High-Solids Wax Dispersions & Emulsions
High-solids wax dispersions and emulsions from Lubrizol provide a range of new benefits to coatings formulators beyond traditional wax additives. Through the use of innovative materials and processing techniques, these high-solids wax additives can provide exceptional performance capabilities for water-borne coatings while expanding sustainability targets and reducing overall costs.
While Lubrizol wax additives technologies have long been known for premium quality and performance, including scratch and rub resistance, gloss/matte control, CoF control, and more, high-solids wax dispersions and emulsions are today bringing even more capabilities.
Stability
With liquid products, shelf stability can be an issue. New materials and processing techniques with Lubrizol high-solids wax dispersions and emulsions improves this parameter and helps ensure product integrity.
Complexity Reduction
Reducing material required for a formulation and/or simplifying the processing steps by utilizing our stable waterborne systems can improve product quality and capacity.
Sustainability Opportunities
In general, water-based coating systems formulated with water-borne wax additives already inherently deliver sustainability benefits through the elimination of solvent components and other materials of high concern. Reducing transit costs is an additional benefit of shipping a higher percentage of solids (less water). And new raw material also help reduce carbon footprint.
Features & Benefits of High-Solids Wax Additives
| Feature |
Benefit |
| Excellent Scratch Resistance |
Durable coatings that maintain their appearance for the life of the product. |
| Improved Slip and Soft Feel |
For coatings that are pleasant to touch with little friction. |
| Gloss Control |
Gives formulators control over gloss to achieve desired appearance. |
| High-Solids Content |
Provides greater formulation flexibility and better control over the contents of the coating. Less dispersion is needed to achieve desired effects |
| Terrific Clarity |
For coatings that display the natural color and grain of wood surfaces. |
| High Performance for the Price |
In a very competitive market, high-solids wax additives provide an opportunity to lower total costs. |
Current Product Availability
Some products are commercially available today from the new product line, and more are on the way:
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