| abstract |
The invention provides an aqueous pigment anti-settling agent which, when added to an aqueous coating material, demonstrates excellent pigment anti-settling effect, and in particular, demonstrates excellent pigment anti-settling effect even under a high-temperature environment. This aqueous pigment anti-settling agent is an aqueous dispersion obtained by neutralizing, with a base, a mixture comprising [A] a polyamide obtained by reacting a diamine having 2 to 34 carbon atoms and an excess amount with respect to the diamine of a dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 36 carbon atoms or a mixture of a dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 36 carbon atoms and a monocarboxylic acid having 2 to 22 carbon atoms, [B] an amide wax obtained by reacting a monocarboxylic acid having 2 to 22 carbon atoms and a diamine having 2 to 12 carbon atoms and/or a monoamine having 2 to 22 carbon atoms and/or [C] hydrogenated castor oil, then, dispersing the obtained neutralized product into a medium mainly composed of water, and optionally, heat-treating the obtained dispersion. |