New End-Use Brochures of BYK-Gardner: QC Solutions for Coatings

additives and measuring instruments. Additives are chemical substances which, when used in small quantities, improve product properties such as scratch…

In a polyurethane adhesive I am using a hydrophilic fumed silica like AEROSIL R 200 or Cab-O-Sil M5 to adjust the…

RHEOBYK-R 606 is increasing the hydrogen bondings between the fumed silica particles. This is giving a much stronger rheology effect which allows to reduce the…

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

(calculation: 25% solid additive on pigment). Depending upon the TiO2 that you use, either DISPERBYK-110 (for basic treated TiO2) or DISPERBYK-180 (for acidic

Which additive can be used as leveling additive for polyaspartic-based floor coating formulations to improve the surface…

BYK-327 is a silicone containing surface additive, which provides a balance between excellent leveling properties and additional defoaming effect.

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-3760 , BYK-UV 3510 Silicone-free:…

Which additive can be used as defoamer for polyaspartic-based pigmented floor coating formulations?

or final surface appearance. To prevent unwanted foam formation BYK-1790 can be used in pigmented polyaspartic-based formulations. Using BYK-1790 foam-free…

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

specifically, the surface tension differences. The following additives could be used to prevent or minimize these differences in surface tension. BYK-306 ,…

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 .

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

You can use HORDAMER PE 02 which is added into the cooling water system at a dosage of 1 to

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…

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

(calculation: 25% solid additive on pigment). Depending upon the TiO2 that you use, either DISPERBYK-110 (for basic treated TiO2) or DISPERBYK-180 (for acidic