Acticide HF (Incan)

Acticide HF (Incan)

Primary Uses

1. Paints and Coatings Chemicals

• In-can preservative for water-based paints including interior and exterior architectural coatings, latex paints, and industrial coatings

• Protects polymer emulsions, pigment dispersions, and paint slurries from microbial spoilage during storage

• Used in primer formulations, wood coatings, and stone paint to prevent in-tank deterioration

• Effective in clear varnishes and lacquers without affecting product color or clarity

• Added to marine coatings, anti-fouling paints, and protective industrial finishes

2. Adhesives and Sealants

• Preservative for water-based adhesives including wood glues, packaging adhesives, tile adhesives, and laminating adhesives

• Protects sealants, caulks, joint compounds, and grout additives from bacterial and fungal contamination

• Prevents viscosity loss, odor development, pH shift, and gas formation caused by microbial propagation

• Used in pressure-sensitive adhesives, contact adhesives, and construction sealants

3. Plastics and Polymer Manufacturing Chemicals

• Preservative for synthetic and natural polymer emulsions including acrylics, styrene-butadiene (SBR), carboxylated SBR, ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA), and polyvinyl acetate (PVAc)

• Protects polymer latex products including styrene-acrylics, pure acrylics, vinyl acetate ethylene (VAE), and styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) latex

• Prevents degradation of polymer emulsions used in manufacturing processes including filtration, coating, and molding

• Used in plastisol formulations, polyurethane dispersions, and latex compounding

4. Inks and Printing Products

• Preservative for water-based printing inks including flexographic, gravure, screen printing, and digital printing inks

• Protects fountain solutions, dampening solutions, and pressroom additives from bacterial and fungal contamination

• Used in paper coatings, paper sizing agents, and paper manufacturing processes to control biofilm

• Added to ink jet inks, overprint varnishes, and printing plate cleaners

5. Construction Chemicals

• Preservative for building material slurries, mineral fillers, and cement additives

• Used in ceramic slurries, tile grouts, self-leveling compounds, and joint fillers

• Protects drilling muds, oil well cement slurries, and oilfield chemicals from microbial contamination

• Added to asphalt emulsions, waterproofing compounds, roofing mastics, and concrete admixtures

6. Specialty and Fine Chemicals

• Industrial biocide for metalworking fluids including cutting fluids, grinding fluids, drawing compounds, and hydraulic fluids

• Preservative for textile processing aids including spin finishes, sizing agents, desizing agents, and fabric softeners

• Used in leather processing chemicals including soaking, tanning, and fatliquoring formulations

• Protects defoamers, thickeners, industrial starch pastes, and pigment dispersions

• Added to printing thickeners, emulsion polymerization aids, and corrosion inhibitors

7. Household and Industrial Cleaners

• Preservative for liquid detergents, laundry detergents, dishwashing liquids, and automatic dishwasher detergents

• Used in fabric softeners, stain removers, multi-purpose cleaners, and bathroom cleaners

• Protects floor cleaners, glass cleaners, aerosol concentrates, and cleaning formulations

• Added to industrial degreasers, heavy-duty cleaners, and janitorial products subject to concentration safety limits

8. Agricultural Chemicals

• Preservative for agricultural adjuvants, spray tank mixes, and crop protection formulations

• Used in liquid fertilizers, pesticide suspensions, and herbicide concentrates

• Protects seed treatment formulations and foliar spray products

9. Cosmetic and Personal Care Chemicals

• Preservative for industrial cosmetic ingredients, bulk personal care intermediates, and raw material storage

• Used in wet wipes, liquid soaps, shampoos, and conditioners at approved concentration levels

• Protects lotions, creams, and emulsions during bulk storage and transport

Secondary Uses

1. Water Treatment Chemicals

• Used in industrial water treatment systems including cooling towers, boilers, and closed loop systems to control bacterial growth

• Applied in process water circuits, wastewater treatment, and reverse osmosis systems

• Prevents biofilm formation, slime buildup, and microbiologically influenced corrosion in aqueous systems

• Used in pulp and paper mill water systems and textile processing water circuits

2. Mining Chemicals

• Preservative for mineral slurries, ore processing chemicals, and flotation agents

• Used in hydrometallurgical processing solutions, heap leach operations, and mineral concentrate slurries

• Protects mining chemical formulations including collectors, frothers, and depressants

• Added to drilling fluids for exploration and production drilling

3. Textile Chemicals

• Applied in textile finishing baths including softeners, hand builders, and wrinkle resistance treatments

• Used in sizing and desizing baths, scouring agents, and bleaching formulations

• Protects printing pastes, dye baths, and fabric treatment formulations

• Added to anti-static agents, water repellents, and flame retardant finishes

4. Leather Processing Chemicals

• Preservative in leather soaking and liming formulations

• Used in tanning floats, retanning solutions, and fatliquoring emulsions

• Protects leather finishing sprays, coatings, and conditioning products

5. Paper and Pulp Chemicals

• Used in paper machine wet end additives, retention aids, and drainage aids

• Protects coating colors, starch solutions, and paper sizing agents

• Applied in pulp slurries, broke systems, and white water circuits

6. Rubber Processing Chemicals

• Preservative for natural rubber latex and synthetic rubber latex compounds

• Used in latex dipping formulations, foam rubber production, and rubber adhesive compounds

• Protects rubber processing aids, anti-tack agents, and mold release agents

7. Oil and Gas Chemicals

• Used in oilfield production chemicals including scale inhibitors, corrosion inhibitors, and demulsifiers

• Applied in fracturing fluids, completion fluids, and workover fluids

• Protects drilling fluid additives, cement slurries, and pipeline chemicals

8. Environmental and Green Chemicals

• Used in biodegradable surfactant formulations and bio-based solvent systems

• Applied in wastewater treatment enzymes and renewable polymer preservatives