STYSOLAC AW

Knowde Enhanced TDS

Identification & Functionality

Chemical Family: Plant Extracts
CASE Ingredients Functions: Anti-Foaming Agent,
Plasticizer,
Slip Control Agent
Technologies: CASE Ingredients
Product Families: CASE Ingredients — Additives
Foam Control,
Functional Additives,
Surface Modifiers

Features & Benefits

Labeling Claims: VOC-free
CASE Ingredients Features: Good Leveling,
High Gloss,
Improves Adhesion
Advantages: VOC free

Promotes gloss and adhesion

Improves leveling of water-based floor coatings

Dye solvent for enhancing color value

Facilitates film forming properties

Anti-skid Agent

Anti-foam Agent

No known freezing point

Particularly effective in conjunction with cationic acrylic resins

Applications & Uses

Markets: Adhesives & Sealants,
Building & Construction,
Paints & Coatings,
Printing & Packaging
Applications: Paints & Coatings — Building & Construction
Floor Coatings
Building & Construction — Flooring & Surfaces
Fillers, Levellers & Joints,
Floor Coatings
Adhesives & Sealants — Other Adhesives & Sealants Applications
Printing & Packaging — Packaging Coatings
Primers & Lacquers
Paints & Coatings — Packaging Coatings
Primers & Lacquers
Printing & Packaging — Printing & Inks
Flexography,
Gravure Printing
Application Method: Gravure Coating
Compatible Polymers & Resins: Acrylics,
Cellulose & Cellulosics,
Cellulose Acetate Butyrate (CAB),
Nitrocellulose,
Polyamides
Coating Type: Lacquers,
Solventborne Coating,
Waterborne Coating
Ink & Toner Type: Flexography Ink,
Gravure Ink,
Solventborne Ink,
Waterborne Ink
Selective Applications: Inks (solvent and water based flexo and gravure marking inks)

Adhesives (polymer)

Films (PV alcohol)

Nylon (solid filaments and yarns)

Lacquers and coatings (solvent and water-based)

Dye carrier
Suggested use: 1-5% based on resin weight

Properties

Physical Form: Liquid
Appearance: Clear, oily liquid , slight, sweet odor at 100% solids
Compatible with: Shellac, Cationic Acrylics, Acrylics, Styrenated Shellac, Acrylated Shellac, Polyvinyal Acetals, Polyvinyal Pyrrolidone, Polyamides, Alkai-Soluble Polymers, Polar-Type Polymers, Low Hyrdolized Polyvinyl, Alcohol (75-77), Natural Resins, Shellac Replacements, Lacquer Resins, Nitrocellulose, Cellulose Acetate, Cellulose Propionate, Cellulose Aceto-Butyrate, Ethyl Cellulose, Zein, Polyvinyl Acetate
Incompatible with: Synthetic Microcrystalline Wax, Non-Polar Material, Natural Rubbers, Synthetic Rubbers, Polyethylene (limited), Polyvinyl Chloride, Polystyrene, Ordinary Petroleum Waxes (limited), Starches, Casein, Glue, Vegetable Gums, Cellulose Gums
Miscible in: Alcohols, Ketones, Esters, Chlorinated Solvents, Aromatic Solvents
Partially Miscible In: Aliphatic Petroleum Hydrocarbons Water (although non dispersible in plain water and non-hygroscopic, it is readily dispersible in aqueous resin solutions or dispersions; also improves compatibility between resins where it acts as a mutual plasticizer)
Typical Properties

Safety & Health

Food and Safety: USDA, Food Safety and Quality Service in Washington, reports that Stysolac AW is chemically acceptable as a component of packaging material in direct contact with meat and poultry food products.

Packaging & Availability