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Flow / Levelling Agents

Based on 1385 products - Last update on the Jun 26, 2025

Flow and leveling agents are available in liquid, paste, or powder form. They function by reducing surface tension, promoting even flow, and preventing issues like orange peel, cratering, and brush marks. Their key benefits include improved gloss, better substrate wetting, and enhanced durability. Thus, they are ideal for architectural, industrial, and automotive coatings.

A key industry trend is the shift toward silicone-free and bio-based flow agents to reduce environmental impact while maintaining performance. Alternatives such as wetting agents or defoamers can help in specific formulations. Sub-types include acrylic, silicone, and fluorocarbon-based flow agents.

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General Industrial / Main...365 products

Wood & Furniture Coatings297 products

Automotive OEM Coatings228 products

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Crayvallac® A-72-A260-A

by DKSH

Crayvallac® A-72-A260-A distributed by DKSH is a polyacrylate surface tension modifier and flow control agent. It is silicone-free, which helps reduce fisheyes, craters, pinholes, and orange peel. It also improves gloss and DOI, and is recoatable.<br> <ul style="padding-left: 40px;"><li>It is used in roller applied-, coil-, and metal deco- coatings.</li> <li>It is a higher molecular weight version of Crayvallac® A-620-A2-A.</li> <li>Recommended dosage level is 0.5-2.0%.</li> <li>Crayvallac® A-72-A260-A is available in Canada.</li></ul>

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MODAFLOW® EPSILON

by allnex

MODAFLOW® EPSILON by allnex is a silicone-free, acrylic flow modifier for solvent-borne industrial coatings. It improves flow and leveling, substrate wetting and adhesion. It is also effective in eliminating pinholes, fisheyes, orange peel and craters in epoxy, polyester, hybrid, urethane, and acrylic-based coating systems.<br> <ul style="padding-left: 40px;"><li>It facilitates pigment dispersion, defoams and helps in air release.</li> <li>The recommended dosage level is 0.15-2.5% on solid resin.</li> <li>MODAFLOW® EPSILON has a shelf life of 1460 days at 25°C.</li></ul>

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MODAFLOW® Lambda

by allnex

MODAFLOW® Lambda by allnex is a unique acryl-silicone hybrid flow promoter. It is highly compatible in all non-aqueous clear coat and topcoat formulations. It outperforms surface characteristics such as gloss, DOI, sharpness, brilliancy and anti-orange-peel effect.<br> <ul style="padding-left: 40px;"><li>It incorporates easily in many solvent-borne resin types including high solids and ultra-high solids.</li> <li>It can be applied in solvent-free and radiation curing systems.</li> <li>It is used in automotive OEM, refinish and industrial coatings.</li> <li>Due to its high hydroxyl functionality, it may be co cross-linked in stoving or 2K systems and does not show a decrease in interlayer adhesion.</li> <li>Recommended dosage level of MODAFLOW® Lambda is 0.05-0.3%.</li> <li>The shelf life of this product is 1460 days at 25°C.</li></ul>