Which additives can be used to prevent craters, Bénard cells, pinholes or orange peel if an epoxy floor coating is…

tension, or more specifically, the surface tension differences. The following additives could be used to prevent or minimize these differences in surface…

Which additives can be used to improve and avoid surface defects like air entrapment, poor substrate wetting or crater…

Silicone-based as well as silicone-free polymeric additives are available. BYK-A 535 is especially recommended for air release if these systems are formulated…

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 .

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…

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

BYK-1796 fully meet this requirement. Defoamers and air release additives can be based on (modified) polysiloxanes, silicon-free polymers or a combination of…

Which additive can be added to a polyurethane casting resin to control the bubble-formation, which are formed into a…

well as good filler or pigment stabilization regarding handling. Air release additives, like BYK-088 or BYK-1795 can help to improve these properties by…

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 various grinding…

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 wetting…