Viscosity Depressants for Coatings and Inks

Luna-pal K80 distributed by DKSH offers improved gloss, adhesion, pigment wetting, film hardness and solid content and reduced overall viscosity. It is a colorless, transparent, neutral, non-toxic, highly light-fast, rigid polyketone resin.

• It is soluble in most solvents used in the coating industry, excluding aliphatic hydrocarbons and water.
• It is compatible with many resin materials used in paints and inks.
• It offers improved appearance and aging resistance.
• It is a good grinding binder which can reduce the grinding time in pigment pastes.
• It is designed for use in solvent type ink and paper varnish
• Luna-pal K80 is suitable for coatings such as nitrocellulose-, acrylic- amino-, chlorinated- and polyester coatings and for vehicles-, wood- and decorative coatings.
• This product is available only in Europe.

HELOXY™ Modifier 107 by Westlake Epoxy is a viscosity reducer or reactive diluent. It is diglycidyl ether of cyclohexane dimethanol. It improves air release and wetting characteristics. It provides excellent cured state resistance to creep or deformation under high stress.

• It maintains high reactivity yet provides workable viscosity at room temperature when using novolac or other high functionality epoxy resins.
• It decreases chemical resistance and elevated temperature performance.
• It is compatible with bisphenol-A based epoxy resins and higher functionality epoxy resins.
• The shelf life of HELOXY™ Modifier 107 is 5 years.

HELOXY™ Modifier 68 by Westlake Epoxy is a viscosity modifier or reactive diluent used for all classes of epoxy resins. It is a diglycidyl ether of neopentyl glycol. It offers improved air release and wetting characteristics in electrical potting, encapsulation and impregnation applications.

• It can maintain high reactivity yet provide workable viscosity at room temperature when using epoxy novolac or other high functionality epoxy resins.
• It reduces viscosity while maintaining most cured state properties.
• It is compatible with bisphenol-based epoxy resins, peroxidized olefins and higher functionality epoxy resins.
• HELOXY™ Modifier 68 has a shelf life of 5 years.

Teraflex® DME-200 by Pflaumer Brothers is a non-reactive, dimethyl ester viscosity reducer for formulating high-solids coatings with low VOC. It is biodegradable, non-corrosive and has low, ester-like odor. It is uniquely formulated for two-component reactive formulations such as polyaspartics, urethanes, and epoxies where viscosity reduction is necessary to improve application properties.

• It exhibits high flash point and excellent solubility in various resins & polymers.
• It is compatible with alkyds, acrylics, polyesters and other resin systems commonly used for coatings.
• It can be emulsified for use in water-based systems.
• Teraflex® DME-200 is used as a diluent with other solvents such as alcohols, ketones, esters, and many hydrocarbons.
• It's low vapor pressure meet the VOC exemption criteria established by CARB for both industrial and consumer products as well as Federal EPA 40 CFR 59.203 (F) 1 for consumer products.

Ken-React® KR® TTS supplied by FARRL is a titanate product based on titanium IV, class monoalkoxy, with isostearoyl functionality. It has low viscosity and solid content of min. 95%. It helps in adhesion promotion, coupling and dispersing of substrates (inorganics, organics, pigments, fibers, etc.), rheological adjustments of the base resin and filled systems, corrosion inhibition and improved acid resistance, improvement of flame retardants, metallocene-like catalysis and hydrophobizing of fillers and pigments in a wide range of applications in the production of industrial and protective coatings. Ken-React® KR® TTS is also available as dry-liquid powder under the name Ken-React® CAPOW® KR® TTS/H for powder-based productions. The product has a shelf life of minimum 3 years after production. FARRL is the exclusive and authorized distribution and technical advisory service partner for Germany, Austria and all EU-CEE countries.

Ken-React® KR® 12 supplied by FARRL is a titanate product based on titanium IV, class monoalkoxy, with phosphato functionality. It has low viscosity and solid content of min. 95%. It can be used for adhesion promotion, coupling and dispersing of substrates (inorganics, organics, fibers, pigments, etc.), rheological adjustment of the base resin and filled systems, corrosion inhibition, improvement of flame retardants and conductive pigments, metallocene-like catalysis and hydrophobizing of fillers and pigments in a wide range of applications. Ken-React® KR® 12 is used in the production of industrial and protective coatings. Also, available as dry-liquid powder under the name Ken-React® CAPOW® KR® 12/H for powder-based productions. The product has a shelf life of minimum 2 years after production. FARRL is the exclusive and authorized distribution and technical advisory service partner for Germany, Austria and all EU-CEE countries.

Efka® PX 4310 by BASF is a high molecular weight acrylic block copolymer. It acts as a dispersing agent. It possesses low poly-dispersity index. It improves color development with organic pigments and reduces viscosity. It offers high gloss, efficiency in stabilizing pigments and compatibility with many solvent-based resins.

• It is mostly used in solvent-based industrial, coil and automotive coatings.
• It is recommended for resin-free pigment concentrates, resin-free pigment Concentrates (RFPC).
• Efka® PX 4310 complies with OSHA, TSCA and EPCRA regulations. It is suitable for optimum dispersion of carbon blacks.

Ken-React® KR® 138S supplied by FARRL is a titanate product based on titanium IV, class oxyacetate chelate, with pyrophosphate functionality. It has low viscosity and solid content of min. 99%. It helps in adhesion promotion, coupling and dispersing of substrates (inorganics, organics, pigments, fibers, etc.), rheological adjustments of the base resin and filled systems, corrosion inhibition and improved acid resistance, improvement of flame retardants, metallocene-like catalysis and hydrophobizing of fillers and pigments in a wide range of applications. Ken-React® KR® 138S is used in the production of industrial and protective coatings. The product has a shelf life of 1 year after production. FARRL is the exclusive and authorized distribution and technical advisory service partner for Germany, Austria and all EU-CEE countries.

Ken-React® KR® 55 supplied by FARRL is a titanate product based on titanium IV, class coordinate, with phosphito functionality. It has low viscosity and solid content of min. 98%. It helps in adhesion promotion, coupling and dispersing of substrates (inorganics, organics, pigments, fibers, etc.), rheological adjustments of the base resin and filled systems, corrosion inhibition and improved acid resistance, improvement of flame retardants, metallocene-like catalysis and hydrophobizing of fillers and pigments in a wide range of applications in the production of industrial and protective coatings. Ken-React® KR® 55 is also available as dry-liquid powder under the name Ken-React® CAPOW® KR® 55/H for powder-based productions. It has a shelf life of minimum 3 years after production. FARRL is the exclusive and authorized distribution and technical advisory service partner for Germany, Austria and all EU-CEE countries.

VISCOBYK® -5125 by BYK is a blend containing carboxylic acid esters and wetting and dispersing components. Acts as a viscosity depressant. Used for highly filled, low/ unfilled, foamed, and pigmented PVC plastisol.