Wetting Agent Formulation & Working Principle
Wetting agents, also known as surfactants, are a type of substance. It often contains hydrophilic functional groups like hydroxyl (-OH) or carboxyl (-COOH). They can enhance liquid adhesion and penetrate into the substrates by decreasing the surface tension of a liquid.
- Reduction of surfaces tension
- Improving the substrate wetting
- Quick penetration to solid surfaces
- Possesses defoaming ability
- Balancing wetting efficiency & stability
Wetting Agents Technical Data Sheet
| Wetting agent ingredients | Polyether siloxane copolymer |
| Appearance | Transparent liquid |
| Active content | 100% |
| Soluble | Acetone, Solvent oil |
| Partially soluble | Butyl Acetate, Ethanol |
| Insoluble | Water, TPGDA |
| Wetting agent formulation: | Total formula: 0.1-1.0%. |
- Based on your supplied form and calculated against the total formula: 0.1-1.0%.
Enhancing Your Liquids with Celotech Ruico Wetting Agent
Wetting agent has wide applications in the real world. Celotech Ruico has specialized in industrial paints and architectural coating solutions for over ten years, supported by our advanced R&D capability.
At Celotechruico, the technical team has developed a series of wetting agents by surface types and parameters for industrial vertical applications, which can reduce the surface tension of liquids significantly, facilitating liquid spreading more evenly across solid surfaces.
Having a try to take Celotech Ruico as your reliable wetting agent supplier in China, we will be your long-term partner for sure. Just get in touch with our experts and get technical sheet data or a free sample now.
Celotech Ruico Wetting Agents Types
Our technical team developed wetting agents, including nonionic surfactant isoalcohol ether, Silicone polyether additives, Non-silicon, polyether products, and polyether modified siloxane with twin structure as below models below:
70% Nonionic surfactant isoalcohol ether, APEO free, HLB value 17.5, good wetting effect of inorganic pigment.
100% Silicone polyether additives,Increase flow, anti shrink edge, smooth paint surface, excellent wetting effect on substrate.
100% Non-silicon polyether, good at penetrating into substrates, a little defoaming effect, and excellent recoating performance.
100% Polyether modified siloxane with twin structure, help you prevent shrinkage hole with superior static surface tension.
Wetting Agent Primary Functions to Your Liquids
It can help reduce the static surface tension of substrates, promote the liquid easy to spread on the solid surface.
Facilitating the liquid penetrate into the micro holes and cracks of substrates quickly. Reducing the eye-fish, shrink edge effect on surfaces.
Stable Nonionic and ionic chemical structure contribute to both wetting efficiency and stability of system, best compatibility with other materials.
By adsorbing onto the solid surface, increasing the effective contact areas, improving the adhesion strength between the liquid and the substrate significantly.Â
Wetting Agent Uses
Celotech Ruico Wetting Agent is widely used in different paints and coatings, helping your projects in different aspects. Most commonly, real-world uses include wood coatings, industrial paints, and plastic coatings.
It plays a critical additives in paints formulations, especially on substrate wetting and pigment wetting, help you improving the wall surface wetting, reducing brush marks and pinholes, increasing application tolerance.
Mainly used in high-gloss clear coats, spray application, irregularly shaped furniture and complex structures wood applications. By reducing the surface tension of the woods, allowing your paints to spread along the wood grain and pores, reduces fish eyes, cratering, uneven spray application.
Wetting agents mainly used automotive plastic parts, home appliance casings and 3C product casings, Especially crucial for high-gloss plastic coatings which make your coatings more uniform gloss, reducing color difference,forming smoother paint film at same time.
It widely used in PVC door and window profiles coatings, decorative panels, wall panels, industrial control equipment casings etc. Improving wetting of the extruded plastic surface, coating consistent coverage, reducing edge shrinkage problems, especially complex structures of edges and corners. Ensuring appearance consistency.
Wetting agents can increase shear bonding in cement potentially and water-wet hydrophobic particles such as latex rubber and fibers.
Wetting Agents Packaging and Storage
Storage: It should be stored indoors away from light with original sealed packaging, at a temperature between 5℃ and 35℃.its shelf life is around 12 months from the date of manufacture.
Packaging:Â 25kg/drum, or customized packaging as per your requirements.
Celotech Ruico Wetting Agents Comparision Sheet
- Compare Wetting Agents Parameters and Choose Right For Your Project
Compare wetting agents parameters, download the right model TDS here.
| Mode | Appearance | Active Content | pH value: | Chemical Structure | TDS |
| RT4470 | Colorless Transparent liquid | 69-71% | 5.0-7.0 | Nonionic surfactant isopropyl alcohol ether | Download PDF |
| RT4170 | Colorless Transparent liquid | 69-71% | 5.0-7.0 | Nonionic surfactant isopropyl alcohol ether | Download PDF |
| RT151 | Transparent liquid | 100% | Polyether siloxane copolymer | Download PDF | |
| RT33 | Transparent liquid | 100% | Nonionic surfactant | Download PDF | |
| RT140T | Light yellow to yellowish-brown, slightly turbid liquid | 100% | Siloxane dual-structure substrate | Download PDF |
FAQs About Wetting Agents:
Yes, you can contact our sales team for a free sample of wetting agents.
5 points you should take consideration as below listed,if you still can’t make the decision, consulting a formulation guide or chemical expert helps, we are always here.
- Identify the system: water-based or solvent-based
- Consider substrate surface energy
- Confirm the primary function
- Check for compatibility and stability
- Evaluate the risk of side-effect
For more detailed best suggestions, pls check our technical blog.
There are 3 factors you should focus on wetting agents performance：
- Contact AreaTests：The testing measure the angle formed between a liquid droplet and the solid surface. The smaller angle indicates better wetting and excellent penetration between the solution and the substrate.
- Liquid Spread Speed:：Mainly evaluatehow evenly a liquid film spreads across a surface.
- Surface TensionEvaluation：Measure the surface tension of a liquid, Lower values indicates that wetting agent reduces cohesive forces significantly within the liquid.
Yes, a series of wetting agents Celotech Ruico provided are easily soluble in water.
Yes, Celotech Ruico wetting agents are all certified by RoHS, REACH, and OKTEX100.
