Products in Decorative Paints: Leveling Agent

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.

PhosGard® 140 is a liquid chemical compound known as Tris(2-butoxyethyl) phosphate, falling under the phosphates family. With low viscosity and flame retardant properties, it functions as a versatile additive. Primarily used as a plasticizer and leveling agent in waterborne adhesives and decorative paints, PhosGard® 140 is available in drums and totes (IBC) packaging.

ADDITOL® VXW 6503 N is a leveling and substrate wetting agent formulated with a polyether-modified polysiloxane, designed for waterborne paint systems. It effectively reduces surface tension, enhancing substrate wetting and leveling in the absence of foam stabilization. Notably, ADDITOL® VXW 6503 N maintains surface slip and does not impact recoatability. This formulation delivers improved performance in waterborne paint applications, making it a valuable addition for achieving optimal wetting and leveling characteristics without compromising other essential properties.

ADDITOL® VXW 6396 is a multifaceted solution that excels as a flow promoter, leveling agent, and flow modifier in a variety of applications. Tailored for clearcoat, screen printing ink, inkjet ink, waterborne coating, varnishes, flexography ink, and gravel ink, it proudly claims to be NMP-free, APEO-free, and tin-free. Standout features include reduced overspray, improved edge coverage, improved long wave reduction, low film thickness, improved short wave reduction, reduced surface preparation, and wet-on-wet properties. With applications spanning paints and coatings, especially automotive OEM coatings, marine coatings, and vehicle refinish.

ADDITOL® XW 6580 is a leveling and substrate wetting agent formulated with a polyether-modified siloxane, suitable for both waterborne and solvent-borne paint systems. This additive is designed to reduce surface tension effectively, leading to improved substrate wetting and leveling, without contributing to foam stabilization. It is labeled as tin-free, monomer-free, and APEO-free. ADDITOL® XW 6580 offers features such as circulation stability, wet-on-wet properties, multi-substrate adhesion, improved edge coverage, low film thickness, improved long-wave reduction, and reduced surface preparation. It finds applications in solvent-borne coatings, clearcoats, and waterborne coatings.

ADDITOL® XL 480 a specialized leveling agent, stands out as a monomer-free, NMP-free, APEO-free, and tin-free solution. Tailored for clearcoat applications, it boasts features like overbake resistance, improved edge coverage, low migration, high gloss, improved dullness, low reactivity, high temperature-curing, wet-on-Wet properties, and improved flexibility. Its special properties position it as an additive dedicated to enhancing the surface quality of paint films, especially in automotive coatings. The versatile applications of ADDITOL® XL 480 extend to the automotive and transportation sectors, encompassing automotive OEM coatings and marine coatings.

ADDITOL® XW 390 serves as a silicone-free flow and wetting agent designed for waterborne coating systems. It effectively prevents flow defects in various waterborne coatings and enhances substrate wetting. This APEO-free, formaldehyde-free, and tin-free formulation is compatible with epoxies (EP). Noteworthy features include improved edge coverage, long wave reduction, wet-on-wet properties, short wave reduction, and low migration. Widely applicable, it finds use in enamel, waterborne coating, and epoxy coating applications.

ADDITOL® XL 122 is a dynamic formulation that excels as a leveling agent and flow promoter. Tailored for enamel, solventborne coating, and clearcoat applications, it proudly claims to be APEO-free, NMP-free, and tin-free. Standout features include wet-on-Wet properties, improved edge coverage, improved long wave reduction, and excellent scratch resistance. With applications spanning paints and coatings, especially automotive OEM coatings, marine coatings, and vehicle refinish, ADDITOL® XL 122 stands as a reliable choice for achieving superior leveling, flow promotion, and overall performance in various coating formulations.

MODAFLOW® AQ 3025 is an APEO-free, tin-free, and VOC-free clearcoat technology designed for automotive and transportation, paints and coatings, as well as printing and packaging markets. This waterborne coating is applied in various sectors such as automotive OEM coatings, marine coatings, vehicle refinish, decorative paints, wood coatings and finishes, coil coatings, industrial coatings, metal coatings, packaging coatings, and diverse printing inks like flexography, gravure, inkjet, lithographic, and screen printing. Utilizing radiation cure, it is compatible with metal and wood substrates and offers a clear appearance.

MODAFLOW® Powder 6000 is a resin modifier designed to effectively manage surface defects in powder coating systems. This product demonstrates excellent performance across various thermoset powder coating chemistries. Its primary function is as a leveling agent, contributing to improved rheology and surface quality. MODAFLOW® Powder 6000 is suitable for applications in powder coating, particularly in areas such as automotive OEM coatings and decorative paints. It adheres to labeling claims of being VOC-free.

ADDITOL® VXW 6214 is a fluorine-modified additive serving as both a leveling agent and substrate wetting agent in waterborne paint systems, formulated without silicone. With labeling claims of being tin-free, NMP-free, and APEO-free, this additive stands out for its commitment to environmental considerations. It offers features such as high gloss, wet-on-wet properties, improved short-wave reduction, faster cycle time, improved edge coverage, and enhanced long-wave reduction. Suitable for applications in decorative paints, wood coatings, and finishes, ADDITOL® VXW 6214 contributes to the performance and esthetics of waterborne coatings.

ADDITOL® XW 395 is a versatile solution for waterborne paint systems, functioning as a wetting agent, defoamer, and leveling agent. It carries labeling claims of being APEO-free, formaldehyde-free, and tin-free, ensuring high-quality results. Its features include improved surface preparation, reduced short waves, and enhanced dullness, making it an excellent choice for waterborne coatings and clearcoats.

BECKOPOX™ EH 637, classified under the amines and polyamines chemical family, functions as a binder and resin, hardening agent, and leveling agent within CASE Ingredients. Targeting automotive and transportation, building and construction, and paints and coatings sectors, it's especially suited for epoxy and solventborne coatings on metal surfaces. Notably, this liquid offers a low yellowing tendency and pairs effectively with liquid epoxy resins for applications like self-leveling flooring, casting compounds, and laminates.

MODAFLOW® POWDER III is a VOC-free epoxy-based coating designed primarily for the automotive and transportation markets, as well as paints and coatings. This free-flowing white powder finds its application in automotive OEM coatings, decorative paints, coil coatings, furniture coatings, industrial coatings, and metal coatings. Specifically formulated for compatibility with metal substrates, it is categorized as an epoxy coating, hybrid coating, or powder coating, presenting as a solid with a free-flowing white powder appearance.

Defoamer and deaerator for water-based coating systems, silicone free. BLISTER FREE 55 has an excellent defoaming effect in all types of water-based alkyd systems, for instance in alkyd emulsions with and without co-solvents. There are also very good defoaming effects in modified alkyds and alkyd/acrylic hybrids.

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.

Defoamer for solvent borne and water-based coating systems, silicone free. BLISTER FREE 75 shows very good defoaming properties in solvent borne: NC-systems and NC-combinations, AC- and epoxy-systems, PU and air drying acrylic systems, BLISTER FREE 75 has very good defoaming effect in water-based coating systems based on the following binders: Long oil alkyds, Medium oil alkyds, Acrylate/medium oil alkyds, Acrylate/long oil alkyds, Epoxides.

ADDAPT PolySurF HPH is a solvent-free UV-curable additive. It can also act as a polymerisable hydrophilic non-ionic surfactant and/or co-polymerisable plasticizer. It is a proprietary mixture of Acrylated mono- and di-Phosphate ester; the mono-Phosphate ester being O-(EO)n>10-CH3 modified; where the reactive Acrylate group is Methacrylate

CLiQFLOW® 675 VR is a tin-free polyurethane based rheological additivefor aqueous clear and pigmented systems. The associative thickener increases mid and high shear viscosity and provides a slightly shear thinning flow behavior to aqueous systems.