Afcona 3232
- CASE Ingredients Features
- Enhanced Surface SmoothnessGood Compatibility
- Chemical Family
- Polyether Polysiloxanes
Afcona 3232 is a solvent-based additive designed to act as a slip agent and leveling agent, particularly in clear coat applications. It enhances surface smoothness, ensuring good compatibility with various polymers such as nitrocellulose, thermoplastic acrylic, and polyurethanes. This product, based on polyether polysiloxanes, is suitable for wood coatings and industrial coatings, offering chemical cure and radiation cure methods. Applied via spray coating, it provides excellent performance in achieving smooth finishes on wood substrates and other surfaces.
Identification
- CASE Ingredients Functions
- Leveling AgentSlip Agent
Product families
- Functional Additives
- Surface Modifiers
Other characteristics
- Brand
- Afcona
- End Uses
Clearcoat, Radiation Curable Coating, Solventborne Coating, Wood Coating
- Features
- Enhanced Surface Smoothness, Good Compatibility
- Compatible Polymers & Resins
Nitrocellulose, Other Thermoplastics, Polyurethanes (PU), Thermoplastic Acrylic
- Markets
- Paints & Coatings
- Appearance
Transparent To Slight Yellowish, Slight Hazy At Temperature Below 5°C"
- Shelf LIfe
- 5 years
- Cure
- Chemical Cure
- Radiation Cure
- Coating Type
- Clearcoat
- Radiation Curable Coating
- Solventborne Coating
- Wood Coating
- Technology
- CASE Ingredients
- Incorporation
AFCONA-3232 can be added at any stage during the production process. If added during the dispersion process, it speeds up wetting
- Storage Condition
AFCONA-3232 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.
- Application Methods
- Spray
- Product Properties
AFCONA – 3232 is the solvent-free version of AFCONA – 3033. AFCONA-3232 is an end modified special polysiloxane. With this modification, it enhances coatings slip performance and surface smoothness. The slip characteristic is dry type, which makes it very suitable for wood coatings and thermoplastic character resins. It has excellent compatibility properties, making it very suitable for use in clear coatings. However, good compatibility also comes with more foam stabilizing. Thus for foam sensitive systems, a defoamer like AFCONA – 2020, AFCONA - 2022 and AFCONA - 2045 should be used to eliminate the extra foam generated. However, for normal conventional spray systems, these extra defoamers are not needed. AFCONA-3232 is recommended for below systems: 1) All wood coating systems based on NC, Acid Curing and Polyurethane. It also can be used in UV coatings, where transparency of the coating is needed. 2) Suitable for thermoplastic character resins like Thermoplastic Acrylic and NC systems. It gives very good slip and leveling properties for these systems.
- Addition and Dosage
0.05– 0.5% on total formulation. In general, under normal conditions, the dosage is 0.05 – 0.25% based on total formulation.
- Chemical Composition
- Organically modified polyether polysiloxane
- Packaging Information
- 25 kg and 190 kg non-returnable containers
- Compatible Polymers and Resins
- Nitrocellulose
- Other Thermoplastics
- Polyurethanes (PU)
- Thermoplastic Acrylic
- Compatible Substrates and Surfaces
- Wood
Technical data
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5 rows| Characteristic | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Active Ingredient | min. 95 | % |
| Denisty (at 20°C) | 1.06 - 1.08 | g/cm³ |
| Color | max.3 | — |
| Refractive Index | 1.440 - 1.460 | — |
| Flash Point | min. 100 | °C |
