Afcona 3581
- CASE Ingredients Features
- Anti-CrateringGood LevelingImproved Substrate Wetting
Afcona 3581 is a liquid additive designed for wood coatings and industrial coatings, offering anti-cratering properties, good leveling, and improved substrate wetting. With its defoaming and leveling agent functions, it ensures high-quality finishes. Utilizing radiation cure technology, this polysiloxane-based product is suitable for various coating types including e-coat, radiation curable coatings, waterborne coatings, and wood coatings.
Properties
- Physical Form
- Liquid
Identification
- CASE Ingredients Functions
- DefoamerLeveling Agent
Product families
Applications
- Wood Coatings & Finishes
- Furniture Coatings
- Industrial Coatings
Product Families
- Foam Control
- Functional Additives
Other characteristics
- Brand
- Afcona
- End Uses
E-Coat & Electrodeposition, Radiation Curable Coating, Waterborne Coating, Wood Coating
- Features
Anti-Cratering , Good Leveling, Improved Substrate Wetting
- Markets
- Paints & Coatings
- Appearance
- Transparent to slight yellowish liquid
- Shelf LIfe
- 3 years
- Cure
- Radiation Cure
- Coating Type
- E-Coat & Electrodeposition
- Radiation Curable Coating
- Waterborne Coating
- Wood Coating
- Technology
- CASE Ingredients
- Incorporation
AFCONA-3581 should be added prior to, or after processing.
- Storage Condition
AFCONA-3581 should be stored in a cool dry place. When kept in an original unopened container, it will keep up to 3 years from the date of manufacture. The expiry date is indicated on the container.
- Product Properties
AFCONA – 3581 is the 50% solid version of AFCONA – 3580. AFCONA-3581 is an organically modified polysiloxane with very short chain repeatable units of siloxane. Due to the small molecules, they move very fast to a defected area. This gives very good anti-crater properties without any inter-coat adhesion problems. AFCONA – 3581 is also widely uses in electroplating and electro deposition coating to avoid crater formation as well as giving a smooth, good leveling and good appearance coating. Itself is not an ionic structure, does it can be use in anionic and cationic system. AFCONA-3581 is recommended to use in all kind of water-based coatings with a pH range of 4 - 10. The use of AFCONA-3581 gives the following advantages: 1) Excellent anti-crater behavior. 2) Better substrate wetting. 3) Improved leveling. 4) No inter-coat adhesion problems. 5) little or no foam stabilization.
- Addition and Dosage
0.1 – 1.0% on total formulation. In general, under normal conditions, the dosage is 0.1 – 0.3% based on total formulation.
- Chemical Composition
Organically modified polysiloxane for aqueous systems.
- Packaging Information
- 25kg and 170 kg non-returnable containers
- Compatible Substrates and Surfaces
- Wood
Technical data
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3 rows| Characteristic | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Color | max. 3 | — |
| Active Ingredient | 50 - 54 | % |
| Flash Point | 35.0 | °C |
