Products in Other Paints & Coatings Applications: Leveling Agent

Leveling Agent

PEL-SIL™ CL330 is a silicone-based additive consisting of a siloxane backbone and polyethylene-oxide (EO) side chains. It is stable in neutral or mildly acid or alkaline aqueous solutions. The EO component gives PEL-SIL™ CL330 coatings additive its compatibility with water-borne systems. PEL-SIL™ CL330 has excellent wetting and recoatability. It can be used at low dosage levels. PEL-SIL™ CL330 can be recommended for use as a leveling and wetting agent in water-borne paints and coatings in automotive, transportation, construction and aerospace industries. It can also be used in solvent-based and high solid/UV curable coatings as leveling agent. For polyurethane foam coatings, PEL-SIL™ CL330 acts a surfactant and foam cell stabilizer. It is not compatible on the isocyanate side and must be added with the polyol. It exhibits excellent compatibility with most polyol premixes.

PEL-SIL™ CL340 is a nonreactive, acetate capped, silicone glycol copolymer surfactant supplied at 100 percent active concentration. It provides slip, gloss enhancement, pigment treatment and leveling for ink and coatings applications. Additionally, it provides mar resistance for coatings applications such as glossy printed materials. PEL-SIL™ CL340 is compatible with acrylic, epoxy, nitrocellulose, phenolic, polyester & polyurethane systems. With a low order of toxicity, this product acts as an anti-stick agent in printing ink applications. It is particularly useful for facilitating the slip of magazine covers over one another during printing and distribution. It is also used as a solubility aid to compatibilize blowing agents with isocyanates in the production of polyurethane foams. PEL-SIL™ CL340 is stable in neutral or mildly acidic or alkaline aqueous solutions. It Imparts anti-blocking and improves mar resistance of PU coatings. PEL-SIL™ CL340 is an effective leveling agent for synthetic leather top coatings.

PEL-SIL™ CL320 is a low HLB silicone surfactant and a leveling & gloss agent. It is used as an additive for polyurethane coating resin systems. PEL-SIL™ 9107 will react into PU coatings to give silicone properties to the surface because it is hydroxyl functional. It is useful for imparting silicone characteristics into synthetic leather top coat formulations.

PEL-SIL™ CL360 is a organo-modified silicone-based additive consisting of a siloxane backbone and polyethylene-oxide (EO) and polypropylene oxide (PO) side chains. It has pendant molecular structure. PEL-SIL™ CL360 is an excellent flow and leveling agent for solvent-based coatings and inks. It can also be used as defoamer or anti-foaming agent for waterborne coatings systems. It can be used at low dosage levels. For polyurethane foam coatings, PEL-SIL™ CL360 acts a surfactant and foam cell stabilizer. It is not compatible on the isocyanate side and must be added with the polyol. It exhibits excellent compatibility with most polyol premixes.

Coupling agent in filled polymer systems, which cure via free radical mechanisms, copolymerization or grafting and as a surface modifier. Silanes are used in a variety of industrial applications. Organofunctional Silanes have an organic functional end group and an alkoxy functional end group which allow the silane to act as a bridge between organic materials and inorganic substrates. The organic functional group is matched to the resin system while the alkoxy group provides the reactive site for crosslinking. These materials are useful as adhesion promoters, crosslinking agents, surface modifiers and hydrophobizing agents.

Silsurf®B608 is a silicone glycol copolymer. It is self-emulsifying in water and is designed to be emulsifier or wetting agent in various personal care and industrial chemical formulations. Silsurf®B608 has an INCI name of PEG-8 Dimethicone.

PEL-SIL™ CL400 is a linear, 100% active, PEG-10 siloxane polyether. It is a slip control agent for both waterborne, solvent borne UV/EB coatings and inks. PEL-SIL™ CL400 is also a flow and leveling agent and defoamer. It may also be incorporated into polymer systems through its two primary hydroxyls in polyurethane systems.

PEL-SIL™ CL350 is a polysiloxane with EO/PO polyether side chains. It can be used as a low foaming flow and leveling agent and wetting agent in waterborne and solvent borne coatings and inks. PEL-SIL™ CL350 is also reactive in 2K polyurethane systems as a resin and surface modifier. Other uses for PEL-SIL™ CL350 include surface tension reduction in silicone emulsions and improvement of drainage in pulp brown stock washing.

Eagle Specialty Products FB 100 is a silicone modified hydrocarbon blend that provides rapid defoaming insolvent systems.

ADD-3777 is a silicone-free additive having high molecular weight and very broad compatibility. It is designed to reduce the surface tension of various resin systems at substrate interface, which will improve substrate wetting and leveling and prevent formation of craters without stabilizing foam. The additive provides “long wave” leveling performance and increases gloss of the coating system and does not cause any inter-coat adhesion problems. It is highly effective in the transportation coatings when combined with the silicone-based additive ADD-3031. ADD-3777 is suitable for coatings and printing inks.

EDAPLAN® LA 415 is suitable for water-based and solvent-based systems. The product provides excellent slip properties and improves leveling and scratch resistance. EDAPLAN® LA 415 does not stabilize foam.

Dynoadd® F-113 is Flow and leveling additive for solvent borne coatings,Improves dirt retention properties, Anti-blocking, Low PMT active, Excellent flow and leveling.

GHEN Materials PAS –M1 is homopolymer of tertiary amine salt of methyldiallylamine(MDAA). It is designed for receivable coating formulations for ink jet paper. PAS-M1 will provide ink jet paper a high degree of color saturation and light fastness. PAS-M1 demonstrates excellent stability in acidic conditions.

ESQUIM AD-366 is silicone-based additive used in solvent-based or solvent free coatings that improves surface slip, leveling, gloss, wetting and anticrater effect.

EDAPLAN LA 403 is suitable for all aqueous coating and printing ink systems. The polymer is compatible with all common resin systems.

ADD-3572 is an anionic silicone-free surface control additive for aqueous systems. It gives excellent leveling and anti-cratering properties in most aqueous resin systems.

BERKIM Zinc Stearate is used in plastic, rubber, construction chemicals and paint industry. It is a strong mold release agent and hydrophobic. It is an outer slider.

Leveling agent FHT-F3030 contains mixture polyalkyl modified silicone and organic polymers.

Dynax DX4000 is a highly effective and efficient product, especially designed to provide rapid spreading, wetting and leveling performance to various water-based coating systems, such as paints, inks, floor polishes, etc., on low surface tension substrates that are difficult to wet out. DX4000 provides both superior dynamic and equilibrium surface tensions compared to conventional surfactants including fluorochemical and silicone surfactants: it quickly lowers the surface tension of aqueous solutions down to 16 dynes/cm at a very low concentration. DX4000 can be used without a defoaming agent because of its low foaming tendency

Silok® 353-General Silicone Leveling Agent is general silicone rapid leveling agent and slipping agent with quick leveling, good smoothness and recoating.

Slip and leveling additive for water-based and UV-curing coating systems with wetting additive. SCHWEGO mar 6542 is mainly used in UV curing coating systems.

Dynamic International Ethylene Glycol Monomethyl Ether (EM) is mainly used as solvent for grease, nitrocellulose, synthetic resin, alcoholate dyestuff and vinylcellulose. In coating industry, it can be used as varnish dryer and coating diluent.

HEXAFOR™ 641 is a high performance water soluble anionic fluorosurfactant. It is based on double short-chains containing 6 fluorinated carbon atoms, that cannot breakdown to PFOA in the environment.

EDAPLAN LA 402 is suitable for all aqueous coating and printing ink systems. It is supplied as water insoluble acid and has to be neutralized before use. The polymer is compatible with all common resin systems.

Afcona 3581E is a silicone based leveling and anti-crater agent for aqueous coatings without influent of inter coating adhesion.

ESQUIM AD-296 is a silicone-based additive used in most water-based, powdered, solvent-based or solvent-free coatings that improves mar resistance, surface slip, leveling, gloss, anticrater and wetting effect.

GHEN Materials PAS –H-5L is a homopolymer of quaternary ammonium salt of diallyldimethylammonium chloride (DADMAC). Because of the existence of quaternary ammonium salt, PAS-H-5L, 10L demonstrate excellent stability in acidic and alkaline conditions.

Silok® 8066-Strong Anti-Shrinkage Wetting &Leveling Agent is a typical dynamic with extremely low surface tension silicone wetting leveling agent. Especially suitable for PVC substrate water-based PU coating, excellent anti-plasticizer, anti-shrinkage and offer mirror leveling effect.

FluorN-S83 is an additive used to reduce the surface tension of solvent-based paints and to make them hydrophobic and oleophobic. S83 also improves leveling properties, ice and snow repellency of dried films. In some applications S83 reduces craters, pinholes, and orange peel in solvent-based paints. FluorN-S83 is typically used at 5% weight of the solvent-based paint.

MACRI CHEMICALS LEVELING AGENT HL988 consists of polyacrylate conveyed with silica. It can be used in all types of thermoplastic and thermosetting powder coatings.

Silok® 350-Rapid Silicone Leveling Agent is general silicone quick leveling agent with low surface tension and good wetting ability, permeability, which is especially suitable for film UV coating, silk-printed varnish, and water-based coating.

DISPARLON AQ-7180 is designed as leveling & anti-craterling agent based on acrylic silicone polymer and easily dispersed into waterborne systems uniformly. DISPARLON AQ-7180 improves wettability on substrates remarkably and shows excellent leveling property in film forming process. Unlike general silicone based products, they have excellent recoatability and storage stability. Besides from their nature characteristics, they can improve the flip-flop of metallic pigments, defoaming and anti-floating/flooding properties.

SA #1 is a proprietary silicone blend designed for use in high solids coatings. Its primary function is to improve flow and leveling during application. Systems include virtually all high solids resins.

Ark (FoGang) Chemicals Industry Co. Ltd Polyacrylic acid fluorine ester leveling agent is new-type fluorocarbon leveling agent, whose performance is superior to EFKA3777. It has excellent leveling property to acrylic resin, polyurethane, polyester, epoxy resin, and short-oil alkyd resin.

Reacrone PCL-40F is 100% activity acrylic type. PCS-100S is Silica Free. And it can get the best clarity.