Silanes & Silicones for Coatings & Paints

		Silanes as adhesion promoters		Silanes as dispersion aids for fillers and pigments
		How to use a silane adhesion promoter?		Polyester modified silicone leveling agent
		Suggested adhesion promoters		Reactive silicones
		Silanes as crosslinkers		Substrate wetting agent
		Silanes as curing agents (hardeners)		Defoamer
		Silanes Selection Decision Tree		Anti-graffiti and easy-clean additives

Silicone Additives for Coatings & Paints

	ADDSIL™ Polyester modified silicone leveling agent
	Polysiloxanes (silicones) have a very high surface activity and therefore are often used as surface control additives. Commercial silicone based surface control additives are modified by polyethers, polyesters or alkyl side groups to improve recoatability and intercoat adhesion. Modification parameters are silicone content, molecular weight and modification degree.
	ADDSIL™ Reactive silicones
	Hydroxy Functional silicone   Epoxide Functional silicone   Acrylate Functional silicone
	Reactive silicones can be incorporated into polymers, and provide increased flexibility, stain resistance and improve surface wetting.
	ADDSIL™ Substrate wetting agent
	Short chain polyether siloxanes are used primarily to reduce surface tension in waterborne coatings. Longer chain polyether siloxanes are better in in solventborne and UVcoatings.
	ADDSIL™ Defoamer
	Silicone Based Defoamers
	ADDSIL™ Anti-graffiti and easy-clean additives
	Polysiloxane provides anti dirt pick up and easy cleaning effect. OH-groups allow cross-linking into many reactive binder systems (permanent)