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 slip of the system. Thereby no dirt…

We are looking for a thixotropic enhancer to allow mortar and concrete mixtures to hold their form while curing…

We recommend OPTIGEL-WX , an organo-modified rheology modifier with excellent pH-stability.

Can you give me a general recommendation which of your products are used as anti-settling or anti-sagging additive in…

We recommend our OPTIBENT product range for dry mix mortar applications (i.e. plasters, renders, tile adhesives) and our OPTIGEL product range for liquid,…

Our product portfolio is changing more and more to VOC-free coatings. We need an additive for a universal coating which…

BYK-349 is a silicone surfactant especially developed for VOC-free coatings. The advantage of this additive is highly efficient spreading, substrate wetting and

We are looking for a wetting and dispersing additive for our aromatic-free high solid alkyd system to achieve high…

DISPERBYK-108 is a solvent-free 100% product. The additive deflocculates pigments by steric stabilization. As a result of the small particle sizes of the…

For one of our construction products based on bituminous emulsions I need a suitable defoamer and thickener.

As a suitable defoamer we recommend BYK-022 or BYK-018 . As thickener OPTIGEL-CG or RHEOBYK-HV 80 .

I would like to improve the application properties of a cementitious skim coat formulation without impacting anti-sag…

sensitivity of the final product, OPTIBENT-616 can help to lower raw density to a certain extend improving overall workability and anti-sag properties.

What would your approach be to improve the adhesion of a water based adhesive between cardboard and laminated paper.…

adhesive. HORDAMER PE 02 is more seen as a part of the binder and therefore dosages of 20 to 40 % are necessary. HORDAMER PE 02 is a very polar primary…