We have a silicone resin plaster and want to extend the open time of the system. It will be applied by grating trowel.

AQUACER 539 are paraffin based wax emulsions. The low melting wax particles provide a smooth and open surface while grating with the trowel.

Our current colour mixing system shows a significant loss of colour development and compatibility after adjusting the…

process. We recommend as a starting point a dosage of 0.3% - 1.0% additive in delivery form on the total formulation. DISPERBYK-2096 has a broad compatibility…

We are producing hot melts in an underwater pelletizing machine. The final product is forming hard blocks during…

the cooling water system at a dosage of 1 to 4 % based on the amount of water in your system. HORDAMER PE 02 is a stable dispersion of a primary polyethylene in…

Which additives can build up a strong pseudoplastic flow behaviour in an epoxy floor coating formulation to create an…

Optimum processability coupled with high sag resistance requires a perfectly adjusted rheology profile and often mixed minerals or fumed silica is used for this…

Which defoamer additive can be used to destroy foam bubbles in a highly filled solvent-free epoxy floor coating…

release additives can be based on (modified) polysiloxanes, silicon-free polymers or a combination of both.

We are using solspere 26000 for grinding of irgazine red and cinquasia violet with Tio2 and we observe viscosity pick-up…

acidic treated TiO2) is the best choice (1.5% solid additive on TiO2). If this is a co-grind (grinding all pigments together), calculate for each individual…

While formulating a new solvent-free radiation-curing clear top coat we were facing foam issue during manufacturing and…

BYK-1788 , BYK-1790 , and BYK-088 are defoamers which are perfectly suited to the needs of solvent-free radiation-curing high gloss clear coat systems. They…

Do you have a silicone-free defoamer for water-based systems?

BYK-016 was especially developed for printing inks used in food packaging applications and is silicone-free.

I am adding graphite or molybdenum disulfide (moly) into my oil based lubricant. During storage the particles form a…

Wetting and dispersing additives can help to keep the particles dispersed and suspended and avoid sedimentation. DISPERBYK-2157 and BYK-P 105 are first…

I have a problem with some colors with the paint circulation in metallic colors in the paint piping that sends from the…

particularly aggressive circulation lines from the ECKART company. Sometimes it is only a matter of aluminum flake orientation, which could be solved by the…

Please recommend a good additive for aluminum and pearl.

Due to limited information on your part, I can only give you some general recommendations. Generally speaking, for solvent-based systems you can use our…

We have substrate wetting problems with our water based paint system. Do you have a product to improve the substrate…

BYK-349 is a silicone surfactant for aqueous coatings with a considerable reduction in the surface tension and therefore good substrate wetting. It does not…