Inkjet Inks

applications, BYK offers the fitting additives to support the formulation of inkjet inks, even in areas in which indirect contact with food is required. BYK…

Which additive can be added to a waterbased polyurethane clear top coat to control the bubble-formation, when the…

appearance with excellent mechanical properties. Air release additives, like BYK-1786 or BYK-028 can help to improve these properties by improving the…

Cementing for Oilfield

questions or need additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us: BYK offers additive solutions for oilfield cementing applications. Our additives…

What is your recommendation for thin film thickness powder coatings?

BYK-3902 P as leveling additive offers high efficiency at low film thicknesses below 50 µ. At higher thicknesses it works well as a standard leveling additive…

I have formulated a matt solvent-borne 2-pack polyurethane system by applying an untreated silica based matting agent to…

BYK-320 and BYK-323 are less active silicone surface additives which equilibrate the surface tension differences within the coating during solvent evaporation…

How can I improve the adhesion of my solvent borne paint on metal substrates?

improve the adhesion to any metal substrates we advise to use adhesion promoter. BYK-4510 is a universal adhesion promoter, which is recommended for acid…

Energy Storage

Additives BYK supplies to this market are mainly used in the production of electrodes and ceramic-coated separators. Wetting and dispersing additives from BYK…

For 2 tone application developments are ongoing for overspray free paint application. How can I improve the substrate…

n, you usually have to use higher quantities of silicone surfactant like BYK-345 or BYK-349 . The other option is to bring in new develloped additives into the…

We are using silicone additives in the hydro topcoat, but after repairing we observe a worse leveling.

of the cured topcoat. The use of the silicone and poly ehter modified Acrylate BYK-3565 will provide you some anti crater properties and increase the surfacen…

I have formulated different solvent-borne 2-pack polyurethane and NC systems and face orange peel and poor leveling when…

solvent-borne 2-pack polyurethane and NC systems. The first recommendations are BYK-358 N or BYK-361 N at an additive dosage of 0.1-0.5% as delivered on total…

We often observe small craters in our powder coatings. Some formulations are more crater-sensitive in production and…

BYK-3931 P will increase the anti-crater efficiency of your standard leveling additive. BYK-3931 P should be used as a synergist in combination with each other…

Printing Inks

for Graphic Arts The compliance status of BYK additives with such regulations can be found in the documents we provide for download on this website. If you have…