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Plant oil-based wood coatings that do not contain also offering a wide range of color variations.”There are three main types of fats and oils: dry oils, which form a dry film when left in a thin layer; non-dry-ing oils, which do Linseed oil, safflower oil, and mineral-derived inorganic “Our goal is overwhelming safety,” says Mr. Ryutaro TsunokakeNatural paint “U-OIL”pigments are usedAvailable in 35 to 66 colors, original orders are also possible55synthetic resins or organic solvents are at-tracting attention. XION, based in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, develops and manufactures two brands: “U-OIL,” a natural paint, and “KIMAMORI SENKA,” a high-performance wood paint. This report introduces the company’s paints, including its latest product, “KIMAMORI SENKA tableware coatings”.Mr. Ryutaro Tsunokake, General Manager of the Asset Management & Investment Business Department, Natural Paint Concierge, BM Division, said, “Despite being called natural paints, many mass-produced products use organ-ic solvents to help the resin dissolve in vege-table oil, antioxidants to preserve inventory, and even organic pigments synthesized from petro-leum. In general, natural paints have the image of being safe, but is this really the case? Our paints were started with this in mind, and we aim to create paints that are significantly safer than existing ones, while XIONBy far the safest and most colorful paintThe company’s focus was on safety, which is not found in existing paints for wood. In Japan, the market for general paints for wood, which use resins, organic colorants, organ-ic solvents, and additives, is worth about 20 billion yen, of which natural paints based on vegetable oils are estimated to be worth about 2.5 billion yen. Very few companies in Japan manufacture natural paints, and three German com-panies, Osmo & Edel, Ribos, and Planet Color, account for most of the market.Linseed oil-based “U-OIL”The company first has developed “U-OIL,” a natural paint that it began developing in 2007 and has completed in 2012. Based on linseed oil, this paint uses only natural ma-terials, including mineral-derived in-organic pigments.Plant oil-based wood coatings

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