PAINTS IN GENERAL

Due to its excellent properties, Ultramarine blue pigment has wide applications in paints.

PLASTICS.

The largest market of technical grade of ultramarine blue for the following reasons.

. Excellent heat resistance. Stable at over 350 ° C
. Excellent light resistance (8 on the wool scale).
. Unique shade.
. Easily dispersed.
. Transparency.
. Non toxic.
. Does not bleed or migrate.
. Easily reprocessed.

INKS.
Ultramarine Blue, of fine micron size, with highest tinting strength, are mostly used in many printing inks.

SOAPS & DETERGENTS
Ultramarine Blue of reddish shade having low tinting strength, is used for colouring soaps. They give whiteness to washed clothes.

PAPER
Ultramarine Blue has application in the paper manufacturing process namely the whitening of cellulose pulp and the colouration of the outside coating on coloured papers.

RUBBER
Ultramarine blue is used for colouring of rubber and as a colour correction of white rubber.

ARTISTS COLOURS.
Ultramarine blue , with low toxicity and high tinting strength, is widely used in the manufacturing of Artistic Colours.

COPY PAPER.
Ultramarine blue is used in the production of blue copy of carbon paper or to better the shade of black carbon paper.

CHALK FOR BILLIARD CUES.
Ultramarine blue has application in manufacturing of billiards chalk, because of its affinity with quartz.