Which additive can be used to prevent leveling and wetting issues in a waterbased floor coating formulation?

While a waterbased formulation is drying local differences in the surface tension arise within the liquid film. This can cause a poor leveling or other surface…

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

I am looking for a high purity aluminum silicate product for monolithic refractories. It should have good binding…

BENTOLITE-L3 and BENTOLITE L10 are high purity aluminum silicates. Their high purity makes them very suitable for various monolithic refractory applications.…

We are looking for a VOC- and APEO-free mineral oil defoamer for aqueous architectural coatings

BYK-1630 is a VOC- and APEO-free mineral oil defoamer for aqueous architectural coatings. The [...] for use in the production and application of emulsion paints…

Sometimes I face wetting issues of my H2O base coat. How can I insure a sufficient wetting also of critical substrates.

The use of silicone surfactant like BYK-349 , BYK-345 or BYK-347 insures a good substrate wetting. In cases of very low energetic surfaces you can try also

We receive more and more requests to formulate pigmented solvent-free radiation-curing coatings but are facing…

transparency, and gloss. Their broad compatibility makes either product applicable to a variety of different commonly used oligomers and monomers. The…

I need to improve surface and flow properties of my 3K PU cementitious self levelling system. My currently used liquid…

defoamer very often cause phase separation in the PU binder system. Unfortunately a more compatible defoamer does not reduce the amount of air content…

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

The worse levelling is caused by the low surface energy of the cured topcoat. The use of the silicone and poly ehter modified Acrylate BYK-3565 will provide you…

I am currently encountering a big challenge to disperse titanium dioxides for different solvent-free radiation-curing…

DISPERBYK-111 is a solvent-free wetting and dispersing additive which is perfectly tailored to

Which defoamer additive can be used to destroy foam bubbles in a 1-pack waterbased polyurethane floor coating…

additives can be based on (modified) polysiloxanes, silicon-free polymers or a combination of both. BYK-1786 is a defoamer based on an silicone emulsion, which

Which defoamer additive can be used to avoid foam bubbles in a filled waterbased epoxy floor coating formulation,…

BYK-1630 is a mineral oil defoamer which can improve the defoaming properties of a filled

Can you recommend a defoamer for PVDF systems?

perfectly suitable for PVDF systems. Due to its thermo stability it can be used as a defoamer in PVDF paints. BYK-1795 shows effective defoaming in low dosages…