Formulation Performance and Problem Solving. Specialty Chemical encompasses many different application areas. A. S. Paterson Company products provide a variety of performance benefits to many applications. Specialty Chemical Application Colour Resin / Polymer Wax Additive Soap & Detergent Carpet Care Floor Finish Water Treatment Metal Working Automotive Soap and Detergent Soaps and detergents are designed to wet out soils on a surface and emulsify or suspend them in water allowing the soil to be rinsed away. A. S. Paterson Company carries a range of surfactants that play the major role in this process. We also have a vast array of colours and can select a grade to be stable in a specific formulation. Carpet Care Carpet Care includes cleaning products suitable for the various cleaning techniques and stain protection for both carpet and fabric surfaces. A. S. Paterson Company has surfactants, optical brighteners and polymer additives that can increase the performance of your carpet care products. Floor Finishes Floor finish is a term used for protective finishes applied to flooring such as vinyl tile, terrazzo, glazed tile, concrete and wood. Typically, these finishes are designed to be maintained and periodically removed and re-applied. Floor finishes consist of: Floor Finishes = Polymer + Levelling resins + Wax + Coalescing Solvents + Additives A. S. Paterson Company offers all components of floor finishes except for the solvent. We offer formulation support in this area as well. Materials used in paint, ink, floor finish and soap and detergent find application in a variety of other areas. Our products enhance the performance of formulations for: Water treatment (surfactants, dye, defoamer, anticorrosive additives). Metal working (surfactants, dye, defoamer, waxes, anticorrosive additives). Automotive chemicals (surfactants, dye, defoamer, waxes, anticorrosive additives). Contact us and we will show you how.