The coating industry is one of the important application areas of wetting agents. Wetting agents play a role in reducing surface tension, improving pigment dispersion, and enhancing coating adhesion in coatings.

Wetting agents can assist dispersants in dispersing pigments, improving their dispersion efficiency and stability, and shortening grinding time. Wetting agents can enhance the adhesion between substrates and coatings, strengthen the adhesion of coatings, and improve the quality and service life of coatings. During the coating process, wetting agents can prevent adverse phenomena such as shrinkage and edge shrinkage, and improve the smoothness, flatness, and aesthetics of the coating film.

Wetting agents can reduce the surface tension of coatings, making them easier to spread and penetrate, and improving construction efficiency and quality.

With the increasingly strict environmental regulations, the coating industry has higher requirements for the environmental friendliness of wetting agents. In the future, more low toxicity and biodegradable environmentally friendly wetting agents will be developed to meet the sustainable development needs of the coating industry. In the future, wetting agents will gradually develop into multifunctional and efficient composite wetting agents. This wetting agent will have higher applicability, lower consumption, and can simultaneously meet the requirements of the coating industry for dispersibility, adhesion, construction performance, and other aspects.

With the continuous development of intelligent technology, the coating industry will gradually achieve intelligent production. In the future, the production of wetting agents will also introduce intelligent technology to improve production efficiency and product quality. With the deepening of global economic integration, the coating industry will face more intense international competition. In the future, China's coating industry will strengthen cooperation and exchanges with international peers to jointly promote innovation and development of wetting agent technology.

Wetting agents have significant advantages and broad development prospects in the coating industry. In the future, with the improvement of environmental protection requirements, technological innovation, and the application of intelligent production technology, the performance of wetting agents will be further improved, and the application fields will continue to expand. Paint industry enterprises should keep up with market trends, increase research and development investment, enhance product competitiveness, and meet constantly changing market demands.