Abstract: This disclosure relates to a silicone free defoamer for solvent based coatings, especially clear wood coatings preferably based on a graft copolymer of poly alkyl vinyl ether. The coating composition comprises a resin binder component and a defoamer formulation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a silicone free defoamer for solvent based coatings, especially clear wood coatings preferably based on a graft copolymer of poly alkyl vinyl ether.

Abstract: The invention relates to a slip- and leveling agent characterized in that it comprises a copolymer which is obtained by copolymerizing A. at least one unit of a mono- or di perfluoroester of an unsaturated dicarboxylic-acid; B. at least one terminal reactive polysiloxane unit; C. at least one alkyl(meth)acrylate unit or cycloalkyl(meth)acrylate unit and/or (meth)acrylic acid and/or other units originating from vinylic compounds that can form radicals.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polysaccharide-g-polyether dispersant represented as a compound of Formula 1 or a mixture of compounds of Formula (I) and Formula (II) wherein, T is the backbone polymer and is a residue of a modified cellulose or chitosan, with a molecular weight of 500-1000,000 g/mol; A and B are each, independently, —O— or —NH—; R is linear or branched —(C1-C50alkylene)-, arylene, cyclo-C5-C8-alkylene, isophoronediyl, or linear or branched —(C2-C10alkylene)- which is interrupted by phenylene or cyclohexanediyl; P is the residue of a polyether and/or polyester chain with molecular weight between 100 and 10,000 g/mol, n is a number of 1-5000.

Abstract: The invention relates to a phosphoric acid ester and salts thereof of the general formula (I), wherein A is a monohydroxyl residue derived from C1-C20-alkyl-(AO)x-OH or Acyl-(AO)x-OH; or C1-C20-alkyl-(AO)x-(HA)y-OH or Acyl-(AO)x-(HA)y-OH; or C1-C20-alkyl-(AO)x-(AA-AO)y-OH or Acyl-(AO)x-(AA-AO)y-OH; or MO-(HA)y-OH or MO-(AA-AO)y-OH; wherein Acyl is an aromatic carboxylic acid residue or a saturated or unsaturated fatty acid residue; AO is a polyC2-C4alkyleneglycol residue, HA is a hydroxycarboxylic acid or a lactone thereof, AA is a dicarboxylic acid, MO is a monoalcohol, x is 1 to 250, y is 1 to 250, B is a mono-, di-, or tri- or polyhydroxy di-, tri or multi-carboxylic acid residue which is linked via the hydroxy group to the phosphoric acid and via one of the carboxylic acid groups to the monohydroxyl residue [A], the remaining carboxyl acid group(s) is/are free or is/are esterified with a further monohydroxyl residue [A], resulting in branched esters; n is 1-2; m is 1-4.

Abstract: The invention relates to a slip- and leveling agent characterized in that it comprises a copolymer which is obtained by copolymerizing A. at least one unit of a mono- or di perfluoroester of an unsaturated dicarboxylic-acid; B. at least one terminal reactive polysiloxane unit; C. at least one alkyl(meth)acrylate unit or cycloalkyl(meth)acrylate unit and/or (meth)acrylic acid and/or other units originating from vinylic compounds that can form radicals.