What performance matters in this application?
The guide identifies the properties that normally influence successful use.
Application Guides
Connect Additive Function with Real Use Conditions
A product can meet its written specification and still produce a different result when the binder, filler, water level, mixing process, substrate, temperature or application method changes.
MICHEM Application Guides help customers understand how product functions connect with the complete formulation and the conditions in which the finished material is actually used.
These guides complement—not replace—product TDS documents and customer testing.
- What Performance that matters
- Which Additive functions
- Test What should be tested
- Change What can shift results
What the Guides Cover
Each guide is designed to answer four practical questions
Use this compass before you change dosage or replace a grade—map performance, function, testing and the variables that move the result.
Which additive functions may be relevant?
The guide connects performance targets with product functions such as water retention, polymer modification, rheology, water reduction, hydrophobicity, air control, setting control or fiber reinforcement.
What should be tested?
The guide identifies laboratory and application observations that help compare candidate products.
What can change the result?
The guide highlights formulation, processing and environmental variables that may affect performance.
Dry-Mix Mortar Guidance
Technical guidance for dry-mix systems
Because dry-mix formulations contain several interacting components, the additive system should be evaluated as a whole.
- Water retention
- Thickening
- Workability
- Open time
- Sag / slip resistance
- Adhesion
- Flexibility
- Flow
- Setting behavior
- Water resistance
- Air control
- Surface quality
Concrete & Infrastructure
Guidance focused on placement performance
The correct evaluation depends on the cement system, aggregate, mixing process, placement method and project performance requirements.
- Water reduction
- Flow and workability
- Setting control
- Early strength
- Plastic-shrinkage crack control
- Toughness
- Impact performance
- Reinforcement
- Durability
- Fiber dispersion
Coating & Decorative Materials
Technical guidance for coating-related systems
The appropriate additive direction should be confirmed in the customer’s own coating formulation.
- Thickening and rheology
- Suspension
- Application feel
- Storage stability
- Compatibility
- Water retention
- Film or surface consistency
From Laboratory to Production
Move evaluation from controlled trials to real use
Keep the same comparison logic as conditions widen—from lab baseline to production equipment to field application.
Laboratory
Establish a controlled baseline and compare candidate products.
Pilot / Production Trial
Confirm the formulation using actual raw materials and production equipment.
Application
Observe how the material behaves under the expected use conditions.
Review
If the result changes between stages, compare water level, raw materials, dosage, mixing, temperature, resting time, substrate and application method before changing the additive.
Use the Guide with the Right Documents
Pair each question with the correct document role
Understand the product grade.
Understand the formulation and use context.
Review product safety information.
Discuss a specific formulation or unexpected result.
Technical Guidance
Need Guidance for a Specific Material System?
Tell us what you manufacture, the target performance and where the current formulation is falling short.
Our technical team can help you choose the next evaluation step.