DISPERBYK-192 is a VOC and solvent-free wetting and dispersing additive for aqueous coating systems, printing inks and liquid colour masterbatches for thermoplastics and to manufacture pastes for unsaturated polyester resin systems or gel coats. It is particularly suitable for producing stable effect pigment dispersions. The additive deflocculates pigments by means of steric stabilisation. As a result of the small particle sizes of the deflocculated pigments, high levels of gloss can be achieved and the colour strength is improved. Transparency and hiding power also increase and viscosity is reduced. In this way, the flow characteristics are also improved and higher pigment loading is possible.