Southern Clay Products 
Organoclays and modifiers
Claytone® and Tixogel® Organoclays, Optigel® Rheological Modifiers, Garamite® Mixed Mineral Thixotropes, Optiflo® Rheological Modifiers
Features and Benefits:
- Claytone® and Tixogel® organoclays
- Solventborne systems - wide solvent utility
- Both conventional and self-activating
- Easy to disperse
- Increase low shear, package viscosity
- Impart thixotropy
- Control sag, leveling
- Impart anti-settling properties
- Stable over wide temperature range
- Optiflo® polymeric rheology additives
- Associative thickeners for waterborne systems
- Non-ionic (HEUR, HEAT)
- Excellent flow, leveling
- Excellent application properties
- Excellent film build
- Excellent spatter, syneresis resistance
- Very good film properties
- VOC-free
- Garamite® mixed mineral thixotropes
- Impart thixotropy
- Excellent sag resistance
- Fast viscosity recovery
- Good shear stability
- Low VOC
- Effective in high/100% solids systems
- Effective in oxygenated solvents
- Ease of handling
- High bulk density, low-dusting
- Easy to disperse
- Imparts anti-settling properties with fillers, additives
- No heat activation required
- Laponite® synthetic silicate
- Synthetic smectite/hectorite chemistry
- UV-stable; no color contribution to formula
- Hydrolytically stable
- Shear stable
- Easy to incorporate
- Applications include: surface coatings; building products; ceramics and enamels; paper and polymer films; personal care products; household (cleaning) products; agricultural/horticultural products
- Y-Type anti-settling additives
- Suspend solids
- Prevent hard settling
- Improve sag resistance
- Suitable in broad solvent applications
- Reduce pigment float
- Water-free grades available
- Optigel®, Bentolite®, Mineral Colloid®, Gelwhite®, Permont® Smectite additives
- Smectite (bentonite) additives for waterborne systems
- Anti-settling viscosity development
- Very high yield value
- Reduces syneresis/sedimentation
- Easy to disperse
- Excellent spray application properties
- Excellent storage stability
Categories:
Industries:
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Adhesives & Sealants
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Paint & Coatings
Green Chemistry:
- Garamite® mixed mineral thixotropes
- Waterbased position
- Allows for lower solvent levels in polymer systems
- Optiflo® VF Series associative hickeners
- Zero VOC
- Waterbased position