Hydrophobic Fumed Silica For Nail Polish | China Project

Project details

  • ApplicationNail Polish
  • Product Name: HB-151
  • Location: Guangdong Province, China
  • Problem: Company D is using an international brand of hydrophobic fumed silica 972, they would like to find a china-made fumed silica product to replace it for cost-efficient purpose.

Solution

Functions of HIFULL fumed silica in nail polish: Fumed silica eliminates pigment settling, improves flow and leaving properties of nail polish, and keeps color clarity and uniform appearance when applied. It is a vital additive raw material for nail polish.

Nail polish is classified as water-based and solvent-based. Solvent-based products use polyurethane, nitrocellulose, epoxy as the main ingredient. While water-based nail polish uses water-based polyurethane, and water-based polyacrylate in the formula. Nail polish is composed of 70%-80% volatile solvent or water, a small amount of camphor, titanium dioxide, etc. Nail polish needs to add fumed silica for better performance in thickening and thixotropy.

Product Used

The client of Company D manufactures polyurethane solvent-based nail polish. We recommend they use dimethyl dichlorosilane/DDS-treated fumed silica, such as HIFULL HB-151 as the substitute.

HIFULL® HB-151(BET=150㎡/g)

HIFULL® HB-151 is Hydrophobic Fumed Silica which is produced by hydrophilic fumed silica with a specific surface area of 150m2/g after…

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Client Feedback

Customer did sample test by adding HIFULL HB-151 into their formula to replace the international brand one, results show that the thixotropic and anti-settling performance is almost as good. Now they are doing pilot scale test, once passed, HIFULL HB-151 is their quality and cost-efficient choice.

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