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Precipitated Silica Products for Coatings, Paints, Inks, Adhesives and Sealants

For more than five decades, manufacturers of coatings, paints, inks, adhesives and sealants have relied on PPG’s precipitated silica products to enhance product performance, improve manufacturing efficiencies or make their products more sustainable. 
 
We have developed a broad range of products, many in cooperation with key customers, that are engineered to meet exacting requirements or address specific industry challenges.  Typical applications include:

  • Flatting agents that reduce the gloss of paints, varnishes, lacquers and other finishes while providing lower viscosity and better stir-in capability. Learn more.
  • Thickening agents and thixotropes that modify the rheological properties of a broad range of plastisols, inks, adhesives, caulks, and sealants, providing anti-sag/suspension performance with minimal impact on other system properties. Learn more.
  • Anti-corrosion pigments that are designed to replace chrome-based and other toxic anti-corrosion pigments, providing highly efficient alternatives for use in solvent-based and water-borne primers. Learn more.

 
Market Applications

Our silica products are available in three brand families encompassing nearly two dozen products covering a wide range of physical properties and performance benefits.  The chart below highlights preferred and recommended solutions for common applications: 

 

Lo-Vel 66

Lo-Vel 8100

Lo-Vel 2023

Lo-Vel 2010

Lo-Vel 2018

Lo-Vel 27

Lo-Vel 6200

Lo-Vel 275

Lo-Vel 2003

Lo-Vel 6000

Lo-Vel 2000

Lo-Vel 29

Lo-Vel 39A

Lo-Vel HSF

Hi-Sil t-800

Hi-Sil T-152

Hi-Sil t-700

Hi-Sil T-600

Inhib-isil 7

Inhib-isil 75

Coil coatings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial coatings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decorative paints

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wood coatings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wood flooring lacquers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wall paper coatings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leather refinishing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leather vinyl refinishing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gel coats

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overprint varnishes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Printing Inks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Powder coatings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adhesives (plastisol-based)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sealants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caulks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Putties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Polyester melamine primer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(solvent-borne)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Polyurethane primer (solvent-borne)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred Recommended