Abstract:
Versatility of alkyd resins is due to its application in many different areas such as
decorative paints, stoving paints (industrial paints), water dispersible alkyd paints and
printing inks. Alkyd resins are also used to make anticorrosive primers for metals such as
steel, iron or zinc. Furthermore, versatility of alkyds are due to their remarkable properties
such as high pigment wetting properties resulting from oily nature, formation of coherent
film by drying owing to unsaturated fatty acid moieties, gloss retention, flexibility, solvent
resistance and durability of dried films.
