We have to eliminate aromatic solvents from our formulations in near future and are looking for an alternative wetting…

DISPERBYK-2155 is a solvent-free wetting and dispersing additive with a unique hyper-branched structure. It offers a broad compatibility with

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

DISPERBYK-2001 for Irgazine red and Cinquasia violet (calculation: 25% solid additive on pigment). Depending upon the TiO2 that you use, either DISPERBYK-110…

I am looking for mold release additives with low residue in the mold.

Wax emulsions based on Polypropylen do show a very low build up and residue in the hot mold after several cycles. AQUACER 3500 and AQUACER 597 are typical PP…

We are making solvent-based PVC ink with aluminum paste for film printing. What additives should we use for better…

You can achieve better wetting of the aluminum pigment with DISPERBYK-108 or DISPERBYK-192 .

What additive can be used to improve the substrate wetting of an UV curable acrylate-based ink on aluminum oxide…

For better substrate wetting of UV inks we suggest the usage of the following products:Silicone-containing: BYK-377 , BYK-UV 3510 Silicone-free: BYK-381 in…

Specifically for our silicate formulations (lithium and sodium silicate) and colloidal silica (silica sol) we need an…

Our recommendation for this application is BYK-DYNWET 800 N. This additive is silicone-free and based on alcohol ethoxylates. It improves the substrate

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 develop a 2K refinish clear coat based on polyaspatic resins and struggle with the leveling of this sytem. Which…

In most cases the best leveling in poly aspatic 2K clear coats are achieved by using quite polar modified silicones. An active one, which provides good…

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 need a matting agent for our water based paint system with additional scratch resistance.

AQUACER 1039 is the ecolabel conform version of AQUACER 539

We have a water based, alkyd system and want to get better dirt and scuff resistance properties. Are there any additives…

AQUACER 497 is a paraffin based wax emulsion, which is very compatible with e.g. alkyd emulsions and forms an excellent surface slip and water repellency.…

We have a water based, low PVC system and want to get better dirt and scuff resistance properties. Are there any…

BYK-378 is a high molecular silicone additive, which migrates to the top of the surface and increases the leveling and the