Z Kyd is a #1 Body, 100% solids, linseed isophtalic long oil alkyd vehicle. This oil-modified polyester is an excellent building block vehicle with many applications. 

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Use 2 to 10% Z-KYD to help reduce tack or viscosity of overly heavy or overgelled inks. Use 5 to 25% Z-KYD LSO to wet out "dry" inks or dispersions in order to restore their transfer, gloss, and print density.

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Z-KYD LSO contains 72% pure drying oil fatty acids, so it can be used to help improve film hardness and integrity when metallic driers such as cobalt and manganese compounds are used.

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Due caution must be used when using more than 10% of any alkyd in an ink because there is the possibility of invreased water pickup in litho ink formulations. We recommend trying 1% of LithoTrol ink/water balance control additive to remedy the problem while still retaining Z-Kyd's amazing pigment wetting properties.

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Some of Z Kyd's uses are to:

• Improve transfer of inks

• Improve wetting and flow of overly gelled inks.

• 'Wet out' hard-to-disperse pigments.

• Increase solids content of inks.

• Increase film toughness and flexibility of inks and coatings.

• Increase vegetable oil content of inks.

• Z-kyd is also drier-reactive, making it an excellent film former.

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Additional Properties:

Viscosity: Gardner #1  

Viscosity (Cone & Plate): 12 Poises @ 40 C

Color:  6.5 (Gardener Scale)   

Acid No: 10.4

Iodine Value: 140    (WIJS Method)