Coatings & Leather

The additives used in coatings and leather are mostly surfactants, which reduce the surface tension of gas-liquid, liquid-solid, or gas-solid interfaces to achieve leveling, defoaming, dispersion, and improve adhesion. Silicone compounds have low surface tension and high surface activity, and are widely used in coating systems. They are important varieties of coatings and leather additives. For example: Silicone additive used as a leveling agent for coating leather, Silicone additive used as a defoamer for coating leather, Silicone substrate wetting agent, Silicone additive used as a wear resistant additive, silicone additive used as a resin modification agent for coating leather.