What industrial applications benefit from Perlite?
Perlite is used as a filler, extender and texturizing agent in numerous products. It displaces expensive resins and reduces unit weights. Perlite’s filler applications include caulks, textures, joint and taping compounds, paints, polishes, hand cleaners and explosives. Additional uses include filtration, waste water treatment, oil clean-up, sludge solidification, exothermic toppings, slag treatment, insulating refractories, low density well drilling mud, foundry core and molds, formed products, shipping dunnage and adsorbent.
