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Key benefits for architectural paints

Our range includes quality additives for architectural coatings, including wood stains and architectural wood coatings:

  • Rheology modifiers are suitable for various architectural paints, aerosols, wood stains and decorative paints
  • Abrasion and scratch resistance agents provide superior lubricity and slip quality
  • The matting agents are excellent for demanding applications, providing optimum resistance to slipping, rubbing, and scuffing.

A wide range of additives solutions

Crayvallac®
MT

Biosourced additives
● 100% active
● Imparts shear thinning rheology with thixotropic viscosity recovery
● Very good sag resistance
● Very good anti-settle properties
● Suitable for solvent-free coatings
● Very good recoatability

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Crayvallac®
SUPER

Biosourced additives
● 100% active
● Imparts shear thinning rheology with thixotropic viscosity recovery
● Excellent sag resistance
● Very good anti-settle properties
● Good storage stability

Crayvallac®
PA4 WDA 12

● Suitable for post-addition
● Easy to incorporate
● Imparts shear-thinning rheology with thixotropic viscosity recovery
● Very good sag resistance
● Very good anti-settle properties
● Good recoatability

Crayvallac®
PA3 WDA 20

● Suitable for post-addition
● Easy to incorporate
● Imparts shear-thinning rheology with thixotropic viscosity recovery
● Very good sag resistance
● Very good anti-settle properties
● Good recoatability

Crayvallac®
LA-250

● Post addition pourable liquid
● Temperature independent activation
● Imparts shear thinning rheology with thixotropic viscosity recovery
● Good anti-sag properties
● Good anti-sedimentation properties
● Good recoatability

Crayvallac®
LA-350

● Post addition pourable liquid
● Temperature independent activation
● pH independent
● Imparts shear thinning rheology with thixotropic viscosity recovery
● Good anti-sag properties
● Good recoatability

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Crayvallac®
LA-377

● Post addition pourable liquid
● Temperature independent activation
● pH independent
● Imparts shear thinning rheology with thixotropic viscosity recovery
● Good anti-sag properties
● Good recoatability

Crayvallac®
WF-3200

● Excellent slip and lubricity
● Improves anti-blocking
● Provides good surface hardness and toughness
● Improves mar, scratch and abrasion resistance
● Readily dispersed

Crayvallac®
WF-6010

● Excellent slip and heat resistance
● Improves anti-blocking
● Provides good surface hardness and toughness
● Improves mar, scratch and abrasion resistance

Crayvallac®
WN-1495

● Enhances slip
● Improves rub, abrasion and scratch resistance
● Good anti-blocking
● Matting agent
● Readily dispersed

Crayvallac®
WN-1135

● Easily dispersed micronised powder
● Matting agent for use in a wide range of applications
● Imparts a smooth, silky feel and appearance
● Provides improved transparency in thin layers
● Enhances slip
● Improves rub, abrasion and scratch resistance

Crayvallac®
WN-1535

● Easily dispersed micronised powder
● Matting agent for use in inks and liquid coatings
● Imparts a smooth, silky feel and appearance
● Provides improved transparency in thin layers
● Improves rub, abrasion and scratch resistance

Crayvallac®
WW-1001

● Pre-dispersed
● Easy to incorporate
● Excellent storage stability
● Enhances slip
● Imparts excellent abrasion, scratch and rub resistance

Crayvallac®
WW-1077

● Excellent slip and lubricity
● Pre-dispersed
● Easy to incorporate
● Excellent storage stability
● Imparts excellent abrasion, scratch and rub resistance

Crayvallac®
A-2678-M

● Enhanced substrate wetting
● Improved flow and leveling
● Reduced craters and fisheyes
● Reduced orange peel and pinholes
● Improves gloss and DOI
● Will not detract from exterior durability

About our latest development

Crayvallac® WN-1535
Powder rheological additive for high solids architectural paint formulations

High shear viscosity of decorative formulations remains unchanged when using Crayvallac® SUPER, contrary to organoclays, which enables to apply the paint easily.
● Enhanced application properties
● Good batch to batch Rreproducibility
● High solid systles compliant
● Good flow and levelling
● High sag resistance

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