Refining the Beauty of Wood

Pigments & Additives Division
Coating Business
Refining the Beauty of Wood
Hostafine ® * pigment preparations for your
next generation of water-borne wood coatings
> Ideal for transparent wood stains
> High color strength and brilliance
> Ultra-finely dispersed pigments
Exactly your chemistry.

Hostafine ® *: Your choice for high quality transparent wood stains
Main advantages
> Ultra-finely dispersed pigment dispersions
(no particles > 1.0 µm, 95 % pigment particles < 0.5 µm)
> High color strength & brilliance
> Outstanding transparency
> Superior fastness properties compared to dyes
- Higher light fastness
- No migration into WB and SB top coats
> Easy-to-handle liquid pigment preparation
> Highly consistent quality
> Low viscosity and very good sedimentation behavior
> All Hostafines are APEO-free & compliant with EN 71/3
www.pa.clariant.com
Clariant International Ltd.
Pigments & Additives Division
Marketing Coating Business
Rothausstrasse 61
4132 Muttenz, Switzerland
Phone: +41-61-469-7991
Fax: +41-61-469-7540
Clariant Produkte
(Deutschland) GmbH
Pigments & Additives Division
Marketing Coating Business
Industriepark Höchst
65926 Frankfurt (Main), Germany
Phone: +49-69-305-5991
Fax: +49-69-305-80225
Exactly your chemistry.
Main application fields
> Coloration of wood, e.g. furniture, flooring, joinery and toys
> Transparent wood stains – water-based and water/alcohol
combinations
> Tinted sealers and topcoats
> Water-based UV-curable coatings
> Suitable for tinting systems
> Colorants for wood impregnation (choice of color indices
depending on application and durability requirements)
Hostafine name C.I. Pigment Name 1 C.I. No. Pigment Particle Size Light
content Distribution Fastness 2
approx. % d 50 (nm)
Hostafine Yellow GR Yellow 13 21100 40 89 6
Hostafine Yellow HR Yellow 83 21108 35 57 7
Hostafine Red HF3S Red 188 12467 40 92 7
Hostafine Red FGR Red 112 12370 45 90 7
Hostafine Red F5RK VP 3204 Red 170 12475 35 84 6
Hostafine Red P2GL Red 179 71130 25 70 8
Hostafine Rubine F6B Red 184 12487 40 73 5
Hostafine Magenta E VP 2609 Red 122 73915 20 68 7-8
Hostafine Violet RL VP 2475 Violet 23 51319 30 64 7-8
Hostafine Blue B2G Blue 15:3 74160 40 73 8
Hostafine Green GN Green 7 74260 40 62 8
Hostafine Black T 30 VP 2813 Black 7 77266 30 57 8
Hostafine Black TS 30 VP 3035 Black 7 77266 33 57 8
1 = of base pigment
2 = full shade dispersion (1 % pigment)
Please note: This information is based on our present state
of knowledge and is intended to provide general notes on
our products and their uses. It should not therefore be construed
as guaranteeing specific properties of the products
described or their suitability for a particular application.
Any existing industrial property rights must be observed.
The quality of our products is guaranteed under our General
Conditions of Sale.
®* = Trademark registered in numerous countries
and licensed to Clariant.
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