Substrate Wetting
Effective substrate wetting promotes rapid and uniform spreading of the formulation. Surface tension differences are balanced to avoid defects such as crawling or pinholing. The result is complete coverage and improved adhesion.

Specify your application
Chose your market and other application properties to receive a recommendation.

TEGO® Twin 4200
TEGO® Twin 4200 is a siloxane-based gemini surfactant and shows very good anti-crater properties with low foam tendency. It is highly suitable for waterborne coatings with no or low co-solvent content.
Technologies

TEGO® Wet 238
TEGO® Wet 238 is a siloxane-based superwetter providing exceptional substrate wetting and good flow and leveling in waterborne coatings and inks.
Technologies

SURFYNOL® 420
SURFYNOL® 420 is a multi-functional surfactant that provides dynamic wetting and molecular defoaming properties. It is suitable for waterborne coatings and inks.
Technologies

TEGO® Wet 270
TEGO® Wet 270 shows excellent anti-crater properties with flow promotion in waterborne, solventborne, and radiation-curing coatings.
Technologies

TEGO® Wet 270 eCO
TEGO® Wet 270 eCO is a highly active and broadly usable substrate wetting agent based on polyether siloxane technology. Applies mass balance approach to replace fossil by circular raw materials. Same well known performance as TEGO® Wet 270 but reduced carbon emissions.
Technologies

TEGO® Wet 570 Terra
TEGO® Wet 570 Terra is a highly surface active biosurfactant. It improves substrate, pigment and filler wetting and shows good performance in anti-cratering. Samples are currently only available in EMEA. Registration activities are ongoing in North America, China and selected other countries.
Technologies

TEGO® Wet 580 Terra
TEGO® Wet 580 Terra is a highly surface active biosurfactant. It improves substrate, pigment and filler wetting and shows good performance in anti-cratering. Samples are currently available most countries, such as in EMEA, Brazil or China. Registration activities are ongoing in North America and selected other countries.