Butyl Glycol for Coating and Cleaning Formulations

A butyl glycol enquiry should identify the exact solvent before discussing price. Similar trade names and neighbouring glycol ether products create avoidable purchasing errors. A clear product identity keeps your formulation and supplier documents aligned.

Confirm the chemical identity

Butyl glycol is also known as 2-butoxyethanol or ethylene glycol monobutyl ether. Its CAS number is 111-76-2. BASF describes it as a liquid miscible with water and common organic solvents at room temperature. It belongs to the glycol ether family.

Butyl diglycol has a different chemical identity and CAS number. Write the approved product name and CAS number into your enquiry, purchase order, and incoming material record.

Review the role in your formulation

Butyl glycol has applications in coatings and cleaning products. Select it against the requirements of your finished formulation rather than a general solvent description. Manufacturer application and safety documents provide a starting point for this review.

For a coating trial, assess compatibility with the approved binder system, application behaviour, and the finished film. For a cleaner, test the approved formula against the intended soil and surface. Record the results using your established test methods.

Agree the purchasing checks

Request the manufacturer specification, batch certificate of analysis, and current safety data sheet. Agree which parameters your process needs, including purity, water content, colour, or other relevant limits. Match the supplied batch information with the drum labels.

Confirm net weight, packaging condition, and whether the material arrives in original sealed drums. Route the SDS to your site team before delivery so receiving and storage arrangements suit the exact product. Any source or grade change should pass your approval process before production.

Send Grace Chemicals the exact butyl glycol identity, specification, drum requirement, and order quantity for a quotation.