High performance surfactants for architectural paints

Carbowet® GA-100/GA-210 surfactant

• Milling efficiency improvement for faster and greater color and hiding development
• Low foam with dynamic wetting
• Little to no impact on system rheology, water resistance, dry time, block resistance, gloss, or opacity
• Improved color rub-up and color acceptance for enhanced touch-up
• Contains no added APEs or solvents

Carbowet® LSF surfactant

• Easy to dissolve
• High cloud point
• Multifunctional – good wetting and foam control
• Contains no added APEs
• Improves color development and acceptance
• No impact on drying time and block resistance, gloss and opacity
• Easy operation, no need for pre-dilution
• Reduces surface defects caused by foam and wetting

ZetaSperse® 179/182 dispersant

• Increased color development
• Increased pigment loading
• Lower viscosity grinds
• Increased dispersant efficiency - lower cost-in-use
• Enhanced pigment wetting
• Contains no added APEs or solvents

Dynol® 360 surfactant

• Low-viscosity, easy-to-handle liquid
• Adds no VOCs per European⁽¹⁾ and US⁽²⁾ regulations
• Contains no added alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEs) or harzardous air pollutants (HAPs)
• Provides extremely low equilibrium and dynamic surface tension with no added foam
• Provides fast wetting and low contact angles on low-energy substrates, such as plastics
• Lowers typical minimum film forming temperature and improves film coalescence
• Improves wetting, flow and leveling and aesthetic properties of most waterborne coatings

(1) European Decorative Paint Directive 2004/42/CE
(2) Volatile organic compounds, VOCs, as defined by the EPA in 40 CFR 51.100(s). These products were found to contribute no VOC under EPA Method 24 testing conditions when evaluated at a typical use level (1wt%) in a zero-VOC coating formulation.