Both lacquers and enamels can contain color or pigment. Lacquers are thermoplastic, meaning they can be fully dissolved using the same solvent they were originally made with. They dry through solvent evaporation.

Enamels, however, cannot be fully redissolved in their original solvent. While the solvent may lift or remove some enamel, it leaves behind flakes and particles that won't dissolve. Enamels dry through solvent evaporation and then cure either by oxidation, where oxygen reacts with the polymer to form a new oxidized polymer, or by crosslinking with another added polymer.

We compare lacquers and enamels to scrambled eggs. If you let raw scrambled eggs dry completely through evaporation, you can reconstitute them by adding water. This dried egg film is similar to a lacquer.

If you cook scrambled eggs, they won't redissolve in water. The egg proteins have undergone a chemical reaction, crosslinking to create a new polymer. This is similar to an enamel.

Yes. At Egyptian Coatings, we believe that all quality paints are economical. Our paint covers 200 to 500 square feet per gallon. Even at $100 per gallon, the cost comes out to just 20 to 50 cents per square foot. It's important to note that these prices don't reflect lower quality. This paint is formulated to protect your substrate for many years. Additionally, this product saves considerable application time since it adheres easily and completely.

HMX-100-2 is XYZ Company's internal numbering system for their paint. Even with a formula number, we don't have access to the company's proprietary formula and cannot create an exact duplicate.

However, we can work from a wet sample. If you provide us with a wet sample, we can approximate the paint or, in many instances, formulate a product that performs better in your production process compared to the competitor's product.