SILICONE N E W S from Dow Corning
Shortcut to Plastisol Profits
Silicones Speed Deaeration, Improve Scuff R e s i s t a n c e Reducing production costs is one way to protect profits. Improving your products' performance is another. If you formulate plastisol coating solutions, Dow Corning Silicones will help you both ways. Here's how. End production bottlenecks. As demonstrated above, the addition of a silicone antifoamer to plastisol formulations speeds deaeration. Both dishes were filled at the same time with the same plastisol solution, but a silicone antifoamer was added to the solution before it was poured in the dish at right. Silicones prevent bubbles, eliminate costly bottlenecks. Improve product performance. Silicone additives cause plastisols to flow faster and more evenly. This makes it easier for fabricators to produce continuous coatings that are free of pinholes and weak spots; to obtain sharper detail in moldings and castings. Including Dow Corning Silicones in your plastisol formulas produces important end-product advantages, too. For example, silicones give added "slip" to such products as overshoes, furniture coverings, and bushings — and that means greater resistance to marring, scuffing, and tearing. Another silicone benefit: a more lifelike feel for toys and dolls . . . a softer, more comfortable feel for gloves and rainwear.
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An important activity at Dow Corning is research and development in silicone chemistry. That's why Dow Corning continues to be your best source for technical information about the use of silicones in plastisols . . . for the new and improved silicone materials that help you shortcut the way to profits. For more information phone the Dow Corning office nearest you, or write Dept. 2519b.
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