Inks and Coatings

Silicone additives have long been recognized as providing special properties to inks and coatings, including better slip, improved mar resistance, better levelling and foam control. Furthermore, because silicones are effective, even at very low concentrations, they are cost-effective, and thus widely used to optimize both product properties and processes. Siltech’s additives for the Paint, Inks and Coatings industry now offers the formulator a wide range of silicone products to eliminate manufacturing problems and to enhance the final product’s performance. All Siltech products are manufactured to the highest standards to ensure that they meet our customers’ needs. Siltech also offers the flexibility of providing many of these products in either in an appropriate solvent or in a neat form. They are designed to meet specific requirements of various coating systems such as solvent, water, solventless or energy curing.

Siltech’s additives cover the following functional classes:
Mar Resistance
Slip
Levelling, wetting, flow-out
Foam-Control
Gloss
Prevention of Bérnard Cells

In addition to the products offered here, Siltech also welcomes the opportunity of working with customers to develop unique silicones for specific applications.

Silicone Additives To Increase Solids and Lower VOCs in Solventborne Systems [click here to read article]



Water Borne
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Mar Resistance: Siltech C-20
Siltech C-42
Siltech C-101
Siltech C-176
Siltech C-228
Siltech C-241
Siltech C-265
Siltech C-442
Siltech C-608
Siltech C-688
Siltech C-816
Siltech C-1015
Siltech C-4405
Slip: Siltech C-20
Siltech C-42
Siltech C-101
Siltech C-176
Siltech C-228
Siltech C-241
Siltech C-442
Siltech C-468

Siltech C-608
Siltech C-688
Siltech C-816
Siltech C-1015
Siltech C-4405
Levelling, wetting, flow-out: Siltech C-20
Siltech C-42
Siltech C-101
Siltech C-176
Siltech C-204
Siltech C-241
Siltech C-265
Siltech C-400
Siltech C-404
Siltech C-442
Siltech C-468
Siltech C-688
Silsurf A004-UP
Silsurf A008-UP
Foam Control: Siltech C-462
Siltech C-228
Siltech C-688
Siltech C-1015
Siltech C-4100
Siltech C-4250
Gloss: Siltech C-20
Siltech C-42
Siltech C-101
Siltech C-176
Siltech C-442
Prevention of Bérnard Cells:
Siltech C-228
Siltech C-241
Siltech C-442
Solvent Borne

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Mar Resistance: Siltech C-20
Siltech C-32
Siltech C-42
Siltech C-101
Siltech C-176
Siltech C-215
Siltech C-216
Siltech C-228
Siltech C-241
Siltech C-442
Siltech C-261

Siltech C-265
Siltech C-428
Siltech C-688
Siltech C-816
Siltech C-7014
Slip: Siltech C-20
Siltech C-32
Siltech C-42
Siltech C-101
Siltech C-173
Siltech C-174
Siltech C-215
Siltech C-216
Siltech C-228
Siltech C-241
Siltech C-442
Siltech C-261

Siltech C-428
Siltech C-468
Siltech C-688
Siltech C-816
Levelling, wetting, flow-out: Siltech C-462
SiltechC-20
Siltech C-32
Siltech C-42
Siltech C-101
Siltech C-173
Siltech C-174
Siltech C-176
Siltech C-215
Siltech C-216
Siltech C-228
Siltech C-241
Siltech C-442
Siltech C-261
Siltech C-265
Siltech C-400
Siltech C-428
Siltech C-468
Siltech C-688
Siltech C-4100
Siltech C-7014
Foam-Control: Siltech C-32
Siltech C-228
Siltech C-428
Siltech C-1015
Siltech C-4100
Siltech C-4250
Gloss: Siltech C-32
Siltech C-42
Siltech C-101
Siltech C-173
Siltech C-174
Siltech C-176
Siltech C-215
Siltech C-216
Siltech C-442
Siltech C-7014
Prevention of Bérnard Cells: Siltech C-462
Siltech C-172
Siltech C-173
Siltech C-174
Siltech C-228
Siltech C-241
Siltech C-428
Siltech C-442
Siltech C-688

Solvent Free
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Mar Resistance: Siltech C-20
Siltech C-32
Siltech C-42
Siltech C-101
Siltech C-176
Siltech C-442
Siltech C-816
Siltech C-7014
Slip: Siltech C-20
Siltech C-32
Siltech C-42
Siltech C-101
Siltech C-172
Siltech C-176
Siltech C-442
Siltech C-816
Siltech C-7014
Levelling, wetting, flow-out: Siltech C-462
Siltech C-20
Siltech C-32
Siltech C-42
Siltech C-101
Siltech C-172
Siltech C-442
Siltech C-4250
Siltech C-7014
Foam Control: Siltech C-32
Gloss: Siltech C-20
Siltech C-32
Siltech C-42
Siltech C-101
Siltech C-172
Siltech C-7014
Prevention of Bérnard Cells: Siltech C-462
Siltech C-172


Radiation Cure
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Mar resistance: Silmer ACR Di-10 TF
Silmer ACR Di-50 TF
Silmer ACR Di-1508 TF
Siltech C-20
Siltech C-42
Siltech C-101
Siltech C-215
Siltech C-216
Siltech C-241
Siltech C-442
Siltech C-816
Siltech C-7014
Slip: Silmer ACR Di-10 TF
Silmer ACR Di-50 TF
Silmer ACR Di-1508 TF
Siltech C-20
Siltech C-42
Siltech C-101
Siltech C-241
Siltech C-442
Siltech C-468
Siltech C-816
Siltech C-1910
Siltech C-7014
Levelling, wetting, flow-out: Siltech C-20
Siltech C-32
Siltech C-42
Siltech C-101
Siltech C-241
Siltech C-442
Siltech C-468
Siltech C-7014
Foam Control: Siltech C-32
Siltech C-608
Siltech C-1910
Gloss: Siltech C-20
Siltech C-32
Siltech C-42
Siltech C-101
Siltech C-442
Siltech C-7014
Products
Silmer ACR Di-10 TF

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A 100% active silicone acrylate pre-polymer. It is also used as an additive in UV curing systems. It is used to modify acrylic polymers to improve its surface and physical properties.
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Silmer ACR Di-50 TF

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A 100% active silicone acrylate pre-polymer. It is also used as an additive in UV curing systems. It is used to modify acrylic polymers to improve its surface and physical properties.
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Silmer ACR Di-1508 TF

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A water-dispersible di-functional silicone acrylate pre-polymer. It is used to modify acrylate polymers to improve its surface and physical properties. It is also used as an additive in UV curing systems.
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Silsurf A004-UP

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Smallest possible silicone polyether. High purity. This is a very effective low foaming wetting agent with excellent spreading capabilities.
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Silsurf A008-UP

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Shortest silicone chain possible for a silicone polyether. High purity. This product is an excellent wetter. Used in textiles, agricultural, paints and coatings and any other applications where superior wetting is required. It also acts as a flow and levelling aid in paints and coatings.
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Siltech C-20

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100% solid. Silicone polyether copolymer, carbinol-functional. Solvent: none. Imparts mar resistance and slip. Improves flow-out, wetting and levelling and pigment dispersion.
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Siltech C-32

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Eliminates micro foam in solvent-based wood coatings while improving levelling and mar resistance.
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Siltech C-42

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Information coming soon.
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Siltech C-101

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100% solid. Linear silicone polyether copolymer. Solvent: none. Reduces surface tension, improves flow-out, levelling, wetting and gloss.
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Siltech C-172

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100% solid. Silicone polyether copolymer, carbinol-functional.
Solvent: none. Increases surface slip and improve levelling and gloss. Improves wetting and provides anti-blocking benefits. Prevents formation of Bérnard Cells.
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Siltech C-173

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52% solid. Siltech C-172 in butyl cellosolve. Solvent: butyl cellosolve. Increases surface slip and improve levelling and gloss. Improveswetting and provides anti-blocking benefits. Prevents formation of Bérnard Cells.
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Siltech C-174
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52% solid. Siltech C-172 in xylene and isobutanol. Solvent: xylene and isobutanol. Increases surface slip and improve levelling and gloss. Improves wetting and provides anti-blocking benefits. Prevents formation of Bernard cells.
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Siltech C-176

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A 13% active solution of a polyether-modified polydimethyl siloxane that is primarily used to provide wetting on critical substrates. It also improves slip and gloss. Solvent: Xylene and monophenyl glycil ether.
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Siltech C-204

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52% solid. Siltech C404 in dipropylene glycol monomethylether. Solvent: dipropylene glycol monomethylether. Re-coatable additive for wetting and levelling in water-borne systems.
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Siltech C-215

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Provides slip, levelling and mar resistance in solvent-based coatings. 10% active in Xylene.
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Siltech C-228

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50% solid. Siltech C-428 in ethylene glycol monobutyl ether.
Solvent: ethylene glycol monobutyl ether. Levelling additive for solvent-borne and water-borne systems. Defoaming properties. Increases surface slip, scratch and mar resistance. Prevents formation of Bérnard Cells.
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Siltech C-241

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Used to eliminate cratering in in solvent-based, water-based and energy curing coatings and ink formulations. Also improves slip, flow and mar resistance.
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Siltech C-442
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Used to eliminate cratering in in solvent-based, water-based and energy curing coatings and ink formulations. Also improves slip, flow, gloss and mar resistance while offering good recoatability.
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Siltech C-261

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A 15% active modified silicone glycol copolymer diluted in butyl acetate. It provides levelling, substrate wetting and mar abrasion resistance to solvent-based paints, inks and coatings.
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Siltech C-265

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52% active modified silicone glycol copolymer. Solvent: Isobutanol. Provides leveling, substrate wetting, mar and abrasion resistance to solvent-based and water-based paints, inks and coatings.
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Siltech C-400
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A 100% active polyether siloxane copolymer that is primarily used to provide strong substrate wetting, improved flow and levelling.
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Siltech C-404

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100% solid. Silicone polyether copolymer. Solvent: none. Re-coatable additive for wetting and levelling in water-borne systems.
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Siltech C-428

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100% solid. Silicone methylalkyl polyether copolymer. Solvent: none.
Levelling additive for solvent-borne systems. Defoaming properties. Prevents formation of Bérnard Cells. Increases surface slip, scratch and mar resistance.
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Siltech C-468

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A 100% active carbinol functional polyether siloxane copolymer that is primarily used to improve flow and slip. It also provides anti-cratering and anti-blocking benefits.
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Siltech C-608

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100% solid. Silicone polyether copolymer. Solvent: none. A non-foaming slip and mar additive for water-borne systems.
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Siltech C-816

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100% solid. Silicone alkyl polyether. Solvent: none. Provides stain resistance to water-borne coatings.
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Siltech C-1910

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A 100% active liquid fluorinated silicone polyether. The fluoro pendant moiety gives excellent slip and foam control in UV curing systems.
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Siltech C-4100

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A 100% active modified polydimethyl siloxane that has been formulated to provide excellent antifoam and defoaming properties.
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Siltech C-4405
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An 80% active dispersion of a very high molecular weight polydimethylsiloxane. It is a very effective water-based additive that provides excellent slip, mar resistance, anti-blocking and release effects.
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Siltech C-7014

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100% solid. Silanol-functional. Solvent: none. Improves levelling and anti-cratering and reduces orange peel. Prevents pigment floating and provides mar resistance.
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 Siltech C-216
Provides slip, levelling and mar resistance in solvent-based coatings. 10% active in Toluene.
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 Siltech C-462

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Siltech C-462 is a polypropylene oxide-based silicone polyether for use in defoaming applications in various aqueous and non-aqueous systems
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 Siltech C-1015
Siltech C-1015 is a 100% active silicone glycol copolymer with silica that is primarily used for defoaming in aqueous systems.
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Siltech C-688

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Siltech C-688 is a coatings additive formulation based on silicone polyether copolymers designed to control foam in waterborne coatings. Siltech C-688 has FDA and BfR compliance in some applications.
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 Siltech C-4250
Siltech C-4250 is a foam control additive. Siltech C-4250 is diluted with solvent and can be used as is or at diluted concentrations.

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