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Foam control in inks and OPVs

 

Power Up with Differentiated Product Solutions


Additives for Inks and Overprint Varnishes from Dow Corning

Power Up with Differentiated Product Solutions
Dow Corning® brand additives allow you to power up your inks and overprint varnishes (OPVs) with a range of tailored performance benefits, including slip, abrasion resistance, water resistance, and wetting, as well as processing benefits such as foam control.

Dow Corning® 51 Additive Dow Corning® 67 Additive
Dow Corning® 84 Additive Dow Corning® 68 Additive
Dow Corning® 57 Additive 

Dow Corning® 51 Additive

  • Ultra-high-molecular-weight polydimethysiloxane dispersion in aqueous
  • Dispersions Formulated at high (90% actives) solids

Improves mar resistance and slip in water-borne systems or solvent-borne systems containing polar solvents; provides water resistance in water-borne systems; also imparts leveling, wetting, and gloss.

 

Dow Corning® 84 Additive

  • Waterborne silicone elastomer
  • Reactive silanol functionality that improves performance during in-can storage
  • Ideal for ink or OPV applications where ink migration resistance is critical
  • Provides excellent wet rub and water resistance
 

Dow Corning® 57 Additive

  • Nonreactive silicone glycol copolymer surfactant
  • Excellent organic compatibility
  • Supplied at 100 % active concentration
  • Provides slip, gloss, pigment treatment, leveling, wetting, and mar-resistance
 

Dow Corning® 67 Additive

  • 100% organo-modified silicone
  • Improves surface wetting by lowering the surface tension of waterborne coatings
 

Dow Corning® 68 Additive

  • Water-dilutable silicone emulsion
  • Contains no alkyl phenol ethoxylate surfactants
  • Offers excellent foam control in inks at low concentrations
 
 

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