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Universal slip and levelling agent for all solvent- and water-based systems. Very effective against Benard cells and good anti-crater property in PU. Moderate slip.
High slip agent with oily feeling for solvent-based coatings. The oily effect enhance the film build. Suitable for metal coatings, refinish and baking paints. Low inner bubble sensitivity in PU coatings.
High slip agent with dry feeling. It gives very good compatibility for all solvent-based systems. Mainly recommended for wood coatings, thermoplastic coatings and UV-curing systems.
Fluorocarbon modified polysiloxane with strong surface tension reduction, which results in excellent anti-crater property, substrate wetting and improved vertical levelling properties. Suitable for solvent- and water-based systems.
Specially developed for UPE but also suitable for UV. It improves levelling and provides a smoother surface for film.
A combination of high boiling point solvents with small amount of very compatible polysiloxane. Promotes flow for film as well as prevents pin holes caused by solvent boiling.
A combination of high boiling point solvents with higher polar than AFCONA-3037. It can provide levelling and prevent pinhole caused by solvent boiling problem.
AFCONA-3085 is a polysiloxane polymer with di-hydroxyl functional groups terminated at both end. This enables AFCONA-3085 to cross-link in polyurethane systems as well as in baking paints. It has very high slip and levelling performances.
The highest slip performance of AFCONA silicone based levelling agents. Low foam stabilizing effect, excellent compatibility and no influence on in-can transparency. Suitable for all solvent-based systems where high slip is needed.
Supplied in 100% active ingredient. Strong slip with wet feeling. Suitable for UV, metal coating and baking paints. Also enhance film build in refinish paints.
Supplied in 100% active ingredient. Soluble in water, water-alcohol mixtures and other solvents. Act as universal slip and levelling agent for water- and solvent- based systems. Main properties are anti-crater, providing slip performance and anti-Bernard cells.
Alkyl modified polysiloxane. Gives slip, levelling and defoaming properties. Suitable for foam sensitive systems, such as, solvent free PU, Epoxy and coil coating. It will cause in-can haziness in clear coatings. High temperature resistance up to 280℃.
Polysiloxane modified with alkyl groups. Better defoaming properties than AFCONA-3236. Gives same slip, levelling performance and in-can haziness as AFCONA-3236. Suitable for foam sensitive system, such as, solvent free PU and epoxy. Also suitable for wood paints.
Polysiloxane modified with alkyl groups. Better defoaming properties than AFCONA-3236 in polar systems, Less slip and more serious in-can haziness than AFCONA-3236. Suitable for foam sensitive system, such as, solvent free PU and epoxy. Improves orientation of matting agent in UV coating.
The all-active polyether modified polydimethylsiloxane levelling agent, gives the paint film rapid levelling ability without causing bubble stabilization behavior. AFCONA-3240 can improve the wetting ability of the paint film, improve the anti-adhesion and anti-scratching properties of the paint film.
AFCONA-3250 is specially developed for applications where slip is the most important factor and foam stabilizing effect is undesired. AFCONA-3250 belongs to the same family of AFCONA-3230. AFCONA-3230 is effective only in PU coating, while AFCONA-3250 is effective in all solvent-based coatings such as NC, Acid curing. Thus AFCONA-3250 meets the needs of most coating formulation designers for high slip, unstable foam and high transparency.
An improved version of AFCONA-3250. Further improves levelling and reduces foam stability, as well as mantains the same high slip.
AFCONA-3252 is 100% active content of alkyl modified polysiloxane. It can provide paint film very smooth hand-feeling, as well as help leveling and imrpove flatness of film.
It is fully active ingredient Comb-like structure of polyether modified polysiloxane, which can improve the flowability of wet coating film and ensure smooth surface. Suggested for UV curing system.
Wetting and leveling agent designed for solvent based, solvent-free and water-born coatings.
AFCONA – 3258 is a special structure designed of polyacrylate leveling agent. It drives good leveling property, as well as good anti-craters performance. And it is recommended for all kinds of glossy varnishes, benefit on its good compatibility.
Short chain polysiloxane. Re-coatable and no influence on intercoat adhesion. Recommended for baking paints based on alkyd-melamine, oil free polyester and thermosetting acrylic systems. It improves hot water soaking resistance.
A solvent free linear polyether modified polysiloxane with di-hydroxyl functional groups. Act as a reactive levelling agent to provide permanent slip. Also suitable for the synthesis and preparation of silicone modified polyester and polyurethane.
A fluorocarbon modified polyacrylate with water soluble by neutralization with a suitable amine. Gives excellent levelling effect of long wavelength.
Emulsion of non-polar polysiloxane in water. Gives water resistance and slip performance without foam stabilizing problem. Provides hydrophobic effect at high dosages.
Fluorocarbon modified polyacrylate for water-based systems with excellent anti-crater and levelling properties. Recommended only for systems with pH higher than 8.
Short chain polysiloxane without intercoat adhesion problems in many coating systems. Very strong anti-crater property. Need to be combined with suitable defoamer. Recommended for electrodeposition coatings and all other water-based systems.
Substrate wetting and leveling agent for water-based system. It can eliminate crater and help waterborne film spread on the substrate with low surface tension, such as plastic substrate.
Organically modifeid polysiloxane levelling agent. Compared with AFCONA-3585, it has different modified structure. Results in different surface tension reduction and substrate wetting performance in different systems.
Rapidly reduces surface tension. Excellent anti-crater property without foam stabilizing problem. No influence on recoat.
Silicon modified levelling agent with comblike sturcture. Reduces surface tension rapidly. Excellent anti-crater property without intercoat adhesion problem.
Levelling agent with extremely short molecular chain. Rapid surface tension reduction. Quick moving in the defective area of paint film without foam stabilizing and intercoat adhesion problem.
AFCONA-3590 is a fluorocarbon modified polysiloxane leveling agent designed with special sturcture. It can quickly reduce the surface tension and improve the performance of substrate wetting, as well as excellent anti-crater property. It gives no influence on intercoat adhesion.
AFCONA-3593 is a substrate wetting agent based on polyether modified polysiloxane designed with special structure. It can quickly reduce the surface tension in water-based systems and improve the performance of substrate wetting, as well as excellent anti-crater property.
Substrate wetting agent based on organic fluorine modified polydimethylsiloxane. Strong surface tension reduction. It can quickly improve the film defects caused by substrate wetting problem.
Substrate wetting agent based on polyether modified polysiloxane designed with special structure. It gives excellent wetting and leveling effect, as well as good defoaming performance in water-based systems.
Improved version of AFCONA3777. Based on the same chemistry but with better anti-crater performance. Suitable for all solvent-based systems.
High fluorocarbon content polyacrylate with very strong surface tension reduction. An excellent additive for anti-crater, substrate wetting and promoting vertical flow. Suitable for all solvent-based systems, especially car refinish, plastic coating and industrial coating.
AFCONA3725 is a high fluorine content polyacrylate with very strong surface tension reduction. Has the same functions and application fields as silicon containg additives but without side effects of ordinary silicon additives
Fluorine modified polyacrylate levelling agent with moderate properties, as well as defoaming.
AFCONA-3758 is mainly developed to replace fluorocarbon modified levelling agent. It gives good levelling and anti-crater performance.
Fluorocarbon modified polyacrylate levelling agent for solvent-based systems. Beside the good levelling and anti-crater performance, it also has very good defoaming properties. Thus it is very suitable for coil coating and other foam sensitive systems. It causes in-can haziness in clear coating.
Fluorocarbon modified polyacrylate. Gives good levelling performance while has excellent compatibility with most coating systems.
Levelling agent based on fluorocarbon modified polyacrylate for solvent-based systems. Becomes water soluable after neutralization with a suitable amine. As a polar polymer, it has very good compatibility in all resin systems. Compared with AFCONA-3730, it has stronger anti-crater performance but is less in levelling performance.
Universal polyacrylate levelling agent with wide applicability and most moderate performance.
A same category product as AFONCA-3770 but with stronger defoaming and levelling performance. However, less in anti-crater.
First generation fluorocarbon modified polyacrylate. Suitable for all solvent-based coating to improve levelling, anti-crater and substrate wetting. New developed generation products will perform better if special function needed.
A pure polyacrylic levelling agent. Improves levelling performance and has defoaming property. Can cause in-can haziness.
Polyacrylic levelling agent designed for polyester, UPE and epoxy systems with more compatibility and less in foam stability.
A reactive polyether modified polysiloxane with methacrylate functional group that can crosslinking to UV/EB systems. With this property, it allows formulator to formulate a permanent slip film for anti-blocking and anti-scratch coating.
AFCONA - 3836 is a reactive silicone levelling agent, contains methyl acrylate end groups,which can react with UV curing and vinyl cross-link systems.It would prevent the formation of benard cell, provide the properties of substrate wetting and fast levelling of coating film, and no foam stabilizing behavior.
A high reactive polyether modified polysiloxane. Can crosslinking to UV/EB. It can provide the film with extremely high smoothness to meet the releasing effect of film in the next processing.
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