Silicones for household and cleaning solutions
Fabrics nowadays have to possess several properties, such as easy ironing, water repellency and softness. Our line of Protect & Care products makes it easy to meet these requirements.
Another advantage of innovative WACKER silicones is that they can be used in a wide range of applications without building up on the fabric.
Discover our silicone solutions – at SEPAWA in Berlin
We are excited to showcase our silicone solutions at this year’s SEPAWA Congress in Berlin, October 15 – 17, 2025. Meet us at booth B306 – 307.
Explore how WACKER’s household care portfolio helps you develop high-performing detergents, fabric softeners, ironing aids and surface-care solutions – delivering long-lasting benefits such as softness, hydrophilicity, anti-wrinkle and easy-ironing effects.
Our experts will also present solutions for additional applications:
- Automotive care: Explore our product portfolio to achieve special effects such as water repellency, gloss for car polishes and rinse-off properties for automatic car washes.
- Personal care: Be among the first to learn about our pioneering hair care polymers – developed through sustainable fermentation and eco-friendly processes.
Join us at our booth and our poster session to find out more!
Arrange an appointmentWe offer a market-driven range of high-end silicone fabric-care additives that can be used in any combination to meet your needs.
Even in small amounts, silicones additives allow manufacturers of cleaning agents and detergents to reduce their resource consumption. Silicones also extend the life of fabrics and make them easier to care for.
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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.
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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.
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Our SILFOAM®portfolio offers you a broad range of highly efficient antifoaming agents for many household applications.
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Our silicone-based additives for fabric softeners and ironing sprays reduce the friction between the fabric and the iron, making ironing easier and faster.
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.
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