Flow and leveling agents playing an very important role for the right appearances of your coating.
Flow and leveling agents playing an very important role for the right appearances of your coating. Some can give you slip some will provide alone leveling or a combination of both. Leveling can be split in long and short wave leveling. In general Acrylic leveling agents provide more long wave leveling and Silicone leveling agents provide short wave and will give you slip.
is a silicone free and can offer strong reduction of surface tension and improves wetting effect, gives strong anti-crater and is very low foaming. Meanwhile, it shows the good performance of fast wetting and leveling on difficult corners to achieve good film build up. UNIQ®FLOW 350 W is based on a new chemistry technology developed by UNIQCHEM.
s a non-ionic hyper-branched polymeric wetting and leveling agent which is effective in a wide variety of emulsion resins. It has excellent substrate wetting performance and improves the paint’s leveling. It doesn’t stabilize foam, even shows good defoaming property. Due to good compatibility with all kind of resins UNIQ®FLOW 352W doesn’t show negative effects to coating performances such as gloss, anti-corrosion and intercoat adhesion.
is a silicone free and can offer strong reduction of surface tension, improves wetting effect and has strong anti-crater performances. Meanwhile, it shows the good performance of fast wetting and leveling on difficult corners to achieve good film build up. The products is especially suitable for high performance coatings like automotive and refinish clear coatings. UNIQ®FLOW 361 S the compatibility has been improved to gives excellent clarity in all resins.
is a silicone free fluor modified acrylic leveling agent to be used in solvent- and water-based coating systems. Especially in water based systems the product shows good defoaming performances. For water based systems it is advisable to adjust the pH to 8 – 8.5 to make the product fully water soluble.
is a fluor modified acrylic leveling agent to be used in solvent based coating systems showing some defoaming performances. Due to the composition the compatibility needs to be checked for haze. For improved compatibility UNIQ®FLOW 376 S is recommended.
is a fluor modified acrylic leveling agent to be used in solvent based coating systems showing excellent compatibility with most of the resins. Can be used also in UPE primers for wood coatings remaining excellent clarity. Gives very fast leveling and with perfect appearances for clear coats.
is a cost effective acrylic leveling agent for solvent based coating systems showing good defoaming performances.
is a cost effective acrylic leveling agent for solvent based and solvent free coating systems showing excellent defoaming and leveling performances. It is non-silicone and therefore will not cause intercoat adhesion problems. It is heat stable and therefore suitable for the baking system.
The compatibility needs to be checked, especially in clear coats.
is a cost effective acrylic leveling agent for solvent based coating systems showing excellent compatibility and good long wave leveling performances. In addition it increases the gloss.
is a polyether modified acrylate surface agent, can increase the surface energy of the cured coating and improves the adhesion, wetting and leveling of the following layer such as paint and printing ink. UNIQ® FLOW 387U has no impact on the surface tension of the liquid coating and shows excellent compatibility when it is added to clear coats remaining high transparent.
is a cost effective acrylic leveling agent for solvent based coating systems showing excellent compatibility and good long wave leveling performances. In addition it increases the gloss. 389S is the 100% version of 386S
is a cost effective polyacrylate leveling agent for solvent based coating systems showing medium level of surface tension reduction and good defoaming performances. UNIQ® FLOW 390 S is a silicone free and fluorine free leveling agent, can be applied to solvent borne 1K, 2K and high baking paint systems due to its excellent heat stability performance.
is an surface active agent for solvent based applications especially suitable for baking systems. It promotes leveling, has defoaming effect, particularly against micro foam and anti-popping. Also well suited for short baking time systems.
is silicone surface additive for solvent- and water based coating systems with a medium reduction of surface tension and a medium increase of surface slip. UNIQ®FLOW 400 U increases slip and improves leveling, gloss and prevent the formation of Bénard cells. It also improves substrate wetting and anti-blocking properties.
can be used in solvent based coatings to improve substrate wetting to avoid cratering in both in high baked system and ambient curing system. The product has an |excellent thermostability up to 230 °C without interfering the intercoat adhesion and recoatability. In addition, the product will increase surface slip and gloss.
is a highly effective silicone additive, provides a strong reduction of surface tension. Offers good wetting of critical substrates. In pigmented systems it can prevent the formation of Bénard cells and improve leveling. UNIQ®FLOW 415 S improves the acceptance of dust and spray mist and increases surface slip. It reduces air draft sensitivity in wood and furniture coatings.
is allyl/alkyl modified polysiloxane leveling agents with some strong defoaming performances, particularly for non-polar to medium polar systems. It helps to prevents problems with ghosting and telegraphing when it is used in the layer that will be recoated. UNIQ®FLOW 430 S also helps to improve the matting agent orientation at the surface to avoid clouding.
is modified polyether polysiloxane leveling agents. The product can offer strong reduction of surface tension and improves wetting effect and anti-crater effect of substrate. Meanwhile, it shows the good performance of fast leveling.
The product can offer strong reduction of surface tension and improves wetting effect and anti-crater effect of substrate. Meanwhile, it shows the good performance of fast leveling with excellent hand feeling and slip effect.
is a silicone type wetting and leveling agent, can be used in various water based, solvent based and UV coatings. Excellent substrate wetting efficiency, effectively preventing edge shrinkage, good anti-foam, defoaming performance. The product can be used to from primer to topcoat without effecting the intercoat adhesion.
can be used in various water- solvent- borne and UV coatings to improve substrate wetting effect. The product can be used from primer to topcoat without effecting the intercoat adhesion.
In water-borne coatings it can be used in pH range from 4.0 – 10.0 and it is low foaming.
Although the product is silicone based, it will not give slip and will not improve scratch resistance.
can be used in various water- solvent- borne and UV coatings to improve substrate wetting effect. The product can be used from primer to topcoat without effecting the intercoat adhesion.
In water-borne coatings it can be used in pH range from 4.0 – 9.0 and it is low foaming.
Although the product is silicone based, it will not give slip and will not improve scratch resistance.
can be used in various water- solvent- borne and UV coatings to improve substrate wetting effect. The product can be used from primer to topcoat without effecting the intercoat adhesion.
In water-borne coatings it can be used in pH range from 4.0 – 9.0 and it is low foaming.
Although the product is silicone based, it will not give slip and will not improve scratch resistance.
The additive gives strong surface tension reduction properties in coatings. The substrate wetting is improved and therefore can also act as an anti-crater agent.
UNIQ®FLOW 493 U gives strong surface slip and can help to increase the gloss. In aqueous systems it improves the anti-blocking properties
The additive gives strong surface tension reduction properties in coatings. The substrate wetting is improved and therefore can also act as an anti-crater agent.
UNIQ®FLOW 495 U gives strong surface slip and can help to increase the gloss. In wood coating the product will give excellent hand-feeling. In aqueous systems it improves the anti-blocking properties.
is polysiloxane wetting and leveling agent suitable for solvent based, solvent free and water based systems. It increases slip, improves leveling and gloss, prevents the formation of Bernard cells, improves substrate wetting and provides anti-blocking properties.
The additive can give excellent graffiti resistance of coatings after crosslinking because of the –OH group in it. UNIQ®FLOW 499 U gives strong surface slip and excellent hand feelings. At the same time, it improves the anti-blocking properties.
is a cost effective acrylic leveling agent for solvent based and solvent free systems. It’s very suitable for gel coats that are base on unsaturated polyesters, epoxides and polyurethanes. The product shows excellent defocaming and leveling performances. It is non-silicone and therefore will not cause intercoat adhesion problems.
The additive is preferably used in combination with air release agent like UNIQ®FOAM P-555.
is a product developed for fiber reinforced materials. It is recommended for unsaturated polyester/vinyl resin, epoxy and polyurethane resin systems. The additive can effectively improve the wetting of glass fiber or carbon fiber, reduce bubble entrainment, avoid dry point and reduce the defective rate of finished products.
