Investigation of TiO₂ replacement alternatives for water-based paints using styrene butyl acrylate

Abstract

Purpose

Titanium dioxide (TiO₂) has high opacity, high brightness and whiteness, owing to its high refractive index value. It is mainly used in the coating industry and continuous efforts have been made to replace some of the TiO₂ in paint with new pigments. This study aims to replace part of TiO₂ pigment with various percentages of BaSO₄, CaCO₃ and kaolin in styrene butyl acrylate-based paint formulations, without changing the properties of paints using only titanium dioxide.

Design/methodology/approach

To determine the optimum use rate of new pigment mixing, opacity, gloss, scrub resistance and weather resistance properties have been investigated in the water-based paint formulation. The morphological properties of these samples were examined by scanning electron microscopy analysis.

Findings

In the total color change (ΔE) measurements, it was observed that the sample coded 85Ti/15Ba produced extremely similar results to the situation when TiO₂ was used alone. It was seen that the best results were obtained when 85Ti/15Ba was used instead of TiO₂.

Originality/value

Comparison research on the impact of replacing TiO₂ with BaSO₄, CaCO₃ and kaolin on the performance characteristics of water-based styrene butyl acrylate-based paint formulations has not been done in the literature, according to the literature search.

Citation

Aygül, S., Yılmazsönmez, S., Soyalp, A. and Aytac, A. (2025), "Investigation of TiO₂ replacement alternatives for water-based paints using styrene butyl acrylate", Pigment & Resin Technology, Vol. 54 No. 2, pp. 208-214. https://doi.org/10.1108/PRT-12-2023-0110