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Cleaner and Primers
AFTC Cleaner and Primers
To achieve the perfect bond, surface preparation is
a must. The AFTC SilverClean and Primers 33 and
101 will help you to reach this by offering excellent
cleaning and priming characteristics.
AFTC Primers 33 & 101
AFTC Primers are designed to work in conjunction
with acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive systems.
When used correctly, adhesion promoters become
a thin film on the surface of the material on which it
is applied. The film anchors itself onto the material
surface. The surface energy of this film is typically
higher than the material to which the adhesion
promoter is applied. The higher the surface energy
level, the better the bond of the pressure sensitive
adhesive. The adhesion promoters are compatible
with AFTC Group SilverTape acrylic foam tapes.
AFTC SilverClean
The AFTC SilverClean is an isopropanol/alcohol
mixture (IPA). This cleaner has excellent degreasing
capabilities and is, due to its volatile nature,
extremely suitable for time critical applications
which many of our, and our customers’, applications
are. The AFTC SilverClean is suitable for light to
medium contaminated materials. Grease, dust, oils
etc. are easily removed by this cleaner.
In case of high contamination levels, AFTC advises
a more aggressive cleaner like MEK, Heptan or
Aceton.
AFTC offers two different primers; the 33 and the
101. Although both primers cover a lot of the same
materials, we see slightly better performance of
the 33 in combination with powder coated metals,
whereas the 101 shows a better performance on
a wide variety of polymers (plastics). To determine
which primer is suitable for your application, please
contact your AFTC Technical Sales Engineer.
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