Role of HPMC in Diatom Mud

Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) for diatom mud is a non-ionic cellulose ether, which is made from natural high molecular material cellulose through a series of chemical processing. They are odorless, tasteless and nontoxic white powders that swell into clear or slightly turbid colloidal solutions in cold water. Diatom mud professional HPMC has the characteristics of thickening, adhesion, dispersion, emulsification, film-forming, suspension, adsorption, gel, surface activity, water retention and protective colloid.

The function of HPMC in diatom mud is as follows
1) HPMC can enhance the water holding capacity of diatom mud, improve the phenomenon of diatom mud drying too fast and hydration is not enough to cause poor hardening, cracking and so on.
2) HPMC can increase the plasticity of diatom mud, improve the construction performance and work efficiency.
3) HPMC fully enables it to better adhere to the substrate and to be bonded.
4) HPMC has thickening effect, which can prevent diatom mud and adhesive from moving during construction.

Diatom mud itself has no pollution, pure natural, and has a variety of functions, which is unmatched by traditional coatings such as latex paint and wallpaper. When using diatom mud to decorate, there is no need to move, because there is no taste in the process of diatom mud construction, which is pure natural and easy to repair. Therefore, diatom mud has high requirements for the selection of HPMC. The HPMC produced by milestone Industrial Co. Ltd. has high purity and stable performance, and is the preferred additive in diatom mud.