Products in Metal Coatings: Thickener

HDK® N20 is a synthetic, hydrophilic, amorphous silica produced through flame hydrolysis. It is a standard product widely used in various industrial applications. This white colloidal powder offers high purity and serves multiple purposes. One of the primary applications of HDK® N20 is as a thickening and thixotropic agent in organic systems such as unsaturated polyesters, coatings, printing inks, adhesives, and cosmetics. Additionally, it functions as a reinforcing filler in elastomers, particularly silicone elastomers.

Alcosperse 747 is a patented hydrophobically modified copolymer designed for use in detergent and cleaning formulations. It can be used as a pigment dispersant in acrylic emulsion-based paint formulations to deliver efficient, reliable color production. It is especially effective for dispersing water-resistant pigments, clays and carbon black. It is an excellent choice for acrylic emulsion-based paint formulations. Alcosperse 747 Benefits Excellent pigment dispersion Outstanding color acceptance Good hydrophobic properties Watermark-resistant performance Long shelf life Alcosperse 747 Features VOC-free Low molecular weight Easy to handle and incorporate into formulations Good storage stability

HEUR Rheology Modifier for the Medium Shear Range / Paints and CoatingsBorchi® Gel L 76 is a HEUR rheology modifier ( H ydrophobically modified E thoxylated Ur ethane copolymer rheology modifier) for the medium shear range. This solution is a thickener for emulsion and aqueous paint systems. Borchi® Gel L 76 is glycol ether, APEO and VOC-free.

Rheology Modifier Promoting Pigment Wetting and StabilizationBorchi® Gel L 75 N is a polyurethane-based, non-ionic liquid rheology modifier that promotes good pigment wetting and stabilization and is VOC-, APEO-, and organo tin-free. It is a HEUR thickener that develops viscosity stability in water-based coatings, mainly in the medium shear range. However, Borchi® Gel L 75 N can also provide well-balanced efficiency in high shear ranges. Typically, the shear range is between 1000 s-1 to 10000 s-1 depending upon the binder type and other ingredients in the coating.

ADDITOL® VXW 6387 is a versatile marvel that serves as a wetting agent, rheology modifier, and thickener. Notably, it proudly claims to be tin-free, bio-based, and APEO-free. Tailored for solventless and high-solids coating, solventborne coating, and waterborne coating formulations, its features include preventing pigment sedimentation, enhancing pigment-wetting during dispersion, reducing flow-off tendency, and improving edge coverage. Recommended for waterborne, solvent-based, and solvent-free paint systems, ADDITOL® VXW 6387 stands as an essential, ensuring optimal performance and stability across various coating applications.

ADDITOL® VXW 6360 serves as a polyurethane thickener tailored for air-drying, aqueous coating systems. It exhibits exceptional rheological properties, contributing to enhanced flow, leveling, film build, and brushability. This additive is designed to meet environmental standards, being both NMP-free and APEO-free. With its application in various coatings, including automotive OEM coatings, marine coatings, and vehicle refinish, ADDITOL® VXW 6360 proves to be a valuable component for achieving desired performance characteristics in waterborne formulations.

ADDITOL® AQ-1680, an associative acrylic thickener, dissolves in alkali and is designed for aqueous mass systems. This versatile thickener boasts high thickening power and compatibility with acrylic and cellulosic thickeners. It facilitates the creation of dense structures without syneresis, ensuring stability in high-solids systems. Serving as a rheology modifier and thickener, it adheres to labeling claims of being solvent-free, monomer-free, and environmentally friendly. Well-suited for automotive OEM coating applications.

ADDITOL® XL 270, a liquid powerhouse, serves as a wetting agent, rheology modifier, and thickener. Proudly claiming to be tin-free, bio-based, and APEO-free, this product is tailored for solventless and high-solids coating and solvent-borne coating applications. With special properties that prevent pigment sedimentation, enhance pigment-wetting during dispersion, and prevent pigment from floating in mixtures, ADDITOL® XL 270 is a comprehensive solution. It reduces the tendency to flow off, improving the coverage of edges in many paint systems.

ADDITOL® AQ-1681, an associative acrylic thickener, is an alkali-soluble solution with moderate thickening power, specifically designed for styrenated acrylic waterborne paints. Ideal for various applications such as paints, sealants, background preparers, varnishes, and waterproofing, it serves as a filler, extender, and rheology modifier. Notably, it carries labeling claims of being solvent-free, monomer-free, and environmentally friendly.

ADDITOL® VXW 6388 is a dynamic solution that excels as a rheology modifier and thickener. Tailored for waterborne coating and primer formulations, it is NMP-free and APEO-free. Noteworthy features encompass corrosion resistance, high film thickness, high sagging resistance, and improved edge coverage. With its special properties as a urethane-modified polyether, it exhibits a substantial thickening effect in the middle shear range. Applications extend across paints and coatings, including automotive OEM coatings, marine coatings, and vehicle refinish, making ADDITOL® VXW 6388 an indispensable component for achieving optimal performance and durability in coating formulations.

HT-C919 is insoluble in water, dispersed in solvents but expandable in the case of water to form a colloid to achieve the ideal thickening touch and anti-flow hanging effect. HT-C919 is a new type of organic bentonite active thickening anti-sink rheummeler adapted to the current market environment by special materials and processes, the product adapts widely, and has obvious advantages over conventional organic bentonite.

Touch OTAL 2008 is a thixotropic behavior liquid. The basic chemistry on this products based on co-polymer of Polyamide-Ethylene Vinyl Acetate wax in the mixture solvents of Xylene. It gives good aluminum and pearlecent pigments orientation control in order to give better workability and better finishing of metallic coating. This is a very effective orientation agent and anti-settling agent. It need only 1/3, on dosage in weight, comparing to the common orientation agents available in the market. In fact at this dosage, the orientation effect is much better. Touch OTAL 2008 can be easily incorporated and disperse to the system by low sheer force, minimum of 6.0m/s of spiracles velocity. However they are recommended to add in after the metallic pigments have been dispersed homogeneously.

CLiQFLOW® 709 is an amide modified hydrogenated castor oil based thixotropic additive for nonto mid-polar solvent based systems. It imparts a strongly shear thinning flow behavior with excellent sag resistance and good flow and leveling. Anti-settling properties and workability are also improved markedly with the organic thixotrope.

Touch OTAL 2002 is a thixotropic behavior liquid and is a higher solid version of Touch OTAL 2003 . The basic chemistry on this products based on co-polymer of Polyamide-Ethylene Vinyl Acetate wax in the mixture solvents of Xylene, MPA and Butyl Acetate. It gives good aluminum and pearlecent pigments orientation control in order to give better workability and better finishing of metallic coating. This is a very effective orientation agent and anti-settling agent. It need only 1/3, on dosage in weight, comparing to the common orientation agents available in the market. In fact at this dosage, the orientation effect is much better.

HT-C919A is alcohol solvents after water can colloid to achieve the ideal thickening touch and anti-flow hanging. The HT-C919A is a new product based on the HT-C919 and offers adaptations.

Vitro Minerals Pyrogenic Silica RS-50 is a100% recycled synthetic, hydrophilic, fully X-ray amorphous silica, produced via flame hydrolysis. It is a white, submicron-sized powder of high purity and a surface area of 20-50 m/g. The primary particles, sized between 60 and 300 nm (0.06-0.3 um), are spherical and form loosely agglomerated micro-clusters up to about 3 um.