

HOW DOES IT LOOK A GOOD PANGEL GEL?

HIGH SHEAR EQUIPMENT – RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT

Silverson
mixers

Ystral from
Dispermix

Dissolver mixers like Cowles,

Dispermix and many others
HIGH SHEAR EQUIPMENT – RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT

Colloidal mill

Bead mill
HIGH SHEAR EQUIPMENT – NOT RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT
HIGH SHEAR EQUIPMENT – MIXER GEOMETRY AND PROPER SHEAR
All, PANGEL concentration, peripheral speed and mixing chamber design needs to be oriented toward the formation of a
vortex with doughnut shape (thoroidal), what will guarantee a perfect shear of the dispersion

OPTIMUM MIXING CHAMBER DESIGN

APPLICATION – INTERIOR SEMI GLOSS FORMULATIONS
APPLICATION – INTERIOR SEMI GLOSS FORMULATIONS

No affect to final viscosity

Keep good leveling

Reduce water separation

Stable performance

Excellent – Worst
0 – 5
APPLICATION – ACRYLIC LATEX ENAMEL SEMI GLOSS FORMULATIONS
Lb/100 gallons Attapulgite Pangel S-9 Pangel S-9
Water 104.25 104.25 104.25
PG 21.6 21.6 21.6
Colloid 643 1.46 1.46 1.46
Tamol 731-25% 9.58 9.58 9.58
Dowicil 75 0.83 0.83 0.83
Nopcocide N-96 5 5 5
Unitane OR-600 208.34 208.34 208.34
Polygloss 90 29.95 33.2 35.16
Attapulgite 8.33 - -
Pangel S9 - 4.17 2.77
Disperse high speed 20 min.
Water 300.18 300.18 300.18
Acrysol EXP-300 21.27 21.27 21.27
Rhoplex AC-64 310.94 310.94 310.94
Colloid 643 2.92 2.92 2.92
Texanol 9.88 9.88 9.88
Ammonia 1.54 1.54 1.54
Totals 1036.07 1035.16 1035.72
PVC (%) 28 28 28
Solids by weight (%) 43.8 43.8 43.8
Solids by volume (%) 30.1 30.1 30.1
APPLICATION – ACRYLIC LATEX ENAMEL SEMI GLOSS FORMULATIONS
Attapulgite Pangel S9 Pangel S9
Dosage 8.33 4.17 2.77

Consistency (KU) 123 123 120

Fineness of Grind (Hegman) 6 6 6
Reflectance, Y value (%) 91.3 91.5 91.5
Contrast Ratio 0.984 0.98 0.977
Relative Tint Strength (%) 0 0.6 -2.9
Sheen, 85° 69.3 73.5 73.9
Gloss, 60° 34.1 35.8 35.1
Leveling (10 = perfect) 8 9 9
Sag resistance (Mils) 12+ 12+ 12+
Viscosity, ICI (Poise) 0.95 0.85 0.83
Oven stability, 1 week, 60 °C Excellent Excellent Excellent
APPLICATION – INTERIOR STATIN PAINT FORMULATIONS