Technology
The StarLight® product line has been developed using innovative MicroMirro® technology to obtain an outstanding brilliance and sparkle in a variety of different applications.
The MicroMirro® technology is produced through the use of a well-defined glass base, which is uniformly coated with metallic silver. The glass base provides the StarLight® products with an optimum surface for maximum reflectivity. In conjunction with the silver coating for color and sparkle, this translates into brilliance unobtainable from other products.
Unique to StarLight®, the edges are coated, making the effect visible at any orientation. Additionally, the scintillating sparkle can be created at low pigment levels, even as low as 500 parts per million and can even be achieved with opaque pigments. This result is difficult to obtain with other effect pigments, where organic pigments are almost a prerequisite for the appearance required and at much higher loadings of the effect pigment.
StarLight® pigments are compatible with most polymers, blends and alloys and can be processed at high temperatures without problem. Due to the unique properties of the StarLight® pigments, flow lines are either eliminated, or at worse, minimized during the molding operations of complex parts. Being very robust, StarLight® pigments can withstand the rigors of the extrusion and molding processes.
With these attributes, true metallic effects and appearances can be obtained with the benefit of more effective formulating. StarLight® is available in a range of particle sizes to suit the desired effect.
