CYMEL®

CYMEL® 303 LF resin is a highly methylated, monomeric melamine crosslinker supplied in liquid form at ≥ 98% solids content. Its high extent of alkylation and low tendency to self-condense make CYMEL® 303 LF resin a highly effective crosslinking agent for a broad range of applications such as can, container, automotive and general industrial coatings. While CYMEL® 303 LF resin is insoluble in water, it shows excellent compatibility with water-soluble backbone polymers and provides very good stability in amine-stabilized waterborne formulations.

CYMEL® 1123 Resin is a highly methylated/ethylated benzoguanamine resin developed primarily for use as a crosslinking agent in electrocoating and conventional coatings requiring high detergent and chemical resistance. Its excellent balance between adhesion and film flexibility, especially after several cure cycles, makes CYMEL® 1123 Resin particularly well suited for can coating applications. While CYMEL® 1123 Resin is insoluble in water, it shows excellent compatibility with water soluble backbone polymers and provides very good stability in pH-buffered alkaline waterborne formulations. The poor light resistance properties of benzoguanamine makes CYMEL® 1123 Resin unsuitable for exterior applications.

CYMEL® 301 Resin is a highly methylated melamine crosslinker supplied at >98% solids. Relative to CYMEL® 303 LF resin, CYMEL® 301 Resin is slightly higher in both monomer content and extent of alkylation resulting in a product with lower viscosity that exhibits fast cure response and imparts excellent flexibility to the film. Its high functionality and low tendency to self-condense makes CYMEL® 301 Resin suitable for a wide range of applications like can, container, automotive and general industrial coatings.

CYMEL® 1125 resin is a highly methylated/ethylated, carboxyl-modified benzoguanamine crosslinker supplied in 2-butoxy ethanol. It is especially designed for electro-deposition primer formulations requiring excellent corrosion and detergent resistance. The structure of CYMEL® 1125 resin offers superior adhesion to metal substrates. CYMEL® 1125 resin can be used in a wide range of general purpose industrial finishes. However, because CYMEL® 1125 resin contains chelating groups which can form colored compounds with heavy metal ions such as iron and zinc, it is recommended for use in only dark single coat applications or primers, and not in pastel colors. Benzoguanamine resins have poor resistance to UV light, hence CYMEL® 1125 is not suitable for exterior applications

CYMEL® 373 resin is a partially methylated melamine supplied in water. Its high reactivity combined with water solubility makes CYMEL® 373 resin suitable for a wide range of fast-curing waterborne industrial coating formulations.

CYMEL® UI-20-E Resin is a partially iso-butylated urea crosslinker designed for use in acid curing wood coatings with high film build requirements. Being supplied in ethanol, films dry very quickly resulting in coatings with excellent early block resistance.

CYMEL® U-80 Resin is a highly n-butylated urea resin supplied at >96% solids content. Its high extent of alkylation and hydrophobic nature make the CYMEL® U-80 Resin suitable for a wide range of coating applications, including high solids primers for automotive, general industrial, and container coatings, providing improved film flexibility and adhesion to various substrates. CYMEL® U-80 resin is insoluble in water but can be used in emulsified form as a crosslinking agent in water-dispersible alkyds, acrylic resins, and in emulsion systems.

CYMEL® 27-802 resin is a general purpose partially n-butylated melamine resin supplied in a mixture of n-butanol and xylene . CYMEL® 27-802 combines fast curing speed with good resistance properties making it suitable for a wide variety of industrial bake finishes including decorative metal coatings

CYMEL® U-1054 resin is a partially n-butylated urea crosslinking agent supplied in a mixture of n-butanol and ethanol. CYMEL® U-1054 resin is suitable for industrial heat cured primer formulations because of the excellent adhesion, water and corrosion resistance properties. In can coating formulations, CYMEL® U-1054 provides an excellent balance between adhesion and film flexibility, especially after several cure cycles.

CYMEL® 304 Resin is a specially alkylated, high solids melamine crosslinking agent designed specifically for industrial wood coating applications. Systems formulated with CYMEL® 304 resin exhibit excellent catalyzed stability and films develop excellent early hardness, resistance properties, appearance, and cold check resistance. It has very low free formaldehyde and low evolved formaldehyde on cure relative to conventional urea-based formulas.

CYMEL® 300 Resin is a highly methylated melamine crosslinking agent and is the purest form of hexa(methoxymethyl)melamine available in our product line. Its high degree of alkylation coupled with its high monomer content makes CYMEL® 300 resin an excellent crosslinker for applications where film flexibility is a premium, such as required in some coil and can coatings.

CYMEL® UI-21-E Resin is a partially iso-butylated urea resin supplied in ethanol. It has been designed for a wide range of high build, low odor industrial wood finishes. CYMEL® UI-21-E Resin is not suitable for exterior applications.

CYMEL® U-65 Resin is a high solids, methylated urea resin designed for use in both water and organo-soluble systems as a crosslinking agent for a variety of polymers that contain hydroxyl functionality.

CYMEL® 3745N Resin is a highly methylated melamine crosslinker designed for use in both solvent-borne and waterborne industrial finishes. Its high functionality and low tendency to self-condense promotes excellent formulated stability and results in films with very good hardness development, flexibility, formability, and resistance properties making it suitable for a wide range of coating applications, like can and container coatings, foil coatings, automotive coatings and waterborne formulations.

CYMEL® 1172 resin is an unalkylated glycoluril crosslinker supplied in water at 45% solids. It is designed to be used for crosslinking aqueous neutral or acidic hydroxyl or amide functional polymers and combines excellent stability at acidic pH (as low as 4) with excellent reactivity. CYMEL® 1172 resin cannot be used in amine neutralized or basic coating systems because of the potential problems of demethylolation of the compound and a significant decrease in cure response.