Performance & Savings for your Matt & Semi-gloss formulations

Additives: Rheotech™ 3800 - acrylic associative thickener
Application: Water-based matt & semi-gloss paints

> Key Benefits

Thickener dosage saving
Formulate matt & semi-gloss paints with equivalent rheology
profile and properties
Latex changes flexibility

The Challenge

Do you want to make cost savings by using less thickener and match the perfect rheological balance in your waterborne matt & semi-gloss paints?

The Solution

Rheotech 3800™, acrylic associative thickener, enables being efficient up to 30% with stable application and film properties.

Dosage saving

Test of 2 different flat paint formulations:
Formulation A = pure acrylic binder / formulation B = vinyl acrylic binder

Rheotech 3800 provides high thickener dosage saving
Figure 1: Using Rheotech™ 3800 enables to achieve high thickener dosage saving

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Equivalent rheology profile and properties on matt & semi-gloss paints

Dry film optical properties

Test of 2 different flat paint formulations:
Formulation A = pure acrylic binder / formulation B = vinyl acrylic binder

Rheotech 3800 exhibits same properties leading to no change of rheology behavior
Figure 2: Rheotech™ 3800 exhibits same properties leading to no change of rheology behavior no matter the type of binder

Comparable properties

Rheology profile
Tint strength
Scrub resistance

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Test Rheotech™ 3800 to achieve higher or equivalent performance
with your matt or semi-gloss paint

Latex changes flexibility

Rheotech™ 3800 allows paint formulators to work with more latex flexibility:

in their formulation
in their production processes
in their latexes replacement styrene acrylic / EVA or amount adjustment

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in your formulation and production processes