Features and Benefits of Southern Clay Products

Claytone® and Tixogel®  Organoclays

Garamite® Mixed Mineral Thixotropes

  • blend of minerals and specially selected surface treatments
  • extreme ease of use
  • high performance to viscosity ratio
  • non-dusting

    Rheocin® and Advitrol® Castor-Based Thixotropes

    • exhibit a 'buttery' feel in coatings during brushing
    • particularly effective in lower solids applications

    Y-Type Anti-Settling Additives

    • provide sag control
    • provide pigment suspension
    • water-free grades available
    • do not cause seeding

    Optiflo® Polymeric Rheology Additives

    • waterborne thickener
    • nonionic
    • impart flow and leveling
    • unsurpassed resistance to blistering, spattering, and syneresis
    • supplied as low odor solutions
    • VOC-free versions

    Optigel®, Bentolite®, Mineral Colloid®, Gelwhite®, Permont®

    • Smectite additive for waterborne systems
    • Permont is a liquid package (slurried in water)

    Laponite® Synthetic Silicate

    • can generate clear solutions in water

    • used to control color migration

    • used to develop static dissipative films

    • totally synthetic