BYK

BYK

BYK-Gardner is your partner for complete QC solutions for coatings and plastics testing, specialising in colour, appearance, and physical properties. 

Products include:

  • Haze / Gloss
  • Portable & Laboratory Colour
  • Physical Properties of Plastics & Coatings 
BYK Gloss

Gloss is a visual impression resulting from surface evaluation. The more direct light reflected, the more obvious the impression of gloss...

BYK Colour

Ten million! That is the number of different colours that we can distinguish. No wonder we cannot remember colours well enough to identify a...

BYK Orange Peel / DOI

The total appearance and the visibility of structures depend on the structure size, the observing distance and the image forming quality. ...

BYK Abrasion

Used to test scrub abra­sion resis­tance of coated sur­faces caused by a brush, sponge, or other means.  The Wet Abra­...

BYK Adhesion

In order to perform satisfactorily, coatings must adhere to the substrates on which they are applied. In practice, three...

BYK Byko-Charts

BYK-Gard­ner offers a wide range of draw­down cards and charts for vir­tu­ally any appli­ca­tion and coat­ing...

BYK Application

The byko-drive Auto­matic Appli­ca­tor is an eco­nom­i­cal film appli­ca­tor that improves...

BYK Film Thickness

Dry Film Thickness

Measuring coating thickness accurately maximizes quality and minimizes material costs.  Dry film...

BYK Temperature

Today’s industrial mass production would not be possible without the use of baked coatings. Drying times (baking times) varying between a...

BYK Viscosity

Viscosity is a measure of the resistance of a fluid to deform under shear stress. It is commonly perceived as thickness, or resistance to pouring...