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Solvents for auto protective coatings

Eastman produces high-performing oxygenated solvents for the automotive market, including OEM and refinish coatings. By providing diverse options, Eastman can assist formulators in matching solvent performance characteristics with formulation components and desired regulatory targets. The comprehensive product line of Eastman solvents includes non-HAP and low-VOC options that enable formulators to develop high quality products that meet and exceed customers’ expectations.

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N-Butanol 
Eastman™ n-Butanol is a four carbon straight chain oxo alcohol. It is a medium-boiling liquid that is useful as a chemical intermediate and as a solvent for ambient dry and baking coatings.

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Butyl Acetate 
Eastman™ Butyl Acetate is a medium-boiling ester solvent with an evaporation rate of 1.0 making it ideal for quick drying nitrocellulose lacquers. A colorless liquid with a fruity odor, it is an active solvent for film-formers.

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N-Butyl Propionate 
Eastman™ n-Butyl Propionate is a non-HAP, slow-evaporating, and urethane grade solvent with good solvent activity for most coating resins. It provides low volatility to coatings formulations.

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C-11 Ketone 
Eastman C-11 Ketone is a low-cost, slow-evaporating, low-density mixture of ketone solvents. It is useful as a retarder solvent for primers, coil coatings, maintenance coatings and high-solids enamels. In these coatings, it improves gloss and leveling, reduces orange peel, minimizes solvent popping, and helps reduce VOCs. In many coatings, it can be used alone or blended with other solvents to replace isophorone and dibasic esters. Eastman C-11 Ketone has good solvency for a wide range of resins including nitrocellulose, alkyds, polyesters, acrylics, epoxies, and some vinyl chloride/vinyl acetate copolymers. Compared with other solvents in the same evaporation range, C-11 Ketone often offers an economic advantage.

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DB Acetate (Diethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate) 
Eastman DB Acetate (Diethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate) is a high-boiling ester widely used as a solvent in printing inks and high-bake enamels; it is also used as a coalescing aid in low pH latex paints. It is especially applicable in screen inks and as a component in coil coatings. It has also found use as a coalescing aid, a coil coating component, and in the separation of alcohols and ketones by distillation.

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DB Solvent (Diethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether) 
Eastman DB Solvent (Diethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether) improves the flow-out and gloss of baking enamels, is an effective coalescent in both architectural and industrial maintenance formulations, can be used in printing inks to increase dry times, and provides excellent coupling ability for the effective removal of contaminants in Industrial & Institutional and/or household cleaners.

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DB Solvent (Diethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether) - Stabilized 
Eastman™ DB Solvent, Stabilized is a high-boiling glycol ether used in baking enamels, printing inks, textile dyeing, or as a coalescent in latex paints. This grade contains BHT antioxidant.

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DE Acetate (Diethylene Glycol Monoethyl Acetate) 
Eastman™ DE Acetate (diethylene glycol monoethyl ether acetate) is a colorless liquid, soluble in water and miscible in most organic solvents. It is primarily used as a coalescing aid in paints and as a solvent in inks. With broad resin solubility, it is suitable for use in coil coatings.

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DE Solvent (Diethylene Glycol Monoethyl Ether) 
Eastman DE Solvent (Diethylene Glycol Monoethyl Ether) is a very polar, slow-evaporating, mild odor, water-miscible solvent useful in wood stains and as a coalescent in latex paints and floor polishes.

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DP Solvent (Diethylene Glycol Monopropyl Ether) 
Eastman DP Solvent (Diethylene Glycol Monopropyl Ether) is a slow-evaporating, water-miscible solvent useful in solution and water-based coatings. It is an active solvent for many coating materials and demonstrates very good coupling efficiency with resin systems in water-based coatings. Additionally, its low odor is advantageous in formulating printing inks and can be used in aqueous cleaners.

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EB Acetate (Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate) 
Eastman™ EB Acetate (Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate) is a high-boiling glycol ether-ester. Its slow evaporation rate provides excellent flow and leveling in high-bake coatings as well as air-dry systems such as epoxy coatings. It has limited water miscibility. It is supplied as a urethane grade solvent.

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EB Solvent (Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether) 
Eastman EB Solvent (Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether) offers numerous benefits in coating, ink, and cleaner applications. It is an excellent solvent for many coatings resin types, including alkyd, phenolic, maleic, epoxy, and nitrocellulose resins. Its unique combination of properties enables the effective removal of contaminants when used in Industrial & Institutional and/or household cleaners.

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EEH Solvent (Ethylene Glycol 2-Ethylhexyl Ether) 
Eastman EEH solvent (Ethylene Glycol 2-Ethylhexyl Ether) has long been used in performance specialty coatings applications. It offers an excellent balance of performance properties when used as a coalescent in architectural and industrial maintenance coatings.

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EEP Solvent (Ethyl 3-Ethoxypropionate) 
Eastman™ EEP (Ethyl 3-Ethoxypropionate) is slow evaporating with excellent activity for a wide range of coating polymers. It has moderate odor, low surface tension, and high electrical resistance. Its unique structure provides a variety of desirable properties not found in other solvents.

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EP Solvent (Ethylene Glycol Monopropyl Ether) 
Eastman™ EP Solvent (Ethylene Glycol Monopropyl Ether) is colorless and water-miscible over a wide range of temperatures with a slow evaporation rate. It is used in coatings and inks where a milder, less detectable odor is required and provides good viscosity control and high flash point. It can also be used to develop customized aqueous cleaners.

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EP Solvent (Ethylene Glycol Monopropyl Ether) - Stabilized 
Eastman™ EP Solvent is colorless and water-miscible over a wide range of temperatures with a slow evaporation rate. It is used in coatings where a milder, less detectable odor is required. This product is stabilized with BHT.

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Ethyl Acetate - Urethane Grade 
Eastman™ Ethyl Acetate, Urethane Grade is a low-boiling, fast-evaporating solvent with a mild, pleasant odor. It is widely used in formulating printing inks, adhesives, and lacquers. Ethyl acetate is miscible with most organic solvents and can be used in cleaner blends fo the removal of oils, grease, and soils.

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Ethylene Glycol Diacetate (EGDA) 
Eastman Ethylene Glycol Diacetate (EGDA) is a colorless, low odor, very slow-evaporating solvent that gives good flow-out to baking lacquers and enamels. Major uses include thermoplastic acrylic coatings as a reflow solvent and in foundry core-binding applications.

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2-Ethylhexanol 
This eight-carbon branched chain oxo alcohol with a high boiling point and slow evaporation rate features excellent reactivity as a chemical intermediate. It serves as a chain terminator in synthesizing condensation polymers and as an intermediate for plasticizers.

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2-Ethylhexyl Acetate 
Eastman™ 2-Ethylhexyl Acetate is a high-boiling retarder solvent with low water solubility, mild odor, and a slow evaporation rate. It is used to promote flow and retard blushing in lacquers, NC lacquer emulsions, screen inks, baking enamels and air-dry enamels.

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Isobutyl Isobutyrate (IBIB) 
Eastman™ IBIB is a slow-evaporating, economical retarder solvent used in nitrocellulose lacquers, coatings for plastic substrates, and high solids coatings. It exhibits high electrical resistance and low surface tension.

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Isobutanol 
Eastman™ Isobutanol is a medium-boiling, slow-evaporating, colorless liquid that is useful in organic synthesis, as a chemical intermediate, and as a solvent in coating applications.

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Isobutyl Acetate 
Eastman™ Isobutyl Acetate is a medium-boiling solvent with a typical mild, fruity, ester odor. Its combination of good solvent activity, desirable evaporation rate, and pleasant odor enables it to be used in a wide range of coating applications.

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Isopropyl Acetate 
Eastman™ Isopropyl Acetate is a urethane grade, fast-evaporating, mild odor solvent that is miscible with most common organic solvents and has properties intermediate between ethyl and butyl acetates. It is an active solvent for many types of synthetic resins.

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Methyl Acetate 
Eastman Methyl Acetate is an active, fast evaporating, mild odor solvent for a broad range of coating and ink resins. It is useful in applications where fast solvent release and quick dry-to-touch times are required. Methyl acetate is a VOC-exempt, non-HAP, non-ODS, readily biodegradable solvent that can be used in blends to develop environmentally friendly cleaners.

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Methyl Acetate - High Purity 
Eastman™ Methyl Acetate - High Purity is an active, urethane grade, fast-evaporating, mild odor solvent for a broad range of coating and ink resins. It is useful in polyurethane coatings and in applications where fast solvent release and quick dry-to-touch times are required. Methyl acetate, HP is a VOC-exempt, non-HAP, non-ODS, readily biodegradable solvent that can be used in blends to develop environmentally friendly cleaners.

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Methyl N-Amyl Ketone (MAK) 
The high solvent activity, slow evaporation rate, low density and surface tension, and high boiling point of Eastman™ MAK (Methyl n-Amyl Ketone) make it ideal in formulating high solids coatings that meet VOC guidelines.

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Methyl Isobutyl Ketone 
Eastman™ Methyl Isobutyl Ketone (MIBK) is a medium-evaporating, low density, highly active solvent for use in inks, coatings, and adhesives. It is also used in a wide variety of other applications and markets.

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Methyl Propyl Ketone (MPK) 
Eastman™ MPK (Methyl n-Propyl Ketone) is a medium evaporating, urethane-grade solvent. It is an active solvent for most synthetic resins including acrylics, polyesters, cellulosics, epoxies, vinyls, and alkyds. Its high solvency, low density, and medium evaporation rate make it attractive as a letdown solvent for high-solids resins used in formulating coatings with low VOC content. It is used in gravure printing inks and also provides excellent performance for a wide range of cleaning and surface preparation applications for the transportation industry.

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Methyl Propyl Ketone (MPK) - Ultra High Purity 
Eastman™ MPK, UHP (Ultra High Purity) is a medium-evaporating, urethane grade, highly active solvent for most synthetic resins. It is ideal as a letdown solvent for high solids, air-dry resins used in low VOC alkyd and polyester/urethane coatings. It is used in gravure printing inks and also provides excellent performance for a wide range of cleaning and surface preparation applications for the transportation industry.

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Methyl Isoamyl Ketone (MIAK) 
The high solvent activity, slow evaporation rate, low density and surface tension, and high boiling point of Eastman™ MIAK (Methyl Isoamyl Ketone), make it ideal in formulating low-viscosity, high solids coatings with reduced VOC.

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PM Acetate (Propylene Glycol Monomethyl Ether Acetate ) 
Eastman™ PM Acetate is a slow evaporating solvent with both ether and ester functional groups. It is a colorless liquid with a mild odor used as an effective retarder solvent as well as being an excellent solvent for many coating polymers.

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PM Solvent (Propylene Glycol Monomethyl Ether) 
Eastman™ PM Solvent, a medium-boiling glycol ether, is an active solvent for cellulose acetate butyrate, nitrocellulose, epoxy, phenolic, acrylic, and alkyd resins. It is used in a variety of coating, printing ink, and cleaning applications.

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Propyl Acetate 
Eastman™ Propyl Acetate is a colorless liquid with a mild, fruity odor. It is an active solvent for nitrocellulose, cellulose acetate butyrate, polyester, alkyd, and acrylic resins. It has a medium evaporation rate and is a non-HAP solvent.

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N-Propyl Alcohol (N-Propanol) 
Eastman™ n-Propanol, a three-carbon straight chain oxo alcohol, is a medium-boiling, colorless liquid that is widely used in flexographic and other printing ink applications. It has a very mild odor, similar to that of ethanol and is completely soluble in water.

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N-Propyl Propionate 
Eastman™ n-Propyl Propionate is a non-HAP, medium evaporating, urethane grade solvent with good activity for most coating resins.

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Texanol Ester Alcohol 
Eastman Texanol™ is an high-performance coalescing aid, particularly under adverse conditions of high humidity and low temperature. Demonstrating excellent properties with associative thickeners, Texanol is a low-evaporating solvent in polyester coil coatings and high bake enamels.

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