{"product_id":"additives-kris-stearns-9798189143007","title":"Additives: The Small Ingredients That Do Big Work: Rheology Modifiers, Dispersants, Wetting \u0026 Leveling Agents, Defoamers, Driers, and Corrosion Inhibi","description":"This book covers six additive categories, chosen because they're the ones you'll run into constantly, no matter what kind of coating you end up formulating: \u003cbr\u003eRheology modifiers - control how the coating flows, from the can to the wall (or panel, or pipe) and everywhere in between.\u003cbr\u003eDispersants and wetting agents - get pigment particles properly separated and keep them that way.\u003cbr\u003eWetting and leveling agents - get the coating to stick to the substrate on contact, then smooth out into a uniform film once it's there.\u003cbr\u003eDefoamers - manage the air that gets whipped into a coating during manufacturing and application.\u003cbr\u003eDriers - speed up the oxidative cure of alkyd and oil-based systems from days to hours.\u003cbr\u003eCorrosion inhibitors - slow down the electrochemical process that turns coated steel back into rust.\u003cbr\u003eBook 1's Chapter 1 additive overview touched on all of these at a high level. This book gives each one its full due.\u003cbr\u003eThere are other additive categories in the wider world - biocides and mildewcides, coalescing aids, matting agents, UV stabilizers, slip agents, and more - that aren't in this book. That's not because they don't matter; it's because a book that tried to cover every additive category with equal depth would be a reference manual, not something you'd actually read. These six show up on the most formula sheets, cause the most first-year confusion, and do the most damage when they're wrong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kris Stearns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798189143007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d","brand":"Kris Stearns","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50666011721983,"sku":"9798189143007","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/additives-kris-stearns-9798189143007","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}