Products in Packaging Coatings: Wetting Agent

Hydropalat® WE 3650 is a low-foaming wetting agent with key benefits including highly effective wetting for water-based coatings and ink applications, excellent dynamic surface tension reduction in combination with low foam stabilization, and suitability for lacquers or inks experiencing substrate wetting or cratering issues. Due to its excellent wetting properties, the product can also positively affect ink transfer and adhesion.

Hydropalat® WE 3437 serves as a wetting agent and emulsifier, offering excellent substrate wetting, emulsification capabilities, gloss improvement, and pigment wetting. It functions as an anionic surfactant and is presented as a colorless to slightly yellowish liquid. It serves as a surfactant, wetting agent, anionic surfactant, and emulsifier. Notably, it carries labeling claims of being silicone-free, solvent-free, and APEO-free. Hydropalat® WE 3437 proves to be an effective anionic wetting agent and emulsifier specifically tailored for waterborne coatings and inks.

Hydropalat® WE 3425 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 3185 EL, functioning as a wetting agent, is designed for waterborne coatings in applications like automotive OEM coatings, marine coatings, architectural coatings, roof coatings, wood coatings, and finishes. With its liquid physical form, it ensures efficient wetting in various formulations.

Hydropalat® WE 3645 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 3432 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 3186 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 3912 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 3120 is a colorless, low-foaming liquid wetting agent designed for the printing inks and adhesives industry. It serves as an effective low-foaming wetting agent for emulsion paints and fountain solutions, showcasing excellent stability in both alkali and acidic environments, along with good water solubility. Recommended for use in formulating aqueous paints and printing inks, Hydropalat® WE 3120 also demonstrates proficient antifoam properties across various applications.

Hydropalat® WE 3225 is a silicone-based wetting agent with notable defoaming properties. It exhibits excellent substrate wetting and compatibility within aqueous coating formulations. This product presents a pronounced defoaming action, specifically designed for various types of aqueous coating formulations. It seamlessly merges outstanding compatibility and wetting capabilities with efficient defoaming properties.

Hydropalat® WE 3165 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.

Efka® SL 3259 is a liquid formulation crafted to serve as a slip agent, wetting agent, and leveling agent. This versatile solution offers good compatibility and high gloss while enhancing substrate wetting and scratch resistance. In its liquid form, Efka® SL 3259 ensures ease of application. Ideal for waterborne, solventless/high solids, and solventborne coatings, it brings innovation to coatings by providing essential functions along with superior properties for substrate wetting, gloss, and scratch resistance.

Hydropalat® WE 3161, functioning as a wetting agent, is designed for waterborne coatings in applications like automotive OEM coatings, marine coatings, architectural coatings, roof coatings, wood coatings, and finishes. Its liquid physical form contributes to its ease of incorporation in formulations.

Hydropalat® WE 3106 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 3642 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 3123 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.

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.

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.

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.

Hydropalat® WE 3486 is a highly effective, concentrated wetting agent for aqueous formulations, providing strong reduction of surface tension, highly dynamic substrate wetting, ease of handling, and absence of flammable co-solvents. This wetting agent is particularly suitable for difficult-to-wet substrates such as plastics and metal surfaces, cellulose film, aluminum and plastic foils, silicone-treated papers, or glass.

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.

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.

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.

Hydropalat® WE 3485 is a liquid solution meticulously crafted for varnishes. As part of the anionic chemical family, it guarantees compatibility with cellulose and cellulosics. This formulation boasts low surface tension, good compatibility, improved color acceptance, substrate wetting, high gloss, and low foaming for optimal performance. In a convenient liquid form, Hydropalat® WE 3485 seamlessly integrates into varnish formulations, ensuring ease of use.

Hydropalat® WE 3197 is a versatile addition to waterborne coatings. Belonging to the alcohol ethoxylates chemical family, this formulation is compatible with epoxies (EP) and alkyds. Boasting low surface tension, alkali resistance, high gloss, improved substrate wetting, and acid resistance, Hydropalat® WE 3197 ensures exceptional performance. Tailored for waterborne coatings, it proves ideal for various applications.

Hydropalat® WE 3475 is a liquid solution tailored for varnishes. Belonging to the anionic chemical family, this formulation is compatible with cellulose and cellulosics. With features like low surface tension, good compatibility, improved color acceptance, substrate wetting, high gloss, and low foaming, Hydropalat® WE 3475 ensures optimal performance. In a convenient liquid form, this solution facilitates easy integration into your varnish formulations.

Hydropalat® WE 3488 is a liquid solution specially formulated for varnishes. This product, belonging to the anionics chemical family, is designed to excel in varnish applications. With a convenient liquid form, Hydropalat® WE 3488 ensures easy integration into your coating processes.

Wacker Chemie SG 3380 is a 100% polysiloxane polyethylene glycol copolymer and a trisiloxane superwetting molecule with organofunctional groups at the terminal positions and hydroxyl end-capping. Due to its unique structure, SG 3380 exhibits high surface activity and effectively spreads on nearly any surface. It reduces the surface tension of aqueous and non-aqueous solutions and acts as a highly effective wetting agent.

SILCO® GA 2550 is a polymeric silicone-free substrate wetting additive. Due to its chemical structure, it is particularly recommended for water-based formulations. This product is particularly characterized as a highly effective wetting additive for printing inks and overprint varnishes and is compliant with all relevant FDA regulations and Nestlé guidance.

SILCO® GA 2550 is:

• APEO-free
• Biocide-free
• Suitable for food contact applications (eg Swiss Ordinance, BfR, FDA, Chinese GB)
• Suitable for aqueous systems
• Non-ionic
• Low foaming
• Silicone-free
• Free from volatile organic compounds (VOC)

SILCO® GA 1011 is a hydroxy-functional block copolymer in water. Due to its chemical structure, SILCO® GA 1011 is particularly recommended as a wetting and dispersing additive for organic pigments and carbon black. The preferred fields of application include: Printing inks Water-based systems

SILCO® GA 1069 is a block copolymer in water that can be used as a wetting and dispersing additive for aqueous systems, and as a standalone dispersing matrix for all types of pigments. The preferred fields of application include: Printing inks Water-based systems

SILCO® GA 1018 is a wetting and dispersing additive for resin-free and resin-containing formulations, used in combination with a second anionic compound. Due to its chemical structure, it is particularly recommended for all organic pigments. The preferred fields of application include: Printing inks Water-based systems

AFCONA 5244 is the nearly 100% active solid version of AFCONA 5044, designed for high-solid systems where the presence of solvents must be limited. When used at the same level of active solids, the properties of AFCONA 5244 and AFCONA 5044 are almost identical.

AFCONA 5209 is an anionic/cationic wetting and dispersing additive used to improve the wetting of pigment surfaces. AFCONA 5209 is the 100% version of AFCONA 5009. It reduces the interfacial tension between pigments or extenders and the vehicle. It stabilizes the pigments through electrical charge repulsion forces.