Afcona 3700
- Chemical Family
- Fluorocarbon
Afcona 3700 is a solvent-free liquid additive designed for various coatings, offering anti-cratering, good compatibility, high gloss, improved substrate wetting, and low surface tension. Compatible with acrylics, alkyds, CAB, nitrocellulose, polyesters, polyurethanes, and unsaturated polyester, it acts as a leveling agent, slip agent, wetting agent, and flow control agent. Suitable for automotive OEM coatings, marine coatings, floor coatings, wood coatings, and industrial coatings, including coil coatings and furniture coatings.
Properties
- Physical Form
- Liquid
Product families
- Dispersing & Wetting Additives
- Functional Additives
- Surface Modifiers
Other characteristics
- Brand
- Afcona
- End Uses
Base Coat, Clearcoat, Coil Coating, Enamel, Gelcoat, Primer, Radiation Curable Coating, Solventborne Coating, Top Coat, Wood Coating
- Features
Anti-Cratering , Good Compatibility, Good Leveling, High Gloss, Improved Substrate Wetting, Low Surface Tension
- Labeling Claims
- Solvent-free
- Compatible Polymers & Resins
Acrylics, Alkyds, Cellulose Acetate Butyrate (CAB), Nitrocellulose, Polyesters, Polyurethanes (PU), Unsaturated Polyester (UPE)
- Markets
- Automotive & Transportation
- Building & Construction
- Paints & Coatings
- Appearance
- Transparent to slight yellowish liquid
- Shelf LIfe
- 5 years
- Cure
- Chemical Cure
- Radiation Cure
- Coating Type
- Base Coat
- Clearcoat
- Coil Coating
- Enamel
- Gelcoat
- Primer
- Radiation Curable Coating
- Solventborne Coating
- Technology
- CASE Ingredients
- Incorporation
AFCONA-3700 should be added at the end of the batch preparation.
- Storage Condition
AFCONA-3700 should be stored in a cool dry place. When kept in an original unopened container, it will keep up to 5 years from the date of manufacture. The expiry date is indicated on the container.
- Product Properties
AFCONA – 3700 is a highly fluorocarbon modified polyacrylic polymer. It has very low surface tension and therefore, it can substitute and perform as silicones without the side effects of silicones. AFCONA - 3700 reduces drastically surface tension of organic coating systems. This, together with good compatibility with most solvent-based systems and minimal foam stabilizing effect, makes it very effective as an anti-crater and flow control agent for all solventbased coatings. Due to the low surface tension, it gives very good substrate wetting. Normally recommended to combine with a silicone based leveling agent to gives optimum performance on leveling, anticrater as well as flow control. AFCONA – 3700 is widely used especially in refinish topcoats as a good prevention for crater formation caused by different environment on application sites. Beside this, it improves the vertical leveling in this application strongly. AFCONA-3700 is an excellent anti-crater and substrate wetting agent. AFCONA-3700 is especially suitable for: 1) Stoving enamels based on alkyd, acrylic and polyester resins. 2) Polyurethane coatings. 3) Two-pack epoxy compounds. 4) Air drying alkyd systems. 5) UV coatings.
- Addition and Dosage
0.05 – 1.00% on total formulation. In general, under normal conditions, the dosage is 0.05 – 0.25% based on total formulation.
- Chemical Composition
- Polymeric Fluorocarbon compound.
Technical data
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4 rows| Characteristic | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Active Ingredient | min. 96 | % |
| Denisty (at 20°C) | 1,11 - 1,13 | g/cm³ |
| Color | max. 3 | — |
| Refractive Index | 1,450 - 1,460 | — |
