Products in Dispersing & Wetting Additives: Slip Agent

Efka® SL 3035 is a slip and leveling agent that improves leveling, increases slip and mar resistance, offers better compatibility compared to pure dimethylpolysiloxane, particularly in polar systems, prevents floating, and is resistant to hydrolysis. It can be used in both water- and solvent-based coatings, and due to its excellent compatibility, Efka® SL 3035 is particularly recommended for polyurethane and polyester wood coatings, helping prevent curtain rupture in curtain coating applications.

Efka® SL 3883 is a reactive slip and leveling agent. It offers improved slip, surface smoothness, increased anti-blocking effect, good substrate wetting, and even distribution of matting agents. The chemical nature involves a polysiloxane-modified polymer with unsaturated terminal groups. Reactive groups crosslink with coating and printing ink systems cured by photo initiators or peroxides. It finds applications in various coatings, especially wood and plastic coatings and paper finishes, cured by vinyl polymerization.

Efka® SL 3259 is a liquid formulation crafted to serve as a slip agent, wetting agent, and leveling agent. This versatile solution offers good compatibility and high gloss while enhancing substrate wetting and scratch resistance. In its liquid form, Efka® SL 3259 ensures ease of application. Ideal for waterborne, solventless/high solids, and solventborne coatings, it brings innovation to coatings by providing essential functions along with superior properties for substrate wetting, gloss, and scratch resistance.

Efka® SL 3033 is a highly effective additive that increases slip and surface smoothness. With excellent compatibility properties, it is suitable for use in clear coatings. It improves leveling, scratch and abrasion resistance, prevents floating, enhances anti-blocking characteristics, and prevents cratering.

Efka® FL 3778 is a multifunctional product known for its diverse capabilities in various applications. Classified within the chemical family of acrylics and acrylates, this formulation serves as a wetting agent, surface modifier, slip agent, leveling agent, dispersant, and defoamer. Its features include excellent mineral filler loading capability, slip properties, exceptional wetting behavior, and outstanding flow properties. These characteristics make Efka® FL 3778 a versatile and effective solution in applications where these attributes are critical for performance.

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.

AFCONA 3670 is an anti-crater, substrate wetting and leveling agent for solvent-based coatings. AFCONA 3670 is an improved version of AFCONA 3777 on managing surface control of coatings. It has lower surface tension than AFCONA 3777. The combination with a suitable polysiloxane for better overall performance is highly recommended.

AFCONA 3034 is an additive designed to reduce surface tension, improve substrate wetting, and provide anti-crater performance and leveling, including vertical leveling. Its fluorocarbon modification gives it a very low surface tension, further enhancing its performance in anti-crater properties, substrate wetting, and leveling.

AFCONA 3522 is an additive to improve the surface characteristics of waterbased coatings. It is a waterbased emulsion of an organically modified polysiloxane, with the active ingredient being a hydrophobic polymer that gives water resistance and slip performance to the coating after drying. This product also offers low foam stabilization. AFCONA 3522 is recommended for use in all types of waterbased coatings.

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.

PEL-PHOS™ CD260 is a dispersant, lubricant, anti-wear additive, corrosion inhibitor, wetting agent, emulsifier, detergent. It is both biodegradable and a non-ecotoxic surfactant. PEL-PHOS™ CD260 can also be used as co-emulsifier for emulsion polymerization.

EBECRYL® 350, developed by CASE Ingredients, is a versatile radiation-curable liquid designed for the automotive and transportation, industrial, and paints and coatings markets. With labeling claims including bisphenol A-free, low-carbon footprint (PCF), solvent-free, and VOC-free, it meets stringent environmental standards. This cloudy liquid offers a range of application methods, such as curtain coating, dip coating, gravure coating, roller coating, and slot-die. Compatible with various substrates, including metal, paper, plastics, and wood, EBECRYL® 350 provides a clear and durable finish, making it suitable for automotive OEM coatings, wood finishes, and various specialty 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™ CL310 is a hydrophobic organo-modified silicone-based additive consisting of a siloxane backbone and polypropylene oxide (PO) side chains. PEL-SIL™ CL310 minimizes foam stability and is an excellent defoamer for waterborne industrial or decorative coatings. PEL-SIL™ CL310 is compatible with solvent-borne coatings and inks. It provides good low and leveling performance, mar resistance, anti-blocking and releasing properties.

Non polar, high molecular polyethylene wax

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.

Anti-crater, substrate wetting and leveling agent for solvent-based coatings

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.

ESQUIM AD-11 is a silicone-based additive to use in solvent-based and solvent-free coatings which improves surface slip, gloss, wetting effect and mar resistance.

ESQUIM AD-406B is silicone-free additive for solvent systems which displays air release, wetting and surface slip.

LUBA-print® 121/F (ND) is a wax dispersion / wachsdispersion product.This product have applications in solvent-based lacquers for Can-and Coil-Coating. Our high quality wax emulsions and dispersions are a necessity for all customers who prefer working with ready-made emulsions or dispersions in contrast to a dry wax. The ease of incorporation is the key benefit of liquid products.

ESQUIM AD-186/2 is a modified silicone-based additive to use in solvent-based and solvent-free coatings which improves surface slip, leveling, gloss, wetting effect, anticrater and antiblocking.

Afcona 3700 is a wetting, leveling and flow control agent for solvent-free and solvent-based coatings with excellent anti-crater properties.