Features and Benefits of Southern Clay Products
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
- Excellent sag resistance
- Fast viscosity recovery
- Good shear stability
- Effective in high/100% solids systems
- Effective in oxygenated solvents
- High bulk density, low-dusting
- Imparts anti-settling properties with fillers, additives
- No heat activation required
Laponite® Synthetic Silicate
- Applications include: surface coatings; building products; ceramics and enamels; paper and polymer films; personal care products; household (cleaning) products; agricultural/horticultural products
Rheocin® and Advitrol® Castor-Based Thixotropes
- Highest thixotropy of rheological modifiers
- Excellent suspension, syneresis control
- Minimal impact on gloss
- High slump resistance
- Derived from renewable resource
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
