Which defoamer can you recommend for a 2K water proofing slurry?

As a defoamer we would recommend BYK-014 for your liquid part or BYK-1691 SD for the solid part.

Delivery times and addresses

on delivery times and addresses for our locations in Germany. Location Wesel BYK-Chemie GmbH BYK Str. 10 46483 Wesel Germany Requirements on deliveries to site…

Optin Live Event

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VOC-free additives

plasters, and adhesives BYK-016 VOC-free defoamer for aqueous coatings, adhesives and printing inks BYK-018 [...] BYK-1615 VOC-free silicone defoamer for…

We are seeing substrate wetting difficulties like de-wetting and cratering when we apply our water based acrylic…

acrylic adhesive and the surface tension of the polyester film. Adding 0.3 % of BYK-349 will significantly reduce the surface tension of the adhesive to achieve…

Surface additives

Aqueous surface additives BYK-349 BYK-349 is a silicone surfactant with excellent substrate wetting properties [...] , paper coatings, adhesives, Home Care and…

There are more and more critical substrates and less good cleaning processes in some areas of the market. Also not…

BYK-364 P used as leveling additive in the formulation provides a higher polarity [...] improved substrate wetting of powder coatings. For improved adhesion,…

Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)

”. As a RSPO member, BYK supports the Principles, Criteria and Standards of RSPO including the Shared [...] related activities. BYK’s location in Gonzales,…

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 .

How can we improve the recoatability of our powder primers with liquid coatings?

will lead to better wetting properties and recoatability. Therefore we recommend BYK-3933 P in such formulations. BYK-3933 P will increase the surface energy of…

ALTANA acquires business from the Paul N. Gardner Company

Group, the business will be integrated into the Instruments Business Line of the BYK Division (BYK-Gardner), and will continue to operate as Paul N. Gardner.…

Fiber Sizing

BYK glass fiber sizing products lead to enhanced mechanical properties of polyolefin-based [...] composites and a distinctly improved bonding of the fibers with…