Additives for Wood Coatings and Varnishes from Dow Corning
Power Up with Differentiated Product Solutions
Dow Corning® brand additives allow you to power up your wood coatings
and varnishes with a range of tailored performance benefits, including scratch
resistance, slip, mar resistance, water resistance, and wetting, as well as
processing benefits such as foam control.
Dow Corning® 23N Additive
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Polydimethylsiloxane
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Provided as a silicone elastomer powder
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For use in decorative and protective coatings for flooring, office
furniture, and household appliances
Improves scratch resistance in non-slip applications with matte finish
Dow Corning® 29 Additive
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Carbinol-functional silicone glycol surfactant
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Provides excellent leveling and wetting and improved gloss in solvent-based
overprint varnishes
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Imparts superior scratch resistance due to improved slip
Dow Corning® 30 Additive
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Polyether-modified polydimethylsiloxane designed for aqueous,
solvent-based, and radiation-curable coatings
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Compatibility with polyester and epoxy-based acrylate radiation-curable
formulations
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Provides superior slip and scratch resistance with wetting properties in
wood coatings
Dow Corning® 51 Additive
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Ultra-high-molecular-weight polydimethysiloxane dispersion in aqueous
dispersions
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Formulated at high (90% actives) solids
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Improve mar resistance and slip in waterborne systems or solvent-borne
systems containing polar solvents; provides water resistance in waterborne
systems; also imparts leveling, wetting, and gloss
Dow Corning® 57 Additive
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Nonreactive silicone glycol copolymer surfactant
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Excellent organic compatibility
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Supplied at 100% active concentration
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Provides slip, gloss, pigment treatment, leveling, wetting, and
mar-resistance
Dow Corning® 67 Additive
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100% organo-modified silicone
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Improves surface wetting by lowering the surface tension of waterborne
coatings
Dow Corning® 68 Additive
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Water-dilutable silicone emulsion
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Contains no alkyl phenol ethoxylate surfactants
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Offers excellent foam control in coatings at low concentrations
Dow Corning® 76 Additive
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Low-viscosity, easy-to-disperse antifoam
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Based on organo-modified silicone technology
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Compatible with organic binders, even at low shear
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Provides good foam control on immediate action and after long-term
storage
Dow Corning® 56 Additive
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100 percent active alkylmethyl siloxane additive
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Eliminates microfoam in solvent-based wood coatings and maintains film
integrity of curtain coatings
Dow Corning® 2-9034 Emulsion
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Waterborne, low-VOC organosilicone emulsion
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Ideal for use in penetrating primers, base coating formulations, and wood
pressure treatment solutions
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Protects wood products from decay and improves dimensional stability
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