Product Selection Guide Building Materials Protection Solutions

Real Solutions for Real Market Needs For more than 60 years, leading architects and building designers have relied on Dow Corning products for sustainable, lower-maintenance building materials protection solutions. From sealants and glazing compounds to water repellents and concrete admixtures, our innovative silane and silicon-based materials ensure longer-lasting performance with lower-cost maintenance. This guide showcases high-performance materials that help build long-lasting performance, energy efficiency and innovative solutions into all of your projects. Nature is a formidable enemy,...

Developing Tomorrow’s Building Materials Protection Technologies Look to Dow Corning and you will find the right solutions for meeting today’s customer expectations and tomorrow’s demands. Building on our long history of pioneering construction solutions, Dow Corning has invested significant development in continuing performance improvements for building materials AV05127 protection, especially for: • Dry mix • Architectural coating • Concrete maintenance and repair • Gypsum • Wood-based panels (OSB, MDF) • Fiber-reinforced cement (FRC) Collaborating for success Our science and your creativity...

Physical and Chemical Properties of Silicones Silicones are present in many forms and functionalities and can be used in combination to yield the desired properties. Silicone Chemistry – The Unique Properties of Silicones Molecular Characteristics Physicochemical Properties Applications • Lubricant • Antifouling • Release agent • Aesthetic feel (softness) • Comfort • High-temperature processing • Can be sterilized • Hydrophobic/ hydrophilic • Breathable • Highly open, flexible and mobile siloxane backbone • Low surface tension and energy • High spreading and wetting capabilities - Si - O - Si...

Silicon g Silica g Silane g Siloxane Features Silicon = Si. Second most abundant element on Earth. Atomic number 14. Able to form four stable bonds like carbon. Unique reactivity allows chemistry similar to carbon but, especially when bonded to oxygen, forms a longer, stronger, more flexible chemical bond. Silica = SiO2. The simplest compound of silicon. Very common as sand or quartz (crystalline) or refined forms such as silica fume, precipitated or fumed silica (amorphous). Silica is used as a mineral reinforcement for many filled polymer systems and exists in many useful forms. Silica fume...

Product Properties Dilution System Chemistry XIAMETER OFS-6264 Silane Solvent Alkyl methoxy silane XIAMETER® Z-6403 Silane Solvent Alkyl ethoxy silane Water-Based Siloxane Dow Corning® 1-6184 Water Repellent Water Water-soluble silane Silane/Siloxane Blends (Solvent Dilutable) Dow Corning® Z-6689 Water Repellent Solvent Solventless silane/siloxane blend XIAMETER® OFS-6595 Silane Solvent Solventless silane/siloxane blend Dow Corning® 520 Dilutable Water Repellent Water Silane/siloxane emulsion blend Dow Corning® IE 6682 Water Silane/siloxane emulsion blend Dow Corning® IE 6683 Water Silane/siloxane...

Our real solutions meet your real market needs Dow Corning can help you meet your customers' rising expectations for building materials protection and lasting, low-maintenance damage prevention. Our solutions for hydrophobic treatments offer: Hydrophobing Products Dow Corning silane, siloxane and emulsion products have a proven history of providing water repellency and enhanced protection as a post-treatment, admixture and in-situ treatment for common construction substrates. Our water repellent line provides protection from rebar corrosion, efflorescence, freeze-thaw damage, water penetration,...

Paint and Render Materials Our real solutions meet your real market needs Dow Corning silicone resin emulsions enable you to ® develop paint, render and stucco formulations that better Dow Corning can help you meet your customers’ rising expectations for building materials protection and lasting, low-maintenance damage prevention. Our solutions for paint and render materials offer: protect exterior substrates such as masonry, plaster or EIFS from the detrimental effects of weather, water and AV11984 industrial pollutants. • Surface protection • Easy maintenance • Improved, long-lasting appearance...

Our real solutions meet your real market needs Dow Corning can help you meet your customers’ rising expectations for building materials protection and lasting, low-maintenance damage prevention. Our solutions for process aids offer: • Ease of processing • Improved productivity • Reduced energy & waste • Cost-effectiveness Process Aids Dow Corning products act as foam controllers, release agents, wetting agents and catalysts. The products listed in this section represent only a portion of Dow Corning’s total technical offerings. We also provide services to help evaluate your process and find the...

Protecting buildings saves energy Beyond the cost savings of longer-lasting, more durable buildings, Dow Corning building materials protection products can save energy costs, too. Treating substrates with hydrophobic materials from Dow Corning makes your buildings more energyefficient, reducing two leading causes of structure heat loss: • Heat loss from evaporation of absorbed water in untreated materials – As water evaporates, changing from liquid to vapor, it draws heat energy, cooling the substrate and structure, and increasing energy consumption. • Thermal conductivity – Testing shows that...

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