As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission Commission on April 17,1998
                              Registration No. 333-


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                           ______________________


                                    Form S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                           ______________________


                     TECHNICAL CHEMICALS AND PRODUCTS, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
                           ______________________


         Florida                                  65-0308922
 State or other jurisdiction of            (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 incorporation or organization)        

                             3341 S.W. 15th Street,
                          Pompano Beach, Florida 33069
                                 (954) 979-0400
                 (Address, including zip code, telephone number,
        including area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
                           ______________________


                      TECHNICAL CHEMICALS AND PRODUCTS,INC.
                  AMENDED AND RESTATED 1992 STOCK OPTION PLAN
       
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Brian Foremny and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Jack Aronowitz and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Stuart R. Streger and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Martin Gurkin and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between John Pippert and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Kathryn Harrigan and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Clayton Rautbord and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Colin A. Morris and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Frank Kochinke and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Bob Bachkosky and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Joel Mitchen and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Brett Miller and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Allen Piedmont and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Jeff Bolts and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Howard Goldman and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Steve Miller and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Stephen Dresnick and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Gregory Candelmo and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between James Drummond and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Martin Epstein and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Jerry Foster and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Allyson Spaulding and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Marcie Tiso and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Mark Morin and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Robert Simons and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Lori Halliday and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Keith Herring and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Peter Giavatto and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Jarrett Hess and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Lamont Robinson and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Shawn Holmes and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Kiyoko Chastain and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Luis Leguillou and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Bonilyn Brown and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between William Pfister and The Registrant
                             ______________________

                           (Full titles of the plans)

                                Jack L. Aronowitz
      Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, Chief Executive Officer
                     Technical Chemicals And Products, Inc.
                             3341 S.W. 15th Street,
                          Pompano Beach, Florida 33069
                                 (954) 979-0400
           (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)


                                    Copies to:
                              Steven D. Rubin, Esq.
                          Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler
                           Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.
                       150 West Flagler Street, Suite 2200
                              MIami, Florida 33130
                                 (305) 789-3517
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
====================================================================================================================================
     Title of each Class of        Amount to be           Proposed Maximum            Proposed Maximum                Amount of 
 Securities to be registered       Registered        offering price per share(1)   aggregate offering price(1)   Registration fee(1)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                               <C>                       <C>                           <C>                       <C> 
Common Stock,$.10 par value       1,596,500 shares          $ 9.75                        $15,565,875               $4,591.93
====================================================================================================================================
 </TABLE>              
(1)  Estimated  solely for purposes of calculating  the registration  fee on the
     basis of the average of the high and low sale  prices for the Common  Stock
     of the  Registrant  on April 14,  1998,  as  reported  by the NASDAQ  Stock
     Market.



<PAGE>
                                    PART II
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     The following  documents  filed by Technical  Chemicals and Products,  Inc.
("the  Registrant")  with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  (the "SEC")
pursuant  to the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934 as ammended  (the  "Exchange
Act",) are incorporated by reference herein:

     1.   The Registrant's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
          December 31, 1997.

     2.   The  description  of  the  Company's  Common  Stock  contained  in its
          Registration  Statement on Form 8-A, dated January 20, 1995, including
          any report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

     All documents  subsequently  filed by the  Registrant  pursuant to Sections
13(a),  13(c),  14 and  15(d)  of the  Exchange  Act  prior to the  filing  of a
post-effective  amendment which indicates that all securities  offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,  shall be deemed
to be  incorporated  by reference into this  Registration  Statement and to be a
part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not Applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         Not Applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

          Section 607.0831 of the Florida Business Corporation Act (the "Florida
     Act")  provides  that a director  is not  personally  liable  for  monetary
     damages to the corporation or any person for any statement,  vote, decision
     or failure to act regarding  corporate  management or policy by a director,
     unless:  (a) the  director  breached  or failed to perform  his duties as a
     director;  and (b) the director's  breach of, or failure to perform,  those
     duties constitutes: (i) a violation of criminal law unless the director had
     reasonable  cause to believe his  conduct  was lawful or had no  reasonable
     cause to believe his conduct was unlawful;  (ii) a  transaction  from which
     the  director  derived an improper  personal  benefit,  either  directly or
     indirectly;  (iii) a circumstance under which the director is liable for an
     improper  distribution;  (iv) in a  proceeding  by,  or in the right of the
     corporation  to procure a judgement in its favor or by or in the right of a
     shareholder, conscious disregard for the best interests of the corporation,
     or willful misconduct; or (v) in a proceeding by or in the right of someone
     other than the  corporation  or a  shareholder,  recklessness  or an act or
     omission which was committed in bad faith or with malicious purpose or in a
     manner exhibiting  wanton and willful disregard of human rights,  safety or
     property.


          Section 607.0850 of the Florida Act provides that a corporation  shall
     have  the  power  to  indemnify  any  person  who was or is a party  to any
     proceeding  (other than an action by, or in the right of, the corporation),
     by reason of the fact that he is or was a director,  officer or employee or
     agent of the corporation against liability incurred in connection with such
     proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed
     to be in, or not opposed to, the best  interests  of the  corporation  and,
     with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,  had no reasonable cause
     to believe his conduct was unlawful.  Section 607.0850 also provides that a
     corporation  shall have the power to indemnify any person,  who was or is a
     party to any proceeding by, or in the right of, the  corporation to procure
     a  judgment  in  its  favor  by  reason  of the  fact  that  he is or was a
     director,  officer, employee or agent of the corporation,  against expenses
     and amounts paid in settlement not exceeding, in the judgement of the board
     of  directors,  the  estimated  expense of  litigating  the  proceeding  to
     conclusion, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense
     or settlement of such  proceeding,  including any appeal  thereof.  Section
     607.0850 further provides that such indemnification  shall be authorized if
     such person acted in good faith and in a manner he  reasonably  believed to
     be in, or not opposed to, the best  interests  of the  corporation,  except
     that no  indemnification  shall be made under this  provision in respect of
     any claim issue, or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged
     to be liable  unless,  and only to the extent that, the court in which such
     proceeding was brought, or any other court of competent jurisdiction, shall
     determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability, but
     in view of all  circumstances  of the  case,  such  person  is  fairly  and
     reasonably  entitled to indemnity for such expenses  which such court shall
     deem proper.  Section  607.0850  further provides that to the extent that a
     director,  officer,  employee or agent has been successful on the merits or
     otherwise in defense of any of the foregoing proceedings,  or in defense of
     any  claim,  issue or  matter  therein,  he shall  be  indemnified  against
     expenses actually and reasonably  incurred by him in connection  therewith.
     Under Section 607.0850, any indemnification under the foregoing provisions,
     unless  pursuant  to a  determination  by a  court,  shall  be  made by the
     corporation  only as authorized  in the specific case upon a  determination
     that the  indemnification  of the director,  officer,  employee or agent is
     proper under the circumstances  because he has met the applicable  standard
     of conduct.  Notwithstanding  the failure of a corporation  to provide such
     indemnification,  and despite any contrary determination by the corporation
     in a  specific  case,  a  director,  officer,  employee  or  agent  of  the
     corporation  who  is  or  was  a  party  to  a  proceeding  may  apply  for
     indemnification   to  the  appropriate  court  and  such  court  may  order
     indemnification   if  it  determines   that  such  person  is  entitled  to
     indemnification under the applicable standard.

          Section 607.0850 also provides that a corporation shall have the power
     to purchase  and  maintain  insurance on behalf of any person who is or was
     director,  officer,  employee  or  agent  of the  corporation  against  any
     liability  asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity or
     arising  out of his status as such,  whether or not the  corporation  would
     have the power to indemnify him against such liability under  provisions of
     Section 607.0850.

          The  Registrant's  Articles  of  Incorporation  provide  that it shall
     indemnify its officers and  directors and former  officers and directors to
     the full extent permitted by law.

          The  Registrant's  directors  and  officers  are covered by  insurance
     policies  indemnifying  them against certain  liabilities under the federal
     securities  laws (other than liability  under Section 16(b) of the Exchange
     Act), which might be incurred by them in such capacities.


Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     Not Applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

     The following  exhibits are filed herewith or  incorporated by reference as
part of this Registration Statement:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Exhibit No.                           Description                                                 
<S>                <C>                                                                              
5.1                Opinion Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.
                         
23.1               Consent of Ernst & Young  LLP.                                                     

23.2               Consent of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.
                   (included in the opinion filed as exhibit 5.1) 

24.1               Power of Attorney (included in the signatire page of this Registration Statement)  
</TABLE>


Item 9.  Undertakings.

     (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

          (1)  To file,  during  any  period in which  offers or sales are being
               made, a post- effective amendment to this Registration Statement;

               (i)  To include any  prospectus  required by Section  10(a)(3) of
                    the Securities Act of 1933;

               (ii) To reflect  in the  prospectus  any facts or events  arising
                    after the effective date of the  Registration  Statement (or
                    the most recent  post-effective  amendment  thereof)  which,
                    individually  or in the  aggregate,  represent a fundamental
                    change  in the  information  set  forth in the  Registration
                    Statement;

               (iii)To include  any  material  information  with  respect to the
                    plan  of  distribution  not  previously   disclosed  in  the
                    registration  statement  or  any  material  change  to  such
                    information in the Registration Statement;

          provided,  however,  that  paragraphs  (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
          apply if the information  required to be included in a  post-effective
          amendment by those  paragraphs is contained in periodic  reports filed
          by the Registrant  pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
          that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

          (2)  That,  for the purpose of  determining  any  liability  under the
               Securities  Act,  each  such  post-effective  amendment  shall be
               deemed  to  be a  new  Registration  Statement  relating  to  the
               securities  offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
               at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
               thereof.

          (3)  To  remove  from   registration  by  means  of  a  post-effective
               amendment any of the  securities  being  registered  which remain
               unsold at the termination of the offering.

     (b) The  undersigned  Registrant  hereby  undertakes  that, for purposes of
determining  any liability  under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's  annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act (and, where  applicable,  each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual  report   pursuant  to  Section  15(d)  of  the  Exchange  Act)  that  is
incorporated by reference in the Registration  Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration  statement relating to the securities offered therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

                                     
     (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons of
the  Registrant  pursuant  to  the  foregoing  provisions,   or  otherwise,  the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such  indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933, as ammended
("Act"),  and is,  therefore,  unenforceable.  In the  event  that a  claim  for
indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other  than  the  payment  by  the
Registrant of expenses  incurred or paid by a director,  officer or  controlling
person of the  Registrant  in the  successful  defense  of any  action,  suit or
proceeding)  is  asserted by such  director,  officer or  controlling  person in
connection with the securities being registered,  the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit  to a  court  of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the  question  whether  such
indemnification  by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


<PAGE>


                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,  in the City of Fort Lauderdale,  State of Florida,  this 14  day of
April 1998.

                                       TECHNICAL CHEMICALS AND PRODUCTS, INC.
                                       /s/ Jack L. Aronowitz
                                       _______________________________________
                                       Jack L. Aronowitz
                                       Chairman of the Board of Directors      
                                       President and Chief Executive Officer 
                                       

    
     The undersigned directors and officers of Technical Chemicals and Products,
Inc. hereby constitute and appoint Jack L. Aronowitz and Stuart R. Streger,  and
each of them with full  power to act  without  the other and with full  power of
substitution and resubstitution, our true and lawful attorneys in fact with full
power to execute in our name and behalf in the capacities  indicated  below this
Registration  Statement on Form S-8 and any and all  ammendments  thereto and to
file the same,  with all  exhibits  thereto and other  documents  in  connection
therewith,  with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission and hereby ratify and
confirm all that such  attorneys in fact, or any of them,  or their  substitutes
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant to  the requirements of the Act, this  Registration  Statement has
been signed below by the following  persons on behalf of the  Registrant  and in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Signature                                         Title                               Date
<S>                                  <C>                                       <C> 
/s/ Jack L. Aronowitz                Chairman of the Board of Directors        April 14, 1998
_____________________                President and Chief Executive Officer 
Jack L. Aronowitz                    (Principal Executive Officer)
   
                             
/s/ Martin Gurkin                    Senior Vice President,                    April 14, 1998
_____________________                Chief Operating Officer and Director
Martin Gurkin


                                           
/s/Stuart R. Streger                 Vice President, Chief Financial           April 14, 1998
_____________________                Officer( Principal Officer and      
Stuart R. Streger                    Principal Accounting Officer)


/s/ Kathryn R. Harrigan              Director                                  April 14, 1998
_____________________
Kathryn R. Harrigan 


/s/ Clayton Rautbord                 Director                                  April 14, 1998
_____________________
Clayton Rautbord
</TABLE>

<PAGE>


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit                                                                                                   Sequentially          
Number                                     Description                                                   Numbered Page    
<S>                <C>                                                                              
5.1                Opinion Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.
                         
23.1               Consent of Ernst & Young  LLP.                                                     

23.2               Consent of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.
                   (included in the opinion filed as exhibit 5.1) 

24.1               Power of Attorney (included in the signatire page of this Registration Statement)  

  
</TABLE>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission Commission on April 17,1998
                              Registration No. 333-

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                           ______________________

                                    Form S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                           ______________________

                     TECHNICAL CHEMICALS AND PRODUCTS, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
                           ______________________

         Florida                                  65-0308922
 State or other jurisdiction of            (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 incorporation or organization)        

                             3341 S.W. 15th Street,
                          Pompano Beach, Florida 33069
                                 (954) 979-0400
                 (Address, including zip code, telephone number,
        including area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
                           ______________________

                      TECHNICAL CHEMICALS AND PRODUCTS,INC.
                  AMENDED AND RESTATED 1992 STOCK OPTION PLAN
       
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Brian Foremny and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Jack Aronowitz and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Stuart R. Streger and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Martin Gurkin and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between John Pippert and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Kathryn Harrigan and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Clayton Rautbord and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Colin A. Morris and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Frank Kochinke and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Bob Bachkosky and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Joel Mitchen and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Brett Miller and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Allen Piedmont and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Jeff Bolts and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Howard Goldman and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Steve Miller and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Stephen Dresnick and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Gregory Candelmo and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between James Drummond and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Martin Epstein and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Jerry Foster and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Allyson Spaulding and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Marcie Tiso and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Mark Morin and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Robert Simons and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Lori Halliday and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Keith Herring and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Peter Giavatto and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Jarrett Hess and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Lamont Robinson and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Shawn Holmes and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Kiyoko Chastain and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Luis Leguillou and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between Bonilyn Brown and The Registrant
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement Between William Pfister and The Registrant
                             ______________________

                           (Full titles of the plans)

                                Jack L. Aronowitz
      Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, Chief Executive Officer
                     Technical Chemicals And Products, Inc.
                             3341 S.W. 15th Street,
                          Pompano Beach, Florida 33069
                                 (954) 979-0400
           (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

                                    Copies to:
                              Steven D. Rubin, Esq.
                          Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler
                           Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.
                       150 West Flagler Street, Suite 2200
                              MIami, Florida 33130
                                 (305) 789-3517
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
====================================================================================================================================
     Title of each Class of        Amount to be           Proposed Maximum            Proposed Maximum                Amount of 
 Securities to be registered       Registered        offering price per share(1)   aggregate offering price(1)   Registration fee(1)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock,$.10 par value       1,596,500 shares          $ 9.75                        $15,565,875               $4,591.93
====================================================================================================================================
(1)  Estimated  solely for purposes of calculating  the registration  fee on the
     basis of the average of the high and low sale  prices for the Common  Stock
     of the  Registrant  on April 14,  1998,  as  reported  by the NASDAQ  Stock
     Market.
PART II
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     The following  documents  filed by Technical  Chemicals and Products,  Inc.
("the  Registrant")  with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  (the "SEC")
pursuant  to the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934 as ammended  (the  "Exchange
Act",) are incorporated by reference herein:

     1.   The Registrant's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
          December 31, 1997.

     2.   The  description  of  the  Company's  Common  Stock  contained  in its
          Registration  Statement on Form 8-A, dated January 20, 1995, including
          any report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

     All documents  subsequently  filed by the  Registrant  pursuant to Sections
13(a),  13(c),  14 and  15(d)  of the  Exchange  Act  prior to the  filing  of a
post-effective  amendment which indicates that all securities  offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,  shall be deemed
to be  incorporated  by reference into this  Registration  Statement and to be a
part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not Applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         Not Applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

          Section 607.0831 of the Florida Business Corporation Act (the "Florida
     Act")  provides  that a director  is not  personally  liable  for  monetary
     damages to the corporation or any person for any statement,  vote, decision
     or failure to act regarding  corporate  management or policy by a director,
     unless:  (a) the  director  breached  or failed to perform  his duties as a
     director;  and (b) the director's  breach of, or failure to perform,  those
     duties constitutes: (i) a violation of criminal law unless the director had
     reasonable  cause to believe his  conduct  was lawful or had no  reasonable
     cause to believe his conduct was unlawful;  (ii) a  transaction  from which
     the  director  derived an improper  personal  benefit,  either  directly or
     indirectly;  (iii) a circumstance under which the director is liable for an
     improper  distribution;  (iv) in a  proceeding  by,  or in the right of the
     corporation  to procure a judgement in its favor or by or in the right of a
     shareholder, conscious disregard for the best interests of the corporation,
     or willful misconduct; or (v) in a proceeding by or in the right of someone
     other than the  corporation  or a  shareholder,  recklessness  or an act or
     omission which was committed in bad faith or with malicious purpose or in a
     manner exhibiting  wanton and willful disregard of human rights,  safety or
     property.

          Section 607.0850 of the Florida Act provides that a corporation  shall
     have  the  power  to  indemnify  any  person  who was or is a party  to any
     proceeding  (other than an action by, or in the right of, the corporation),
     by reason of the fact that he is or was a director,  officer or employee or
     agent of the corporation against liability incurred in connection with such
     proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed
     to be in, or not opposed to, the best  interests  of the  corporation  and,
     with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,  had no reasonable cause
     to believe his conduct was unlawful.  Section 607.0850 also provides that a
     corporation  shall have the power to indemnify any person,  who was or is a
     party to any proceeding by, or in the right of, the  corporation to procure
     a  judgment  in  its  favor  by  reason  of the  fact  that  he is or was a
     director,  officer, employee or agent of the corporation,  against expenses
     and amounts paid in settlement not exceeding, in the judgement of the board
     of  directors,  the  estimated  expense of  litigating  the  proceeding  to
     conclusion, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense
     or settlement of such  proceeding,  including any appeal  thereof.  Section
     607.0850 further provides that such indemnification  shall be authorized if
     such person acted in good faith and in a manner he  reasonably  believed to
     be in, or not opposed to, the best  interests  of the  corporation,  except
     that no  indemnification  shall be made under this  provision in respect of
     any claim issue, or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged
     to be liable  unless,  and only to the extent that, the court in which such
     proceeding was brought, or any other court of competent jurisdiction, shall
     determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability, but
     in view of all  circumstances  of the  case,  such  person  is  fairly  and
     reasonably  entitled to indemnity for such expenses  which such court shall
     deem proper.  Section  607.0850  further provides that to the extent that a
     director,  officer,  employee or agent has been successful on the merits or
     otherwise in defense of any of the foregoing proceedings,  or in defense of
     any  claim,  issue or  matter  therein,  he shall  be  indemnified  against
     expenses actually and reasonably  incurred by him in connection  therewith.
     Under Section 607.0850, any indemnification under the foregoing provisions,
     unless  pursuant  to a  determination  by a  court,  shall  be  made by the
     corporation  only as authorized  in the specific case upon a  determination
     that the  indemnification  of the director,  officer,  employee or agent is
     proper under the circumstances  because he has met the applicable  standard
     of conduct.  Notwithstanding  the failure of a corporation  to provide such
     indemnification,  and despite any contrary determination by the corporation
     in a  specific  case,  a  director,  officer,  employee  or  agent  of  the
     corporation  who  is  or  was  a  party  to  a  proceeding  may  apply  for
     indemnification   to  the  appropriate  court  and  such  court  may  order
     indemnification   if  it  determines   that  such  person  is  entitled  to
     indemnification under the applicable standard.

          Section 607.0850 also provides that a corporation shall have the power
     to purchase  and  maintain  insurance on behalf of any person who is or was
     director,  officer,  employee  or  agent  of the  corporation  against  any
     liability  asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity or
     arising  out of his status as such,  whether or not the  corporation  would
     have the power to indemnify him against such liability under  provisions of
     Section 607.0850.

          The  Registrant's  Articles  of  Incorporation  provide  that it shall
     indemnify its officers and  directors and former  officers and directors to
     the full extent permitted by law.

          The  Registrant's  directors  and  officers  are covered by  insurance
     policies  indemnifying  them against certain  liabilities under the federal
     securities  laws (other than liability  under Section 16(b) of the Exchange
     Act), which might be incurred by them in such capacities.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     Not Applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

     The following  exhibits are filed herewith or  incorporated by reference as
part of this Registration Statement:
Exhibit No.                           Description
5.1                Opinion Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.
                         
23.1               Consent of Ernst & Young  LLP.                                                     

23.2               Consent of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.
                   (included in the opinion filed as exhibit 5.1) 

24.1               Power of Attorney (included in the signatire page of this Registration Statement)
Item 9.  Undertakings.

     (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

          (1)  To file,  during  any  period in which  offers or sales are being
               made, a post- effective amendment to this Registration Statement;

               (i)  To include any  prospectus  required by Section  10(a)(3) of
                    the Securities Act of 1933;

               (ii) To reflect  in the  prospectus  any facts or events  arising
                    after the effective date of the  Registration  Statement (or
                    the most recent  post-effective  amendment  thereof)  which,
                    individually  or in the  aggregate,  represent a fundamental
                    change  in the  information  set  forth in the  Registration
                    Statement;

               (iii)To include  any  material  information  with  respect to the
                    plan  of  distribution  not  previously   disclosed  in  the
                    registration  statement  or  any  material  change  to  such
                    information in the Registration Statement;

          provided,  however,  that  paragraphs  (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
          apply if the information  required to be included in a  post-effective
          amendment by those  paragraphs is contained in periodic  reports filed
          by the Registrant  pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
          that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

          (2)  That,  for the purpose of  determining  any  liability  under the
               Securities  Act,  each  such  post-effective  amendment  shall be
               deemed  to  be a  new  Registration  Statement  relating  to  the
               securities  offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
               at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
               thereof.

          (3)  To  remove  from   registration  by  means  of  a  post-effective
               amendment any of the  securities  being  registered  which remain
               unsold at the termination of the offering.

     (b) The  undersigned  Registrant  hereby  undertakes  that, for purposes of
determining  any liability  under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's  annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act (and, where  applicable,  each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual  report   pursuant  to  Section  15(d)  of  the  Exchange  Act)  that  is
incorporated by reference in the Registration  Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration  statement relating to the securities offered therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

                                     
     (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons of
the  Registrant  pursuant  to  the  foregoing  provisions,   or  otherwise,  the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such  indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933, as ammended
("Act"),  and is,  therefore,  unenforceable.  In the  event  that a  claim  for
indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other  than  the  payment  by  the
Registrant of expenses  incurred or paid by a director,  officer or  controlling
person of the  Registrant  in the  successful  defense  of any  action,  suit or
proceeding)  is  asserted by such  director,  officer or  controlling  person in
connection with the securities being registered,  the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit  to a  court  of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the  question  whether  such
indemnification  by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,  in the City of Fort Lauderdale,  State of Florida,  this 14  day of
April 1998.

                                       TECHNICAL CHEMICALS AND PRODUCTS, INC.
                                       /s/ Jack L. Aronowitz
                                       _______________________________________
                                       Jack L. Aronowitz
                                       Chairman of the Board of Directors      
                                       President and Chief Executive Officer 
                                       

    
     The undersigned directors and officers of Technical Chemicals and Products,
Inc. hereby constitute and appoint Jack L. Aronowitz and Stuart R. Streger,  and
each of them with full  power to act  without  the other and with full  power of
substitution and resubstitution, our true and lawful attorneys in fact with full
power to execute in our name and behalf in the capacities  indicated  below this
Registration  Statement on Form S-8 and any and all  ammendments  thereto and to
file the same,  with all  exhibits  thereto and other  documents  in  connection
therewith,  with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission and hereby ratify and
confirm all that such  attorneys in fact, or any of them,  or their  substitutes
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant to  the requirements of the Act, this  Registration  Statement has
been signed below by the following  persons on behalf of the  Registrant  and in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature                                         Title                               Date
/s/ Jack L. Aronowitz                Chairman of the Board of Directors        April 14, 1998
_____________________                President and Chief Executive Officer 
Jack L. Aronowitz                    (Principal Executive Officer)
   
                             
/s/ Martin Gurkin                    Senior Vice President,                    April 14, 1998
_____________________                Chief Operating Officer and Director
Martin Gurkin

                                           
/s/Stuart R. Streger                 Vice President, Chief Financial           April 14, 1998
_____________________                Officer( Principal Officer and      
Stuart R. Streger                    Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ Kathryn R. Harrigan              Director                                  April 14, 1998
_____________________
Kathryn R. Harrigan 

/s/ Clayton Rautbord                 Director                                  April 14, 1998
_____________________
Clayton Rautbord
INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit                                                                                                   Sequentially          
Number                                     Description                                                   Numbered Page
5.1                Opinion Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.
                         
23.1               Consent of Ernst & Young  LLP.                                                     

23.2               Consent of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.
                   (included in the opinion filed as exhibit 5.1) 

24.1               Power of Attorney (included in the signatire page of this Registration Statement)