PVC Additives for RECREATIONAL & SPORTS

Everyone likes to spend some time getting away from it all. Color Master agrees, and that’s why we enjoy serving the recreation and sports industry. From pet toys made from flexible thermoplastic elastomers, to parts of recreational vehicles and campers, to sports equipment made of the most demanding specialized reinforced polymers we can help provide the look, feel, and performance our customers in this industry require. Through the use of durable, weatherable pigments, and product enhancing additives, we provide custom color and additive concentrates, and offer custom PVC compounds for some specialized applications in recreation and sports, and military applications. Some of these products include tints and colors enhanced with ultraviolet dyes for PC and plastisol fishing lures, colors with pigments and additives that preserve parts like ATV fenders from the damaging effects of ultraviolet (UV) light energy, and colorants for products used in rugged conditions made of polymers like reinforced nylon and PBT.

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Products

Color Concentrate

PVC Compounds

Additive Compounds

Liquid Colorants

Specialty Compounds

Dry Colors

Color Concentrate

COLOR CONCENTRATE

The necessary pigments needed to achieve the target color are compounded at a high concentration into a “carrier” resin that is the same as, or compatible with, the end use polymeric resin. They are used at a prescribed let-down ratio (LDR) and mixed with a polymer base to be processed into the customer’s finished parts. Learn More >

PVC Compounds

PVC COMPOUNDS

Specialty blends of PVC resin, additives, and processing aids tailored to the physical properties needed by a customer’s product and process. These are formulated for their service environment, be it indoor or outdoor. Learn More >

Additive Compounds

ADDITIVE COMPOUNDS

Concentrated or ready to use products containing additives for special performance or aesthetic properties including light diffusion, UV Light protection, Electrostatic dissipation (ESD), Antimicrobial, flame retardants, and gloss reduction. Learn More >

Liquid Colorants

LIQUID COLORANTS

Same as the pelletized version, only the polymer carrier is replaced by a liquid carrier. This allows the pigments to be highly dispersed and optimizes the color and capabilities of the pigments and additives. Color Master employs the use of non-toxic liquid carriers that can be easily cleaned up with water and mild detergents such as Simple Green. This product is packaged and intended for use in a closed system. It does require the purchase of a relatively low-cost dosing pump. Learn More >

Specialty Compounds

SPECIALTY COMPOUNDS

Enhanced, ready to mold products. Typically compounded with functional additives or fillers for special attributes or specific physical properties. Learn More >

Dry Colors

DRY COLORS

The necessary pigments needed to achieve the target color are specially mixed with a dispersion agent, or process aid. While cost effective, the handling and cleanup of loose powder in a machine can be labor intensive. Learn More >

Processors

Injection Molders

Sheet Extruders

Profile Extruders

Blow Molders

Roto Molders

Injection Molders

INJECTION MOLDERS

Injection molding of thermoplastics is a manufacturing process for producing parts by injecting heated, molten material into a mold. The material for the part is fed into a heated barrel, mixed, and forced into a mold, where it cools, or cures, and hardens to the configuration of the mold. Learn More >

Sheet Extruders

SHEET EXTRUDERS

Sheet extrusion is the process of producing a continuous single gauge sheet made typically of a thermoform polymeric material. An extruder, consisting of a barrel and combination conveying and mixing screw, forces the material through a slot die. The material is conveyed through rollers that keeps it flat as it is cooled. The resulting sheet is then trimmed and cut to a desired dimension, or spooled onto a roll. Learn More >

Profile Extruders

PROFILE EXTRUDERS

Similar to sheet extrusion, profile extrusion is the process of producing a continuous multi gauge profile part made typically of a thermoform polymeric material. An extruder, consisting of a barrel and combination conveying and mixing screw, forces the material through a die. The material is conveyed through another set of dies in a cooling tank that maintain the desired profile until it it fully cooled and set. The resulting product is then cut to a desired dimension, or spooled onto a roll. Learn More >

Blow Molders

BLOW MOLDERS

Similar to injection molding, blow molding of thermoplastics is a manufacturing process for producing parts by injecting heated, molten material into a mold. The material for the part is fed into a heated barrel, mixed, and forced into a mold. Air is then forced, or blown, into the mold where the material forms around the air bubble and it cools, or cures, to harden to the configuration of the mold. Learn More >

Roto Molders

ROTO MOLDERS

Rotational or “Roto” molding is a slow and simple process where a thermoplastic material is placed inside an enclosed mold. The mold is then clamped inside a chamber and is set to rotate in what is typically a dual axis frame. During the rotation, cycles of heating and cooling take place allowing the material to flow and form, through gravitational force, to the configuration of the mold. Learn More >