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Dow Corning 56
Silicone fluid
Eliminates microfoam, improves leveling, wetting, slip and mar resistance.
Dow Corning 56 Additive is intended for eliminating microfoam, improving leveling and improving mar resistance.
Dow Corning 56 Additive has been successfully used in these industrial applications1:
- Eliminates microfoam in solvent-based wood coatings
- Improves leveling in solventless paints at 0.2 to 0.5 percent
- Improves leveling in water-based wood coatings at 0.5 to 5 percent
- Improves leveling in solvent-based wood coatings at 0.05 to 0.5 percent and as high as 5%
- Improves mar resistance in solvent-based industrial coatings
Dilute to 10% for ease in handling: 0.1-1.0% (dil. cones.)
Color: Light straw
Specific Gravity at 25'C (77'F): 1.006
Flash Point, closed cup,'C ('F): >101 (>214)
Viscosity at 25'C (77'F),cs: 1500
Industrial field additive
Dow Corning Corp/Corporate Headquarters
Phone 517-496-5369; 800-248-2481
Fax 517-496-4688
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Address 3100 James Savage Rd., PO.Box 994, Midland, MI 48686-0994
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