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Product Group: Surface Additives
Product Family
BYKETOL is the tradename for a family of surface additives from BYK. BYKETOL additives prevent surface defects and improve the leveling in various systems, mainly coatings. Using BYKETOL additives the production of bubble- and boiling mark (pinhole)-free coatings is possible. There are silicone-containing and silicone-free types available, most of them providing an additional defoaming effect. BYKETOL includes surface additives for water-based and solvent-borne systems. The specialty BYKETOL-PC reduces the drying-out of pigment concentrates and rounds off the product family.
Key benefits
Surface additive
Prevention of surface defects
Improvement of leveling
Widely applicable in aqueous and solvent-borne systems
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