Are you challenged with finding compliant PTFE wax additives or viable PTFE alternatives that allow you to maintain current performance standards? If so, you are like many in the coating and inks industries. Lubrizol Performance Coatings is addressing this challenge and has a comprehensive line of both compliant PTFE-containing wax additives as well as PTFE-free wax additives to address critical surface protection and modification requirements.

Lubrizol formulations using grades of PTFE are compliant with the EU legislation and enable inks and coatings with the same protection and aesthetic properties previously attained. And PTFE-free formulations are capable of delivering similar properties to PTFE-containing formulations.

These wax additive technologies have designed to solve unique challenges in wood coatings, powder coatings, general industrial metal coatings, coil coatings, can coatings, and a diverse range of conventional and digital printing inks.

Both compliant PTFE-containing and PTFE-free technologies are available in micronized and dispersed forms of surface modifying additives under the Lanco™ Surface Modifiers brand. The product charts below identify technologies currently available for consideration.

PTFE-Containing Wax Additives

Product Name	Polymer Type	Particle Size (Dv50 µm)	Melting Point (°C)	System
Product Name	Polymer Type	Particle Size (Dv50 µm)	Melting Point (°C)	Water-Borne	Solvent-Borne	Powder	Radiation-Cured
Lanco™ TF 1720 C	PTFE-Modified PE Wax	≤8	125	○	●	●	●
Lanco™ TF 1725	PTFE Modified PE Wax	≤6	125	○	●	●	●
Lanco™ TF 1778 C	PTFE Modified PE Wax	≤6	102	○	●	●	●
Lanco™ TF 1780 C	PTFE Modified PE Wax	≤6	102	○	●	●	●
Lanco™ TF 1780 EFC	PTFE Modified PE Wax	≤5	102	○	●	○	○
Lanco™ 1793	Poly-tetrafluoroethylene	≤6	331		●	○	○
Lanco™ 1794	Poly-tetrafluoroethylene	≤8	331		●	○	○
Lanco™ SM 2001 C	PTFE-Modified Polyolefin Wax	≤9	105	○	●	●	●
Lanco™ TF 1830 N	PTFE Modified PE Wax	≤9	125			●
PowderAdd™ 9082	PTFE	≤600	340			●
PowderAdd™ 9083	PTFE Modified PE Wax	≤100	110			●
PowderAdd™ 9084	PTFE Modified PE Wax	≤15	125			●
PowderAdd™ 9680	PTFE	≤15	340			●

Micronized PTFE-Free Wax Additives

Product Name	Polymer Type	Particle Size (Dv50 µm)	Melting Point (°C)	System
Product Name	Polymer Type	Particle Size (Dv50 µm)	Melting Point (°C)	Water-Borne	Solvent-Borne	Powder	Radiation-Cured
Lanco™ 1510 EF	Modified Polyolefin Wax	≤5	106	○	●	○	○
Lanco™ 2510 SF	Inorganically Modified Wax Compound	≤6	105	●	●	○	○
Lanco™ 2520 SF	Inorganically Modified Wax Compound	≤6	105	●	●	○	○
Lanco™ 2520 EF	Inorganically Modified Wax Compound	≤5	105	●	●	○	○
Lanco™ 2530 EF	Organically Modified Wax Compound	≤6	116	●	●	○	○
Lanco™ 2540 SF	Organically Modified Wax Compound	≤6	128	●	●	○	○
Lanco™ 2540 EF	Organically Modified Wax Compound	≤5.2	128	●	●	○	○
Lanco™ 2541 SF	Organically Modified Wax Compound	≤6	144	●	●	○	○

PTFE-Containing and PTFE-Free Wax Additives for Coatings & Inks