Products in Architectural Coatings

Rheovis® PU 1235 serves as a rheology modifier designed for aqueous paints and coatings, presenting itself in a hazy liquid physical form. It acts as a highly effective rheology-control agent across a broad spectrum of water-based coatings, functioning as a mid-shear thickener that imparts low shear viscosity while moderately contributing to high shear viscosity in latex-based paints. This modifier demonstrates excellent brush and roller application properties. As a CASE (coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers) ingredient, it is recognized for its ease of handling, low viscosity, mid-shear contribution, and spatter resistance.

Efka® FA 4608 is a liquid powerhouse designed to excel as a wetting agent, emulsifier, and dispersant. This versatile formulation boasts features such as high gloss, floating resistance, and flooding resistance. In its liquid form, Efka® FA 4608 ensures easy application.

AQACell® HIDE 6399 X is an aqueous dispersion of a polymer based on styrene, intended for industrial use only as a raw material. Its applications span various areas, including paints and coatings for building and construction architectural coatings, concrete coatings and stains, decorative paints, wood coatings and finishes, as well as fence, decks, rails, and siding and trim. The physical form of this product is a liquid.

FoamStar® PB 2724 is a defoamer that is free from mineral oil and silicone oils. It improves stability, provides resistance against temperature fluctuations, eases pigment dispersion, lowers water absorption, and enhances resistance against water marks. Used as a foam-inhibiting wetting agent in the manufacture of emulsion paints and polymer emulsions, it can also serve as a defoamer in printing pastes and glues applied in printing plants. Additionally, FoamStar® PB 2724 may be an ingredient in the manufacture of anti-foaming agents for various applications.

FoamStar® ED 2522 is a high-performance, ultra-low SVOC silicone emulsion defoamer for premium water-based paints, clear coats, and inks. It provides excellent foam suppression during grinding and application, retains antifoam efficiency during storage, and is easy to incorporate without the use of strong shear forces. Its chemical nature involves an emulsion of organo-modified silicones.

Rheovis® AS 1180 is a liquid rheology modifier crafted for applications in the coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers (CASE) industry. With its primary function as a rheology modifier, this product optimizes viscosity and flow characteristics. Rheovis® AS 1180, in liquid form, is well-suited for enhancing performance in the building and construction and paints and coatings markets.

Tinuvin® 928 is a UV absorber within the hydroxyphenyl benzotriazole class, crafted specifically for high-performance coating applications. It boasts excellent photo permanence and spectral coverage, ensuring robust protection for coatings. Tailored for use in solvent-based and powder coatings, Tinuvin 928 stands as a specialized solution for achieving optimal performance in coatings subjected to diverse environmental challenges.

FoamStar® PB 2720 serves as a defoamer, offering distinct features such as maximum plant uptake and optimum micronutrient availability. FoamStar® PB 2720 caters to various markets, including agriculture and feed, automotive and transportation, building and construction, and paints and coatings.

Foamaster® WO 2323 is a defoamer designed for low-odor emulsion paints. Its chemical composition involves a formulation based on white oil and non-ionic surfactants, making it suitable for both the manufacturing and application of emulsion paints.

Foamaster® MO 2135 serves as a defoamer, offering distinct features such as maximum plant uptake and optimum micronutrient availability. Foamaster® MO 2135 caters to various markets, including agriculture and feed, automotive and transportation, building and construction, and paints and coatings.

FoamStar® SI 2217 is a highly active defoamer designed for water-based systems and pigment concentrates, preserving gloss development. It proves ideal for solvent-free and binder-free pigment pastes, industrial wood coatings, and pigmented UV-curable coats. This product delivers outstanding rapid foam knockdown performance and ensures long-term stability. Notably, FoamStar® SI 2217 is label-free and entirely solvent-free.

Rheovis® PU 1250 EC is a polyurethane-based associative rheology modifier designed for thickening and modifying the flow properties of waterborne polymers, aqueous systems, as well as finished products such as paints, coatings, and putties. It appears as a yellowish, white, hazy liquid. This non-ionic, medium pseudoplastic rheology modifier serves as a mid-shear thickener, imparting a low-shear viscosity build with moderate contributions to high-shear viscosity in latex-based paints. Its balanced shear profile, combining low-shear and high-shear contributions, allows for use in spray formulations as a single rheology modifier. Notable benefits include improved flow and gloss, increased hiding power, wash and scrub resistance, and outstanding spatter resistance during roller application.

Rheovis® PU 1256 is a polyurethane-based associative thickener, serving as a solvent-free, non-ionic, mid-shear rheology modifier for aqueous coatings. It imparts pseudoplastic behavior to aqueous systems, showcasing pH-independent thickening. This modifier improves flow and gloss, increases hiding power, and provides wash and scrub resistances, along with outstanding spatter resistance during roller application. Its chemical nature involves a polyurethane polymer in water/diluent.

Rheovis® AS 1189 is a rheology modifier recommended for use in a wide range of aqueous formulations, especially suited for adhesives. Typical applications include DIY adhesives, conventional industrial adhesives, construction adhesives, adhesives in the packaging and woodworking industries, pressure-sensitive adhesives, and high-speed machine adhesives.

Hydropalat® WE 3130 functions as a wetting agent primarily used in waterborne coatings. It finds application across various sectors such as automotive, building and construction, consumer goods, and in the paints, coatings, printing, and packaging industries. It typically comes in liquid form.

Hydropalat® WE 3112 functions as a wetting agent primarily used in waterborne coatings. It finds application across various sectors such as automotive, building and construction, consumer goods, and in the paints, coatings, printing, and packaging industries. It typically comes in liquid form.

Rheovis® HS 1980 is a solid rheology modifier crafted for applications in the coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers (CASE) industry, particularly in the building and construction and paint and coating markets. With its primary function as a rheology modifier, this solid formulation offers versatility in optimizing viscosity and flow characteristics.

Hydropalat® WE 3127 functions as a wetting agent primarily used in waterborne coatings. It finds application across various sectors such as automotive, building and construction, consumer goods, and in the paints, coatings, printing, and packaging industries. It typically comes in liquid form.

Rheovis® HS 1169 is a rheology modifier. It is a highly efficient, hydrophobic modified acrylic thickener (HASE) with pronounced pseudoplastic (low-shear) flow behavior for many aqueous paint and coating systems. It is especially suited for interior paints, exterior paints, elastomeric coatings, textured finishes, and wood coatings for brush and spray applications. Rheovis® HS 1169 offers performance highlights such as outstanding thickening efficiency and pronounced pseudoplastic (low-shear) flow behavior.

Hydropalat® WE 3162, serving as a wetting agent, finds application in waterborne coatings such as automotive OEM coatings, marine coatings, architectural coatings, roof coatings, wood coatings, and finishes. With a liquid physical form, it enhances the performance of coatings.

COL.9® 1200 serves as a binder, primarily used in building materials, solventless coatings, and stains. Notably, it offers good texture, contributing to the quality of these industrial applications. Its liquid form enhances its versatility in various formulations within the building materials sector.

Hydropalat® WE 3910 functions as a wetting agent primarily used in waterborne coatings. It finds application across various sectors such as automotive, building and construction, consumer goods, and in the paints, coatings, printing, and packaging industries. It typically comes in solid form.

FoamStar® SI 2215 serves as a defoamer, offering distinct features such as maximum plant uptake and optimum micronutrient availability. FoamStar® SI 2215 caters to various markets, including agriculture and feed, automotive and transportation, building and construction, and paints and coatings.

Hydropalat® WE 3182 functions as a wetting agent primarily used in waterborne coatings. It finds application across various sectors such as automotive, building and construction, consumer goods, and in the paints, coatings, printing, and packaging industries. It typically comes in liquid form.

FoamStar® ED 2523 is an emulsion defoamer, a universal polymer-emulsion defoamer enhanced with a small amount of modified polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). It is an excellent defoamer for many flat to semi-gloss aqueous coatings, providing excellent foam suppression during grinding as well as application. It retains antifoam efficiency during extended storage of paint.

FoamStar® SI 2299 is a highly effective deaerator and defoamer suitable for spray coating, brush, and roller applications. It excels in airless/air mix spraying, preventing microfoam efficiently. The product exhibits remarkable and persistent defoaming properties over time. Particularly well-suited for airless/air mix spraying, it also performs admirably in brush applications and, to some extent, in roller applications, effectively knocking down the foam and eliminating microfoam. Its outstanding long-term defoaming persistency ensures reliable performance

Hydropalat® WE 3164 functions as a wetting agent primarily used in waterborne coatings. It finds application across various sectors such as automotive, building and construction, consumer goods, and in the paints, coatings, printing, and packaging industries. It typically comes in liquid form.

Hydropalat® WE 3643 functions as a wetting agent primarily used in waterborne coatings. It finds application across various sectors such as automotive, building and construction, consumer goods, and in the paints, coatings, printing, and packaging industries. It typically comes in liquid form.

Rheovis® VP 1231 is a rheology modifier that, unlike traditional acrylic thickeners effective in alkaline pH, has its maximum thickening effect in polymer dispersions at a pH of about 5. It can be used as a protective colloid in the production of resin dispersions and is suitable when resin solutions are mixed with polymer dispersions.

Tinuvin® 5100 is a liquid, non-basic aminoether (NOR) hindered amine light stabilizer (HALS), meticulously developed to impart high durability to exterior industrial and decorative coatings. Tailored for coatings requiring a low-basicity, non-interacting, and high-value stabilizer, Tinuvin® 5100 is designed based on amino-ether functionality. Its low basicity minimizes interactions with acidic paint components, such as curing catalysts. The high efficiency of Tinuvin® 5100 significantly enhances coating performance by reducing paint degradation that leads to issues like cracking, gloss reduction in clear coats, and chalking and fading in pigmented paints. Key features and benefits include being a liquid amino-ether (non-interacting) HALS, minimizing interaction with acidic materials like acid catalysts and acidic pigments, and improving coating resistance to cracking and loss of gloss by scavenging free radicals.

FoamStar® PB 2706 is an industrial additive designed for defoaming applications. Leveraging advanced CASE ingredient technologies, it excels in diverse sectors such as paints and coatings within building and construction, specifically architectural coatings, and various industrial applications, including chemical and industrial manufacturing. With a focus on eliminating foam-related challenges, FoamStar® PB 2706 proves to be a reliable solution for enhancing process efficiency in these key industries.

Rheovis® AS 1135 is utilized in the building and construction as well as paints and coatings markets. Its applications span architectural coatings, wood coatings and finishes, and building envelope and roofing in the building and construction sector. Within architectural coatings, it serves in both paints and coatings and industrial coatings applications. Specifically formulated for compatibility with wood substrates and surfaces, Rheovis® AS 1135 is in liquid form, enhancing its versatility and ease of application in various industrial processes.

Rheovis® AS 1920 is a solid rheology modifier meticulously designed for applications in the coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers (CASE) industry. With its primary function as a rheology modifier, this solid formulation offers versatility in optimizing viscosity and flow characteristics. Rheovis® AS 1920 is well-suited for enhancing performance in the Building and Construction and Paints and Coatings markets.

Foamaster® NO 2335 is a defoamer based on renewable raw materials. It proves excellent for mat to satin-finished aqueous coatings, serving as an environmentally sound alternative to defoamers based on mineral oil. It retains antifoaming properties even after prolonged storage of the finished paint and offers exceptional product stability.

Foamaster® WO 2390 is a defoamer for styrene-butadiene latex, with a chemical nature of a silicone-free formulation based on white oil, alkyl poly(alkoxy esters), and ethers. It is a defoamer/antifoam for styrene-butadiene polymerization, specifically during monomer stripping. Foamaster® WO 2390 is silicone-free and does not have adverse secondary effects during latex application.