Coatings

** Beauty shot of PPG Paint, etc.

Silicas for the Coatings Industry

Developed for coating, adhesive, sealant, plastisol, ink and resin products, PPG offers a wide variety of specialty precipitated silica to reduce the gloss of paints, varnishes, lacquers and industrial finishes, and provide for anti-sag/suspension qualities in adhesives, caulks and sealants.

Offering high flatting efficiency, low oil adsorption, excellent dispersibility and yield high clarity in films, Lo-Vel™ Flatting Agents are synthetic precipitated amorphous silica designed as stir-in flatting agents used to reduce the gloss of a variety of industrial, automotive and specialty coatings finishes.

Hi-Sil™ Thixotropic Agents are synthetic precipitated amorphous silica thixotropes used in a variety of coatings, resins, sealants and adhesive systems as rheology modifiers and anti-sag/suspension aids.

PPG silica product family and characteristics typically utilized in this market (LINK)