The invention relates to novel defoaming powders, containing (A) 100 wt.% of a
defoamer formulation, containing (Aa) a polysiloxane which contains units of the formula (I): R1R2SiO2 / 2, in which R1 is a monovalent, optionally branched, SiC-bonded
hydrocarbon group with 1 to 5 C atoms, R2 is a monovalent, optionally branched, SiC-bonded
hydrocarbon group with 6 to 30 C atoms, (Ab) a filler, (Ac) an organopolysiloxane resin made of units of the general formula (II): R3 a(R4O)bSiO(4-a-b) / 2, in which R3 is a monovalent, optionally substituted, SiC-bonded
hydrocarbon group with 1 to 30 C atoms, R4 is a
hydrogen atom or a monovalent, optionally substituted hydrocarbon group with 1 to 4 C atoms, a is 0, 1, 2, or 3, and b is 0, 1, 2, or 3 with the proviso that the sum of a + b ≤ 3 and, in less than 50% of all the units of the formula (II), the sum of a + b = 2, optionally an additional organopolysiloxane (Ad), optionally a water-insoluble
organic compound (Ae), and optionally a catalyst (Af), (B) 10 to 45 wt.% of a
wax-like additive containing a monoester (B') of glycerin and a
fatty acid which is free of a polysiloxane-containing additive and which contains less than 5 wt.% of a triester (B") of glycerin and a
fatty acid, (C) 10 to 50 wt.% of a polycarboxylate binder which has a pH of 3 or less when dissolved in water, and (D) 120 to 5000 wt.% of at least one pulverulent
carrier material with the proviso that the
carrier material contains less than 50 wt.% of an alkaline
carrier material.