Levelling – Substrate wetting
| Use | Product | Description |
|---|---|---|
| S/W | AFCONA 3034 | Fluorinated modified polysiloxane. It provides excellent anti-crater effect and levelling, strong slip and surface tension reduction in solvent based and water based systems. |
| S/W | AFCONA 3285 | 100% solids polysiloxane, free primary OH groups. It reacts in 2K PU and stoving systems in solvent based and water based systems. |
| W | AFCONA 3571 | Polysiloxane emulsion. It is a slip and levelling agent for water based systems. It provides excellent slip and anti-blocking effect. |
| S/W | AFCONA PL 114 | Highly compatible polisiloxane for solvent based and water based systems. It is very stable in curtain coating applications. |
| W | AFCONA PL 124 | Polisiloxane emulsion, combines levelling, slip and defoaming. It provide excellent orientation of silicas matting agent. For matt and pigmented systems. |
SILICON BASED LEVELLING AND SCRATCH RESISTANT AGENTS FOR SOLVENT BASED SYSTEMS
| Use | Product | Description |
|---|---|---|
| S/W | AFCONA 3034 | Fluorinated modified polysiloxane. It provides excellent anti-crater effect and levelling, strong slip and surface tension reduction in solvent based and water based systems. |
| S | AFCONA 3238 | 100% solids polisiloxane, combines levelling, slip and defoaming. It provide excellent orientation of silicas matting agent. For matt and pigmented systems. |
| S | AFCONA 3251 | 100% solids polisiloxane, provides the highest level of slip. It has low tendency to entrap air. |
| S/W | AFCONA 3285 | 100% solids polysiloxane, free primary OH groups. It reacts in 2K PU and stoving systems in solvent based and water based systems. |
| S | AFCONA 3835 | Polisiloxane with methacrylic functionalities. It is reactive in UV, EB and Redox systems. It reacts with the polimer matrix providing a long lasting scratch resistance effect. |
| S/W | AFCONA PL 114 | Highly compatible polisiloxane for solvent based and water based systems. It is very stable in curtain coating applications. |
NON SILICON LEVELLING AGENTS FOR SOLVENT BASED SYSTEMS
| Use | Product | Description |
|---|---|---|
| S | AFCONA 3730 | High mol. weight polyester. It has excellent compatibility and levelling with lower negative influence on hardness compared to acrylic polymers. |
| S | AFCONA 3755 | Medium to high mol. weight acrylic polymer. It combines good characteristics of levelling with an excellent degassing effect. Anti-popping for stoving enamels and Coil coatings. |
| S | AFCONA 3758 | Low mol. weight acrylic polymer. It imparts excellent levelling and improves the DOI. It is very compatible in clear coats. |
| S | AFCONA PL 251 | Medium mol. weight acrylic polymer. It combines good characteristics of levelling with excellent degassing effect. For matt and pigmented systems. |
SILICON BASED SUBSTRATE WETTING AGENTS FOR WATER BASED SYSTEMS
| Use | Product | Description |
|---|---|---|
| S/W | AFCONA 3034 | Fluorinated modified polysiloxane. It provides excellent anti-crater effect and levelling, Strong slip and surface tension reduction in solvent based and water based systems. |
| W | AFCONA 3585 | Short chain polysiloxane. It improves substrate wetting and is not reducing recoatability. It has low tendency to foam formation. |
| W | AFCONA 3588 | Short chain polysiloxane. It is very high substrate wetting and is not reducing recoatability. It has low tendency to foam formation. |
SILICON BASED SUBSTRATE WETTING AGENTS FOR SOLVENT BASED SYSTEMS
| Use | Product | Description |
|---|---|---|
| S | AFCONA 3280 | Short chain polysiloxane. It improves adhesion and substrate wetting, is not reducing recoatability in 2K PU systems and stoving enamels. |
NON SILICON SUBSTRATE WETTING AGENTS FOR WATER BASED SYSTEMS
| Use | Product | Description |
|---|---|---|
| W | AFCONA 3500 | Highly fluorinated acrylic polymer in water solution. It allows the wetting of difficult substrates without negative influence on recoatability. |
| W | AFCONA PL 155 | Modified acrylic polymer. It has excellent balance between recoatability, substrate wetting and compatibility. It does not tend to retain air in the paint product. |
| S/W | AFCONA PL 191 | Modified acrylic polymer. It has excellent compatibility and levelling in clear coats. It reduces “Edge Crawling” in curtain coating applications. |
| S/W | DeCal 2165 | Non ionic ethoxylated alcohol recommended to improves the substrate wetting and works as co-dispersant. It promotes color acceptance in water based and solvent based systems. |
| W | Tionox 104 | Non ionic surfactant. Deaerator, substrate wetting agent and pigment dispersant in water based systems. |
NON SILICON SUBSTRATE WETTING AGENTS FOR SOLVENT BASED SYSTEMS
| Use | Product | Description |
|---|---|---|
| S | AFCONA 3277 | 100% solids fluorinated acrylic polymer. It has excellent balance between recoatability, substrate wetting and compatibility. |
| S | AFCONA 3670 | Fluorinated acrylic polymer. It has excellent balance between recoatability, substrate wetting and compatibility. It does not tend to retain air in the paint product. |
| S | AFCONA 3700 | Highly fluorinated 100% solids acrylic polymer. It allows the wetting of difficult substrates without negative influence on recoatability. |
| S/W | AFCONA PL 191 | Modified acrylic polymer. It has excellent compatibility and levelling in clear coats. It reduces “Edge Crawling” in curtain coating applications. |