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Clariant’s Feel Additives
Clariant´s wide spread range of feel agents/
additives hands out very versatile tools to the
fi nishers and enables them to make customer´s
wishes and dreams come true. But it’s not only
the variety of feels alone, some of them are
developed to improve selected properties too.
Product Details
In order to visualise the possibilities and
characteristics of these products several tables and
fi gures are given below. Besides the water based
feel agents given here, some solvent based products
are shown as well.
Product SC Feel Comments
Aqueous Feel Additives
Melio Fettgriff SZ 25 dry, waxy very nice feel when added into dry mill, 1:100, the last 30 minutes of dry
druming, slightly cationic, therefore check compatibility when used in mixes
with anionic products, effective additive for cationic applications.
Melio Fettgriff TRA 24 slightly dry, very close to Fettgriff SZ, more elegant effect, slightly cationic, therefore
waxy check compatibility when used in mixes with anionic products.
Melio Ground P 20 strong stoppy, for nappa types, gives a very natural feel, Do not overdose.
waxy
Melio Ground PS 20 stoppy, waxy- close to Ground P, more elegant, very useful for kind all kind of soft leathers
greasy with a natural aspect and only thin finish films.
Melio Wax 180 14,5 fatty/waxy soft wax, used as antisticking and feel improving agent in base coats, used
also in aqueous top coats and feel applications.
Melio WF – 5213.B 12 slightly dry, for all kind of leathers except white and automotive (yellowing), slightly
waxy cationic, can be used as additive in cationic applications.
Melio WF – 5220 36 warm-waxy special additive for automotive leathers, eliminates squeaking, can reduce
soiling, feel also very attractive for all soft leathers, even with heavy layers.
Melio WF – 5226 27,5 silky, slippery improves abrasion resistance and rubbings, counter type to HM-183.
Melio WF – 5227 45 waxy increases abrasion resistance, not to be used with WF-5233 (can cause
white spots), dries white, hence cannot be used as single product for
oversprays.
Melio WF – 5230 20 silky, greasy, very attractive feel for all kind of leathers, normaly not used for automotive
natural (VOC), improves scratch resistance when used in patent leather imitation
top coats, increases the gloss.
Melio WF – 5238 50 silky, slippery succeeder of Melio WF-5226 conc., especially for automotive top coats,
improves physicals especially when used as overspray.
Melio WF – 5243 30 silky, creamy pleaseant creamy wet touch, for all nappa types.
Melio WF – 5244 7 stoppy main use as hydrophobing agent, most effective when not used together
with other (hydrophilic) products.
Aqueous/Organic Feel Additives:
Melio OF – 5215 14 oily, slippery for nappa types.
Melio OF – 5216 57 slippery, can be used aqueous or organic, very nice for garment and nappa types,
slightly waxy improves gloss.
Organic Feel Additives:
Melio Guard 5228.A 15 strong stoppy, very effective hydrophobing agent, feel can be modified with other organic
Nubuck oils:
dry dilutable feel agents.
Melio Oil PO – 230 100 silky special feel oil for nubuck leathers, can be thinnend with Melio E – 700/710.
Melio Oil PO – 232 100 strong grabby special feel oil for nubuck leathers, can be thinnend with Melio E – 700/710,
for leathers with a very intensive feel.
leather
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