Dow Corning 163 Silicone Dow Corning Defoamer / Antifoaming agent >> Silicone Acrylic/Acrylate Resins Epoxy Resins Polyester Polyurethane Vinyl Inks >> Solvent-based Coatings >> Solvent-Free/ High-Solids Inks >> Water-based Coatings >> UV / Radiation Curing Printing Inks & Varnishes >> Digital inks (eg. Ink jet) Printing Inks & Varnishes >> Screen inks Printing Inks & Varnishes >> Flexographic inks Wood & Furniture Coatings Dilutable in aromatics, aliphatics and glycols/water Silicone antifoam compound Low-viscosity 100 percent active silicone antifoam compound, containing no solvents Foam control additive for solvent-based and UV coatings and solvent-based and water-based inks Dow Corning ® 163 Additive has been successful in these industrial applications 1 : To provide defoaming: Ink Water-based screen printing ink at 0.5-1.0% Solvent-based screen printing ink at 0.05-0.1% Water-based flexographic ink at 0.1-0.2% Solvent-based ink jet ink at 0.1-0.2% Coating UV wood coating at <0.05% Solvent-based wood coating Solvent-free, low-viscosity 100% active silicone antifoam compound. Used for water- and solvent-based screen printing ink, water-based flexographic ink, solvent-based ink jet ink and UV and solvent-based wood coating.