Applications    Overview Agriculture Building and Construction Chemical Processing Personal Care and Cleaning Products Oil and Gas Exploration Paints and Coatings Paper Textiles   CELLOSIZE™ HEC is a useful gloss and ink hold-out size for paper and paperboard. Advantages of printing paper size with CELLOSIZE HEC include superior definition of printed images, lower cost because of lower penetration of the top coat, and high gloss. It can be applied to paper or paperboard at either the size press or the calender stack. In paper sizing, 0.1 to 0.5 pounds per 1000-square feet (0.5 to 2.5 grams per square meter) is the usual application. CELLOSIZE HEC offers other desirable properties in paper applications, including its ready solubility in water; compatibility with most gums, resins, and inorganic salts; low biological oxygen demand; low foaming tendency, and its ability to form clear films. Learn About Other Dow Products for Paper