Architectural coatings

AIRASE 4500 Defoamer

A proprietary organic oil defoamer designed to eliminate foam, pinholes and entrapped air in water-based inks, adhesives and coatings without generating surface defects. It contains no added-mineral oils, HAPs or APEs and has several US FDA 21CFR 175 and 176 compliances.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

AIRASE 4750V Defoamer

AIRASE 4750V defoamer is a proprietary vegetable oil based defoamer designed to control foam, bubbles and entrapped air without generating surface defects. It does not contain added mineral oils, hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), or alkyl phenol ethoxylates (APEs). This defoamer combines good efficiency with excellent film compatibility and sustained defoaming performance, suitable for a wide range of waterborne applications.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

AIRASE 4800 Defoamer

AIRASE 4800 defoamer is a 100% active, mineral oil based defoamer for a variety of water-based formulations. It does not contain added hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), or alkyl phenol ethoxylates (APEs). This defoamer combines good film compatibility with sustained, long term defoaming performance.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

AIRASE 5100 Defoamer

AIRASE 5100 defoamer is a Structured Siloxane Defoamer Line (SSDL) defoamer -- a line of products that spans the application space from strong defoaming to high compatibility. AIRASE 5100 defoamer is the strongest defoamer of the SSDL defoamer series. Designed for applications where strong defoaming is required and the formulations are not sensitive to cratering.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

AIRASE 5200 Defoamer

AIRASE 5200 defoamer is a Structured Siloxane Defoamer Line (SSDL) defoamer -- a line of products that spans the application space from strong defoaming to high compatibility. AIRASE 5200 defoamer is designed for applications where strong defoaming is required and the formulations are not particularly sensitive to cratering. Provides excellent long-term, persistent defoaming in formulations. Better film compatibility than AIRASE 5100 defoamer.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

AIRASE 5300 Defoamer

AIRASE 5300 defoamer is a Structured Siloxane Defoamer Line (SSDL) defoamer --a line of products that spans the application space from strong defoaming to high compatibility. AIRASE 5300 defoamer is designed for applications where strong defoaming is required with good long-term persistency, especially in high shear applications.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

AIRASE 5400 Defoamer

AIRASE 5400 defoamer is a Structured Siloxane Defoamer Line (SSDL) defoamer --a line of products that spans the application space from strong defoaming to high compatibility. AIRASE 5400 defoamer is designed for applications where strong defoaming is required with good long-term persistency, especially in high shear applications. Better film compatibility than AIRASE 5300 defoamer.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

AIRASE 5500 Defoamer

AIRASE 5500 defoamer is a Structured Siloxane Defoamer Line (SSDL) defoamer --a line of products that spans the application space from strong defoaming to high compatibility. AIRASE 5500 defoamer can be incorporated in the grind or used as a let-down defoamer. Designed for applications where good defoaming is required with good long-term persistency and film compatibility.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

AIRASE 5600 Defoamer

AIRASE 5600 defoamer is a Structured Siloxane Defoamer Line (SSDL) defoamer -- a line of products that spans the application space from strong defoaming to high compatibility. AIRASE 5600 defoamer can be incorporated in the let-down of a coating or ink. AIRASE 5600 defoamer provides an excellent balance of effective defoaming and film compatibility.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

AIRASE 8070 Deaerator

AIRASE 8070 deaerator is a proprietary formulated modified siloxane deaerator. Particularly suitable for waterborne airless and air-assisted spray applications, this product is designed to eliminate foam, pinholing and solvent popping without generating surface defects.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

CARBOWET 106

An ethoxylated nonionic surfactant (100% active liquid; HLB: 10.7). CARBOWET 106 surfactant is a proprietary formulation designed as an APE-free replacement. Provides performance comparable to NP-6 type and similar alkyl phenol-based surfactants in waterborne coatings, inks, and adhesives systems. Allows for the surface tension reduction necessary to wet both pigment and substrate, and can enhance/stabilize color acceptance. FDA and EPA clearances, solvent and APE-free. THIS PRODUCT IS NOT AVAILABLE IN ALL REGIONS. PLEASE CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL OFFICE.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

CARBOWET 109

An ethoxylated nonionic surfactant (100% active liquid; HLB: 13.1). CARBOWET 109 surfactant is a proprietary formulation designed as an APE-free replacement. Provides performance comparable to NP-9 type and similar alkyl phenol-based surfactants in waterborne coatings, inks, and adhesives systems. Allows for the surface tension reduction necessary to wet both pigment and substrate, and can enhance/stabilize color acceptance. FDA and EPA clearances, solvent and APE-free. THIS PRODUCT IS NOT AVAILABLE IN ALL REGIONS. PLEASE CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL OFFICE.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

CARBOWET 125

An ethoxylated nonionic surfactant (100% active liquid; HLB: 12.5). CARBOWET 125 surfactant is a low viscosity liquid that is rapidly soluble in water and provides excellent surface tension reduction for substrate and pigment wetting in a wide range of applications. FDA and EPA clearances, solvent and APE-free. THIS PRODUCT IS NOT AVAILABLE IN ALL REGIONS. PLEASE CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL OFFICE.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

CARBOWET 138

CARBOWET 138 surfactant is an ethoxylated nonionic surfactant (100% active liquid; HLB: 13.9). It is a mid-HLB traditional surfactant with balanced properties for use in typical waterborne formulations. This low-viscosity, easy-to-handle, readily biodegradable liquid provides an excellent alternative to APE chemistries of similar HLB and has a number of FDA and EPA clearances.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

CARBOWET 144

An ethoxylated nonionic surfactant (100% active liquid, waxy solid at room temperature; HLB: 14.4). CARBOWET 144 surfactant is a low-foaming, alkylphenol ethoxylate-free additive for pigment and substrate wetting in waterborne coatings, inks, and adhesives systems. Provides excellent surface tension reduction and wetting characteristics, improves freeze-thaw stability of acrylic systems. Excellent oil in water emulsifier. FDA and EPA clearances, solvent and APE-free. THIS PRODUCT IS NOT AVAILABLE IN ALL REGIONS. PLEASE CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL OFFICE.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

CARBOWET 76

An ethoxylated nonionic surfactant (100% active liquid; HLB: 7.6). CARBOWET 76 surfactant multifunctional, alkylphenol ethoxylate-free additive for pigment and substrate wetting for waterborne coatings, inks, and adhesives systems. Excellent water in oil emulsifier. FDA and EPA clearances, solvent and APE-free. THIS PRODUCT IS NOT AVAILABLE IN ALL REGIONS. PLEASE CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL OFFICE.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

CARBOWET GA-100

CARBOWET GA-100 surfactant is a proprietary combination of nonionic wetting and stabilizing surface active chemistries. It offers low foam wetting of substrates and pigments as well as providing compatibilization and stabilization benefits in coating and ink formulations and dispersions. CARBOWET GA-100 surfactant offers balanced performance for architectural paint formulations and excellent compatibility with associative thickeners.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

CARBOWET GA-200 grind aid surfactant

A nonionic additive engineered to provide multifunctional benefits in a wide range of aqueous formulations and meet increasing global regulations and EH&S considerations. CARBOWET GA-200 surfactant offers superior low-foam surfactancy for pigmented systems providing wetting, milling, and compatibilization benefits without the adverse impacts on water sensitivity, foam, or rheology typically found with other surfactants. CARBOWET GA-200 surfactant is suitable for low-zero VOC, low emission and EU Ecolabel compliant formulations.
THIS PRODUCT IS ONLY BEING LAUNCHED IN EUROPE AND AMERICAS AT THIS TIME.
PLEASE CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL OFFICE

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

CARBOWET GA-210

CARBOWET GA-210 surfactant is a proprietary combination of nonionic wetting and stabilizing surface active chemistries. It offers efficient wetting and stabilization benefits for a wide range of waterborne applications and can improve milling efficiencies in pigment grinds and dispersions. Compared to its sibling products in the GA series, CARBOWET GA-210 surfactant offers the most universal and balanced properties and is suitable for all applications.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

DYNOL 360

A high-performance nonionic superwetting and coalescing surfactant (100% active liquid). DYNOL 360 surfactant is based on patented technology that provides extremely low dynamic and equilibrium surface tension reduction with low foam and film formation/coalescing benefits. Helps enable low-VOC coatings customers meet environmental regulations in a variety of demanding waterborne applications. Solvent and APE-free organic chemistry makes it a performance alternative to silicone and fluorosurfactants.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

Surfynol 104E

A nonionic wetting agent and molecular defoamer (50% active solution of Surfynol 104 additive in Ethylene Glycol). Provides defect-free defoaming and dynamic wetting benefits in waterborne coatings, inks, adhesives systems, and agricultural chemical applications. Inhibits foam generation in processing and application with added surface tension reduction that improves substrate wetting and appearance. FDA and EPA clearances, APE-free.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

Surfynol 107L

Surfynol 107L surfactant is a liquid, nonionic wetting agent and molecular defoamer based on a proprietary high performance Gemini chemistry. This unique chemistry offers a range of surface active performance benefits and is particularly suitable for use in aqueous systems.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

Surfynol AD01

A nonionic wetting agent, molecular defoamer and coalescing surfactant (100% active liquid). Surfynol AD01 surfactant is a patented alkane diol surface active agent that provides antifoaming, defoaming, and dynamic wetting in waterborne applications. Solvent and APE-free.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

Surfynol DF-220

This defoamer is a 100% active mineral oil-based defoamer that contains no added silicone, silica, or alkyl phenol ethoxylates (APEs). This defoamer can provide not only high initial efficacy, but also long-term sustained defoaming. It is a clear, low viscosity liquid that has been specifically designed to be used in a variety of water-based formulations, including printing inks, coatings, and adhesives.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

Surfynol DF-58

A silicone-based defoamer (100% active liquid). Surfynol DF-58 defoamer is a proprietary formulation that provides strong foam control and de-aeration performance in water-based formulations. APE-free.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

Surfynol DF-62

An ether-modified polysiloxane defoamer (100% active liquid). Surfynol DF-62 defoamer is a proprietary formulation that provides excellent balance of initial foam knockdown and sustained antifoaming over time in water-based formulations. APE-free.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

Surfynol DF-66

A modified polysiloxane based Surfynol DF-66 defoamer is a proprietary formulation that provides excellent balance of initial foam knockdown and sustained antifoaming over time in water based formulations. FDA compliances and APE-free.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

ZETASPERSE 179

ZETASPERSE 179 dispersant is a high HLB nonionic stabilizing surfactant and wetting agent. It offers excellent nonionic stabilization properties for dispersion, emulsification and surfactancy benefits in a variety of waterborne applications including coatings, inks and adhesives. In pigment dispersions specifically, ZETASPERSE 179 dispersant can used in the milling phase as a co-dispersant to improve the dispersion characteristics of an anionic polymeric dispersant as well as added during letdown to improve compatibility and color acceptance. With no added APEs, ZETASPERSE 179 offers an alternative to highly ethoxylated alkyl phenol-based surfactants.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)

ZETASPERSE 182

ZETASPERSE 182 dispersant is a high HLB nonionic stabilizing surfactant and wetting agent. It offers excellent nonionic stabilization properties for dispersion, emulsification and surfactancy benefits in a variety of waterborne applications including coatings, inks and adhesives. In pigment dispersions specifically, ZETASPERSE 182 dispersant can be used in the milling phase as a co-dispersant to improve the dispersion characteristics of an anionic polymeric dispersant as well as added during letdown to improve compatibility and color acceptance. With no added APEs, ZETASPERSE 182 offers an alternative to highly ethoxylated alkyl phenol-based surfactants.

ZETASPERSE 3800

ZETASPERSE 3800 dispersant is formulated to provide strong stabilization of pigments, fillers, and other solids in aqueous dispersion. Based on a moderate molecular weight comb polymer, ZETASPERSE 3800 dispersant offers robust steric stabilization suitable for a wide range of formulation characteristics.

Downloads: Data sheet (generic)