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Silicones for household, cleaning, and care solutions
Modern-day fabrics must meet a considerable number of expectations: they should be easy to iron, water-repellent, and pleasantly soft against the skin. Speaking of surfaces: they should be easy to maintain while also being protected from environmental factors. These applications are just ideal for innovative silicones to demonstrate their true potential.
Let’s take a deep dive into our silicone solutions for home and household care products
Meet our experts at the SEPAWA CONGRESS 2026 to discover how our silicones help modern home and household care products make the world a little brighter.
Arrange an appointment with our experts and get the latest insights first-hand.
October 14 - 16, 2026
ECC Estrel Congress Center Berlin
Booth B308 - 309
Our WACKER portfolio offers a wide range of high-end, market-driven silicone additives for cleaning products as well as fabric, surface and automotive care solutions that can be combined easily to meet your specific requirements.
How can you reduce the cost of fabric softeners while improving their performance?
By replacing esterquats with silicones. Thanks to their exceptional softening power, silicones can be used as a replacement for much larger amounts of esterquats, thus reducing raw material consumption while cutting your energy and heating costs.
Additionally, silicones improve the quality of the final product, making fabrics softer, easier to iron and overall easier to care for.
How do you achieve fluorine-free impregnation?
Their outstanding hydrophobicity make customized silicones and silicone-based formulations reliable barriers to water and stains. And they can also be used on a wide variety of surfaces, from textiles to porous materials such as wood, cork and stone.
How do you control foam?
Our SILFOAM®portfolio offers you a broad range of highly efficient antifoaming agents for many household applications.
How do you prolong the life of fabrics and clothing?
Shear and frictional forces subject fabric to mechanical stress when worn or washed.
Even in small amounts, silicones reduce friction, keeping fibers from catching on each other and allowing fabrics to retain their shape and color and resist damage.
How can you optimize surface care products with silicones?
We offer a wide range of silicone products for high-quality care formulations. Our product portfolio includes silicone oils, organo-modified silicones, silicone resins and waxes, as well as corresponding oil-in-water emulsions. Silicones simplify application, enhance polish performance, improve gloss and color depth, and provide long-lasting protection against environmental influences.
How do silicones enhance shine and protection in car care products?
Automotive care products are complex formulations, and silicones play a crucial role in many of them. Even in small amounts, they give these products their unique performance characteristics. We offer a broad portfolio of silicones for liquid, cream and wax-based car cleaning and care products – each providing a range of valuable conditioning and moisture-protection properties.
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