Skip To Main Content
Kai Krauss on Muck Rack

Kai Krauss

As seen in: Paint and Coatings Industry
Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work. Claim your profile
Back to Kai Krauss’s profile

Articles by Kai Krauss

Measuring Black - but How?

|
By Kai Krauss, Orion Engineered Carbons
| Paint and Coatings Industry Verified
Special measurement techniques, sample preparation, and attention to detail are prerequisites for the measurement of high-gloss, deep-black coatings. Many believe that the device they use to measure colorful surfaces on a daily basis can also be applied for black measurements without any issues. However, as reflection values approach zero, as is the case for deep-black surfaces, certain technical aspects mean the colorimetric evaluation cannot be carried out reliably and reproducibly.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Black - The Fine Details

|
By Kai Krauss, Andrea Höpke, Markus Mahn
| Paint and Coatings Industry Verified
The Colorful Nature of Black With most people, colorimetry conjures up the image of bright and shining colors. Producers of black colors naturally have a different perspective. Their occupation inherently makes them think of black colors and coatings. Now and again, gray joins their palette. This might literally sound rather monotonous, but it really isn’t in practice. Gray tones particularly demonstrate significant variations when it comes to the so-called undertones.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Deep Black Coatings without Milling

|
By Carlos Hernandez, Kai Krauss, Jennifer Kauffman
| Paint and Coatings Industry Verified
The performance requirements of specialty carbon black used for automotive basecoats are becoming increasingly stringent with regard to jetness and bluish undertone. First and foremost, the pigments must be stable in coating systems and must be highly resistant to weathering.Orion Engineered Carbons has been offering specialty carbon blacks in powder and beaded forms for many years.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?
Show More