Additives > rheology modifiers for furniture and flooring coatings
Rheology modifiers enable formulators to adjust the flow behaviour of their products. That way they benefit from improved viscosity behaviour and application characteristics.
Brands
Rheovis®
Properties and Applications
BTC’s Rheovis® types are used as rheology modifiers to adjust the flow behaviour in furniture and flooring coatings applications.
The Rheovis® formulation additives from BASF offer five classes of rheological additives for paints and coatings
- Alkali swellable emulsions (ASE)
- Hydrophobically modified alkali swellable emulsions (HASE)
- Hydrophobically modified polyurethanes (HEUR)
- Hydrophobically modified polyethers (HMPE)
- Castor oil based thixotropes.