Additives, binders and crosslinkers for solvent-borne and waterborne industrial coatings — from primer to topcoat.
No application area is broader: machinery, equipment, metal goods, plastic parts — 1K and 2K, air-drying and stoving, increasingly waterborne. The problems a formulation has to solve are just as varied: foam during dispersion and application, pigment stability in mixing and tinting systems, levelling and wetting on difficult substrates, sag resistance on vertical surfaces, scratch and abrasion resistance in service.
We supply the full BYK additive range, waterborne binders from Alberdingk Boley, alkyd, polyester and acrylic resins from Synres and amino crosslinkers from Prefere Melamines — ex warehouse Arlesheim, with technical support for Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
Typical defects — and where the solution lies
Foam during dispersing, pumping and application
Choose the defoamer to match the system — waterborne and solventborne need different types — and test both in the millbase and post-added. — Defoamers →
Craters and levelling defects in the film
Usually an interface problem: lower the surface tension and adjust substrate wetting. — Surface additives →
Settling in the can, sagging on vertical surfaces
Build the rheology as a combination — layered silicate against settling, associative thickener for application and levelling. — Rheology additives →
Flocculation and loss of colour strength when tinting
Match the wetting and dispersing additive to the pigment type — carbon black and organic pigments need different anchoring than inorganics. — Wetting & dispersing additives →
Our assessment as a distributor — a first orientation, not a substitute for advice on your specific system.
Our range for this application area
Extract from our product database. Click a name — Coaty will explain the product to you.
BYK
Designated by the manufacturer for this application area.
Prefere Melamines GmbH
Our classification as a distributor — the manufacturer does not assign this area per product.
Alberdingk Boley
Designated by the manufacturer for this application area.
Synres BV
Designated by the manufacturer for this application area.
Technical data sheets and free samples come directly from us — no detour via the manufacturer. Prices on request.
