Additives Directory
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• Dow Corning 52 Additive
Differentiate your waterborne products with Dow Corning 52
Additive and gain a host of benefits like enhanced slip, scratch
and abrasion resistance, block resistance and improved sand-ability while retaining water resistance and recoatability. It can
be easily incorporated at low addition levels in interior and exterior paints, inks and coatings.
• Dow Corning 8590 Additive
Control the foam in your waterborne products with Dow
Corning 8590 Additive without impacting surface gloss. It is a
100% active silicone antifoam compound that performs at low
dosages over wide temperature ranges, with a low viscosity that
allows for easy dispersibility into waterborne paints and inks.
Eastman Chemical Company
Kingsport, TN
800-327-8626
mmantyla@eastman.com
www.eastman.com
Additives offered: Cellulose esters (rheology modification, defect control, color consistency), Adhesion promoters (adhesion
to modified polypropylene substrates, other plastics), Solvents
(for desired application/performance characteristics), Resin
Intermediates (unique structural options for coating resins to
meet performance properties), Additives (faster dry-to-touch
time, excellent anti-sag behavior, ease of sanding).
• Eastman Texanol ester alcohol
Eastman Texanol ester alcohol, the premier coalescent for latex
paints, provides the highest level of film integrity at low levels of
coalescent. It is suitable for all types of latex paints.
• Eastman Optifilm additives
Eastman Optifilm additives for low-VOC paint are compliant,
low odor, efficient, non-yellowing, and safe. Our Optifilm coalescent and open time additives keep you ahead of VOC regulations and customer requirements without falling behind in
performance.
Emerald Performance Materials
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
330-916-6700
Fax: 330-916-6734
corporate@emeraldmaterials.com
www.emeraldmaterials.com
Additives offered: Color dispersions and Trans-Oxides, non-phthalate coalescents, foam control agents, and specialty
silicones for a wide range of zero/low-VOC and UV-curable
