Applications

FEATURES

• Ease of application, rubout and buffing
• Enhances color
• Reduced surface tension
• Fungi- and bacteria-resistant
• Thermally stable
• Essentially inert
• Soluble in a wide range of solvents
• High compressibility
• High shearability without breakdown
• High gloss intensity
• High damping action
• Low environmental hazard and fire hazard
• Low reactivity
• Low surface energy
• Low vapor pressure
• Low pour point
• Allows skin transpiration
• Essentially colorless, odorless, tasteless and nontoxic
• Good abrasion resistance
• Water repellent

BENEFITS

For personal care applications
• Skin protection
• Imparts soft, velvety skin feel
• Spreads easily on both skin and hair
• De-soaping (prevents foaming during rubout)
For industrial applications
• Oxidation-, chemical- and weather-resistant
• Excellent release, dielectric and antifoam properties


APPLICATIONS

• Active ingredient in a variety of automotive, furniture, metal, and specialty polishes
• Ingredient in protective creams, aerosol shave lathers, antiperspirants, and other personal care products
• Foam control for petroleum production and refinery operations
• Other applications including coatings additive, damping fluid, elastomer and plastics lubricant, electrical insulating fluid, mechanical fluid, mold release agent, plastics additive, specialty chemical products ingredient, leather finishing, surface active agent