Silanes have been shown to improve film properties of resin systems when they are reacted into the resin or incorporated into a resin solution as additives. The improved properties result from their unique functionality, which allows for inter-polymer crosslinking and chemical bonding to many substrates. Due to the high reactivity of silanes, especially towards hydrolysis and self-condensation, their use as additives in water-based systems can be limited. Therefore, it would be desirable to successfully disperse the silane additive into water-based resin systems and have that system remain stable. Work was done to investigate the structure, functionality and processing conditions to successfully disperse silanes with different functionality and molecular weight in latex resin. Application work was done to test the impact of these silane additives in clear resins and paint formulations. This application work has shown advantages of the dispersed silanes versus standard latex in fully formulated systems. The authors reason that the property enhancements afforded by this new technology should be applicable to DTM, architectural and industrial maintenance coatings.