Products in Foam Control

AFCONA 8203 is a defoamer and air-releaser specially developed for unsaturated polyester, polyurethane, and epoxy resin systems. It provides good defoaming properties to the system while maintaining the system's transparency and clarity, making it an ideal alternative to AFCONA 2720 for high-solid application systems such as UPE, epoxy, and polyurethane.

AFCONA 7375US is a modified fluorocarbon polyacrylate surface modifier with anti-foam and leveling properties. Higher fluorocarbon modification than AFCONA 7371. It is recommended for unsaturated polyester, PVC, epoxy, and polyurethane resin systems. With the higher fluorocarbon modification, AFCONA 7375US is excellent in surface tension related performance, such as anti- cratering, fiber wetting, pigment and extender wetting and faster leveling.

AFCONA 5504 is a multi-functional additive that can help wet out difficult or contaminated substrates, lower the surface tension of the coating system, improve pigment grind efficiency, and prevent surface defects such as fisheyes, edge crawl, and craters. It also has great defoaming properties and, due to its hydrophobic nature, reduces the water sensitivity of the final system.

AFCONA 2027 is a moderate defoamer with minimal side effects. AFCONA 2027 prevents the formation of foam and blisters during manufacturing and application. It offers a combination of good defoaming and compatibility with most resin systems. It is recommended for medium-viscosity applications applied by spray and brush.

AFCONA 3500 is a leveling and anti-crater agent for aqueous coatings. It is a fluorocarbon modified polyacrylic neutralized with a suitable amine and dissolved in water. It is suitable for all water-based paints. In terms of anti-crater and substrate wetting, AFCONA 3500 have super performance in these two properties. In most cases, AFCONA 3500 is used to solve the long-wave current leveling in water-based coatings.

AFCONA 3277P is an anti-crater, substrate wetting and leveling agent for powder coatings. It is a fluorocarbon modified polyacrylic in powder delivery form, designed specifically for powder coating. It can act as a non-silicone leveling agent to promote anti-cratering, leveling, and substrate wetting in powder coatings. It is recommended for all powder coating systems due to its polyacrylate structure, which is stable even at high temperatures during the curing process.

DeCAL 5012 is a blend of surface active ingredients, hydrophobes, and white oil. It is an excellent foam control agent for many aqueous systems. It is used very successfully in water-based paints, paper coatings, polymer lattices, and adhesives. It is effective over a wide range of pH and temperatures.

DeCAL 5011 is a silicone-free defoamer used in various applications, including building & construction, wood coatings, adhesives, textiles/leather/non-wovens, agrochemicals, paint, inks/graphic arts, and specialty chemicals. It provides excellent foam prevention properties at elevated temperatures and pressures. It is a white powder.

AFCONA 3750 is a silicone-based leveling and anti-crater agent for aqueous coatings that does not impact inter-coating adhesion. It is a highly fluorocarbon-modified acrylic polymer with very low surface tension, allowing it to substitute and perform as silicones without the side effects of silicones.

DeCAL 5030 is designed to release bubbles and control foam generated in a wide range of aqueous systems containing surfactants. It is a blend of non-ionic surfactants and hydrophobes in a highly refined mineral oil and is non-silicone based. It is used in many applications including water-based paints, adhesives, carpet backing, paper coating, and effluent treatment.

AFCONA 3593 is a silicone-based leveling, substrate wetting and anti-crater agent for aqueous coatings & inks. AFCONA 3593 is a special designed polyether modified polysiloxane. It moves very fast in the defective part of coatings and can decrease the surface tension easily, and it has good compatibility properties.

AFCONA 2592 is an effective defoamer for all types of water-based systems. It is suitable for high shear force processes and will not affect the performance of the system. Furthermore, it can easily move to the surface and destroy the surface air-bubbles in high viscosity systems. It is especially effective for airless spray and roller applications for eliminating small blisters.

AFCONA 3700P is a substrate wetting, leveling and flow control agent designed for powder coatings applications. AFCONA 3700P is a fluorocarbon modified polyacrylate in powder delivery form designed for powder coatings. It can serve as a non-silicone leveling agent to promote anti-crater, leveling and substrate wetting in powder coating systems.

AFCONA 2025 is a moderate defoamer with minimal side effects that prevents the formation of foam and blisters during manufacturing and application. It offers a combination of good defoaming and compatibility with most resin systems, and is recommended for medium-viscosity applications applied by spray and brush.

AFCONA 3775 is a leveling agent with very high defoaming effect for solvent-based coatings. AFCONA 3775 is an acrylic polymer tailor made for those applications that need good leveling as well as a high defoaming effect like coil coatings and other foam sensitive systems. It is recommended as a non-silicone leveling agent where silicone is not permitted due to intercoat adhesion problem.

AFCONA 3586 is a silicone-based leveling, substrate wetting and anti-crater agent for aqueous coatings without influence of inter-coat adhesion. It has a very strong surface tension reduction and good compatibility properties. Hence, it is very effective for any water-based systems.

AFCONA 2023 is a moderate defoamer with minimal side effects. It prevents the formation of foam and blisters during the manufacturing and application of solvent-based coatings. The product has a moderate defoaming property and does not show many of the obvious side effects seen when using some stronger defoamers.

DeCAL 5040 is a highly effective foam control agent for emulsion paints, coatings, and adhesives. The product utilizes new water-in-oil technology to deliver a cost-effective product specifically developed to reduce air entrainment during the manufacture and application of water-based paints, adhesives, and coatings.

AFCONA 2620-85D1 is a strong and highly efficient defoamer for solvent-free and solvent-based, high-viscosity systems. It is a solvent-free defoamer that is recommended for use in such systems, and it has an extremely strong performance in foam destruction and anti-foaming for solvent-free epoxy, solvent-based polyurethane, and unsaturated polyester. It is highly efficient, with good defoaming properties even at very low additions. AFCONA 2620-85D1 is suitable for high-viscosity coating systems to prevent foaming and foam destruction at the interface, and is recommended for use in situations where a solvent-free process is required.

AFCONA 2021 is a silicone-free defoamer with balanced performance for compatibility and defoaming, ideal for use in various coating systems. It can prevent air entrapment during stirring and pumping, and is especially suited for solvent-based coatings where foam formation is an issue when spraying or brushing.

AFCONA 3581E is a silicone-based leveling and anti-crater agent for aqueous coatings that does not influence intercoat adhesion. AFCONA 3581E is the 52% effective substance version of AFCONA 3580, an organically modified polysiloxane with very short chain repeatable units of siloxane. These small molecules allow it to move very quickly to an area of defects. This offers very good anti-crater properties without causing intercoat adhesion problems.

AFCONA 2507 is a water-based defoamer suitable for clear coating and pigment concentrate preparation. It is an organically modified polysiloxane with hydrophobic silica, designed to provide excellent defoaming and anti-foaming performance in all water-based coatings. It is suitable to eliminate process foams in PUD and polyarylic emulsion resins system.

AFCONA 2754 is an anti-foam and de-aeration agent for solvent-containing and solvent-free systems of epoxy, polyurethane, coil coatings, and wood coatings. It contains a non-silicone defoaming polymer designed polymer designed for use in solvent- containing and solvent-free systems. It offers very good performance in both defoaming and anti-foam.

AFCONA 2720 is an anti-foam and de-aeration additive for use in unsaturated polyesters, coil and can coatings, epoxies and PVC-compounds. It supports the quick deaeration of thermosetting resin systems, allowing for the production of foam-free and blister-free self-leveling compounds and laminates. Additionally, AFCONA 2720 is suitable for use in can and coil coatings, where it is less likely to cause side effects such as inconsistent craters in the line.

AFCONA 2721 is a defoamer specifically designed for use in UV coatings. It is composed of an acrylate monomer carrier that takes part in the system cross-linking and a combination of silicone and non-silicone components that offer good de-aeration and defoaming properties.

AFCONA 3570 is a leveling and anti-crater agent for aqueous coatings with a low foam stabilizing effect. It is a fluorocarbon modified polyacrylic, neutralized with a suitable amine, and dissolved in water. It is suitable for all water-based paints and is recommended for use in all kinds of water-based coatings with a pH value of 8.0 or higher.

AFCONA 2723 is a defoamer and air-releaser for unsaturated polyester, polyurethane, UV, and epoxy resin systems. It is recommended for thin-layer (gel coat), casting resins, and epoxy resin systems (e.g. floorings), as well as for room temperature curing of unsaturated polyesters used in glass fiber-reinforced systems.

AFCONA 2040 is a moderate defoamer with minimal side effects that prevents the formation of foam and blisters during manufacturing and application. It offers a combination of good defoaming and compatibility with most resin systems. It is recommended for medium-viscosity applications applied by spray and brush, and is particularly suitable for systems ranging from low polarity to high polarity. AFCONA 2035 is recommended for brush and conventional spray applications.

AFCONA 2018 is a silicone-free defoamer that is recommended for systems where in-can transparency is important. It prevents the entrapment of air during processing steps such as stirring or pumping, and functions well during the application of paints and lacquers. AFCONA 2018 is well-suited for solvent-based wood finishes where foaming is a problem when applied by spraying.

AFCONA 3758 is a leveling and flow control agent for solvent-based coatings with anti-crater properties. AFCONA 3758 is a special modified polyacrylic polymer. It reduces drastically surface tension of organic coating systems. This, together with good compatibility in most solvent-based systems and with minimal foam stabilizing effect, makes it very effective as an anti-crater and flow control agent for all solvent-based coatings.

AFCONA 2022 is a strong defoamer that is easy to incorporate. This is a silicone-containing version of AFCONA 2020. This product prevents the formation of foam and blisters during the manufacturing and application of solvent-based and solvent-free coatings. AFCONA 2022 is a particularly compatible defoamer that works during production and application, especially in curtain coating processes.

AFCONA 3280 is a special modified polysiloxane that is soluble in aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, esters and ketones, but insoluble in water. It offers slip, defoaming, and improvement of surface characteristics without hurting intercoat adhesion. Additionally, it offers better hot water resistance than other polyether modified polysiloxanes.

AFCONA 3236 is an additive designed to provide slip and leveling, as well as good defoaming performance. It is an alkyl-modified polysiloxane that offers excellent slip and leveling properties. Unlike other organically modified polysiloxanes, AFCONA 3236 acts as a defoamer and does not stabilize foam in most systems, making it suitable for foam-sensitive applications such as floor coatings and high-build systems.

AFCONA 2035 is a moderate defoamer that minimizes side effects, prevents the formation of foam and blisters during manufacturing and application, and offers good defoaming and compatibility with most resin systems. It is recommended for medium-viscosity applications applied by brush and conventional spray methods, and is suitable for systems ranging from low to high polarity.

AFCONA 3700 is a wetting, leveling and flow control agent for solvent-free and solvent-based coatings with excellent anti-crater properties. AFCONA 3700 is a highly fluorocarbon modified polyacrylic polymer. It has very low surface tension and therefore it can substitute and perform as silicones without the side effects of silicones.

AFCONA 2524 is an effective water-based defoamer for PU and acrylic-based emulsions. It is a silicone-based defoamer suitable for all types of water-based systems, including those with PVC concentrations of up to 25%. It is also suitable for emulsions based on a combination of acrylic and polyurethane.