Certificates

Certificates Quality, environmental protection, health protection and plant safety At BYK, we guarantee our contribution to quality and health protection…

Leather Finishes and Coated Fabrics

coatings also provide genuine leather with optimum protection and a distinctive look. BYK offers a variety of additives for adjusting rheology, dispersing of…

I am looking for a polymer defoamer which does not need high sheer force. It has to be VOC-free.

BYK-1710 is a polymer defoamer with hydrophobic particles. The defoaming properties are spontaneous and excellent. The additive is VOC-free (

I have a 2 component polyurethane adhesive, filled with a 5µm CaCO3 used for panel production. The amount of CaCO3 which…

We recommend to test 0,5 % of BYK-W 969 calculated on the amount of filler. This will significantly reduce the viscosity.

Clay Catalysts

From pharma to commodity chemicals, BYK’s FULCAT product range provides only the best heterogeneous clay catalysts, with and without acid modification. The…

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.

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

0.05 to 0.2 % of a defoamer such as the polymer defoamer BYK-014 or the modified silicone defoamer BYK-022 .

Personal Care

protect, change our appearance, care and perfume. BYK offers innovative solutions for personal care applications. BYK additives are very versatile and improve a…

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…

What HAPS (hazardous air pollutants) free dispersing agent(s) would you recommend for an 80-90 NVV system? Pigments are…

Try BYK-9076 , DISPERBYK-2152 and DISPERBYK-145 . They are all solvent free. DISPERBYK-142 is a 60% version of DISPERBYK-145 .

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…

I am adding graphite or molybdenum disulfide (moly) into my oil based lubricant. During storage the particles form a…

particles dispersed and suspended and avoid sedimentation. DISPERBYK-2157 and BYK-P 105 are first recommendations to test.