Business Combinations- Fair Value Disclosure (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Business Combination Separately Recognized Transaction [Abstract]
Payments To Acquire Businesses Gross	$ 170,829,000
Cash paid to extinguish Houghton Debt obligations	702,556,000
Business Acquisition Equity Interest Issued Or Issuable Value Assigned	789,080,000
Business Combination Consideration Transferred	$ 1,662,465,000
Business Acquisition Equity Interest Issued Or Issuable Description	Amount was determined based on 4.3 million shares, comprising 24.5% of the common stock of the Company at closing, and the closing price per share of Quaker Chemical Corporation common stock of $182.27 on August 1, 2019.