DOWSIL™ 8590 Additive

DOWSIL™ 8590 Additive distributed by DKSH act as a silicone foam control additive. It performs effectively at low dosages without impacting surface gloss. Its low viscosity allows easy dispersibility into waterborne paints and inks and enables performance over a wide temperature range.

• It improves corrosion and blister resistance.
• It is a colourless to light amber liquid.
• It is used in acrylic styrene emulsion paints for architectural wall coatings, especially to eliminate microfoam in roller applications.
• It is also used in waterborne flexo gravure inks, waterborne acrylic overprint varnishes, acrylic urethane emulsion paints for wood, and waterborne acrylic or hybrid acrylic-epoxy metal coatings.
• DOWSIL™ 8590 Additive is suitable for automotive paints, can, coil and industrial coatings, and printing inks.
• It has a shelf life of 900 days from date of manufacturing.
• It is available in APAC region (Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Cambodia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Australia).