Looking for a way to develop water-based inks and coatings with performance traditionally associated with solvent-based systems? Dow Corning^® 67 Additive (PDF size = 456KB) enables spontaneous wetting of even the most difficult-to-coat substrates, such as PVC foil and other plastics. This property enables the formulation of high-performance water-based inks and coatings, giving your customers better solutions for their demanding applications.

Dow Corning 67 Additive Performance Benefits:

• 100% organo-modified silicone
• Low static/dynamic surface tension
• Ideal for enabling wetting of difficult substrates, such as PVC foil and other plastics
• Lowers the surface tension of the coating, which allows wetting of low-energy substrates
• Very low dynamic surface tension allows high-speed printing processes
• Improves wetting during spray application
• Prevents cratering typically caused by poor wetting or contaminants
• Reduces the need for organic solvents
• Does not increase coefficient of friction
• Has no negative effect on recoatability

Applications for Dow Corning 67 Additive: More Performance from Your Additive Choice:

• Wood coatings: Improved wetting of the wood pores
• Parquet coatings
• Printing inks: Improved wetting on PE, PP, PVC
• Primers, fillers, top coats, industrial coatings (air- and oven-curing)
• Two-pack epoxy systems for floor coatings
• Packaging varnishes
• Two-pack polyurethane systems
• Plastic coatings
• UV-curing systems
• Drum coatings; waterborne, PE-/ melamine resin, oven-curing
• Floor coating, cleaning agents (based on acrylate- and styrene acrylate-dispersions) to replace fluoro surfactants

Very often waterborne wood coatings have a high surface tension that causes surface defects such as craters when the coating is applied on contaminated (e.g. by adhesives) or inhomogeneous wood substrates. Dow Corning 67 Additive functions as an anti-crater additive, lowering the surface tension and improving the substrate wetting.

Dow Corning 67 Additive Provides Excellent Wetting Performance in Waterborne, Pigmented Flexo Ink