A coating composition includes water, a plurality of flakes having a maximum dimension less than 0.05 inches, a plurality of inorganic fibers, a thixotropic suspending agent that is insoluble in water, and a resin. Decorative coating on a concrete substrate is also provided.

The current disclosure relates to aqueous vinyl polymer binder composition including (A) dispersed polymer particles including at least vinyl polymer A and vinyl polymer B, where vinyl polymer A has an acid value of from 26 to 110 mg KOH/g, where vinyl polymer B has an acid value of below 16.5 mg KOH/g, where M.sub.w of vinyl polymer B is higher M.sub.w of vinyl polymer A, where the vinyl polymer A and the vinyl polymer B are present in a weight ratio of from 5:95 to 95:5, where vinyl polymer A is obtained by heterogeneous radical polymerization of a monomer composition A in an aqueous phase; and where vinyl polymer B is obtained by emulsion polymerizing a monomer composition B in the presence of the vinyl polymer A; and (b) a crosslinking agent.

The present invention provides a polymer emulsion having heat sealability for a blister package, and a method for preparing the same. Since the polymer emulsion of the present invention includes latex particles having an average particle diameter of a nanosize and a low unimodal particle size distribution, it may exhibit uniform and stable emulsion properties, particularly excellent heat sealability, and thus may be suitably used for a blister package and on the like. Furthermore, the polymer emulsion of the present invention is polymerized in an aqueous medium without using an organic solvent, and thus enables provision of a blister package with minimized harmfulness to a human body and the environment.

An imitation ceramic vase manufactured by a method which includes the following steps. (1) Applying a primer layer material on a vase made by a non-ceramic material, and letting the primer layer material to dry. (2) Applying at least one layer of first middle layer material on the primer layer material on the non-ceramic material vase. (3) Applying at least a layer of second middle layer material on the first middle layer material, and letting the second middle layer material to dry, the second middle layer material having a color which is different from that of the first middle later material. (4) Applying a surface layer material on at least one of the first middle layer material and the second middle layer material, and letting the surface layer material to dry. The surface layer material is a polyurethane imitating porcelain surface coating or an ultraviolet imitating porcelain surface coating.

A pumpable shelf-stable suspension of fibers in an organic phase comprising 1.0-60 wt % of fibers and 0.01-10 wt % of a disubstituted urea is proposed as well as a method using the disubstituted urea to suspend fibers in an organic phase.

The present invention provides aqueous compositions for use in coating wood joinery, especially for exterior use, comprising (a) one or more dihydrazide compounds in a total amount of from 0.5 to 4 wt. %, based on the total weight of composition solids and (b) of one or more aqueous multistage emulsion copolymers containing, as (i) a first stage, an emulsion copolymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) via differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) of from 50 to 30 C., and containing, in copolymerized form one or more monoethylenically unsaturated phosphorous acid monomers and, one or more keto group containing amide monomers, and, as (ii) a second stage, an emulsion copolymer having a DSC Tg of at least 50 C. to 125 C., wherein the weight ratio of (i) the first stage to (ii) the second stage, based on copolymer solids, ranging from 50:50 to 90:10.

There are disclosed nanoemulsion optical materials, methods of making nanoemulsion optical materials and optical articles comprising nanoemulsion optical materials. A nanoemulsion optical material includes a polymer matrix and a plurality of nano-droplets, comprising an optically interactive material, directly dispersed within the polymer matrix.

An aqueous coating composition is provided that is useful in coating a variety of substrates, including interior or exterior portions of food or beverage cans. The coating composition includes a resin system that includes a multi-stage latex. In some embodiments, the multi-stage latex is formed using a process that includes emulsion polymerizing two or more stages in the presence of an aqueous dispersion including a water-dispersible polymer. In certain preferred embodiments, the water-dispersible polymer is a polyether polymer.

The present invention relates to the use of aqueous polymer dispersions of a polymer P obtainable by emulsion polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers M in the presence of at least one anionic emulsifier as binders in a waterborne coating formulation having a pH of at least pH 9.5. The polymer dispersion is an aqueous polymer dispersion of a polymer P obtainable by emulsion polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers M in the presence of at least one anionic emulsifier, where the monomers M comprise or consist of the following monomers M1, M2 and optionally M3 and/or M4 a) 90 to 99.9% by weight, based on the total weight of monomers M, of monomers M1 selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1-C.sub.20 alkylesters of acrylic acid, C.sub.1-C.sub.20 alkylesters of methacrylic acid, C.sub.5-C.sub.20 cycloalkylesters of acrylic acid, C.sub.5-C.sub.20 cycloalkylesters of methacrylic acid, and monovinylaromatic monomers, where the relative amount of monovinylaromatic monomers does not exceed 15% by weight, based on the total weight of monomers M; b) 0.1 to 5% by weight, based on the total weight of monomers M, of monomers M2 selected from monoethylenically unsaturated monomers bearing at least one carboxyl group; c) 0 to 2% by weight, based on the total weight of monomers M, of one or more monoethylenically unsaturated monomers M3 bearing at least one sulfate or sulfate group; and d) 0 to 5% by weight or less than 0.5% by weight, based on the total weight of monomers M, of one or more ethylenically unsaturated non-ionic monomers M4 different from the monomers M1, M2 and M3; 25 whereby the emulsion polymerization is carried out in the presence of a base in such an amount sufficient to neutralize more than 20 mol-%, in particular at least or more than 25 mol-% and especially at least 30 mol-% of the carboxyl groups of all monomers M2.

An aqueous coating composition contains: (A) a polyacid polymer containing a phosphonate and/or phosphinate functional group, wherein the polyacid polymer has a weight average molecular weight of 2000 to 25000 g/mol and comprises, by weight based on the weight of the polyacid polymer, from 20% to 100% of structural units of an acid monomer, a salt thereof, or mixtures thereof; and from zero to 80% of structural units of an ethylenically unsaturated nonionic monomer; (B) an emulsion polymer comprising, by weight based on the weight of the emulsion polymer, from 0.3% to 2.5% of structural units of an ethylenically unsaturated phosphorous-containing acid monomer, a salt thereof, or mixtures thereof; from zero to 10% of structural units of an additional acid monomer, a salt thereof, or mixtures thereof; and structural units of an ethylenically unsaturated nonionic monomer; (C) from 0.005% to 0.15%, by weight based on the weight of the aqueous coating composition, of a polyethylenimine, a modified polyethylenimine, or mixtures thereof; having a weight average molecular weight of 500 to 50000 grams per mole; and (D) a pigment, an extender, or mixtures thereof; where the coating composition has a pigment volume concentration of 78% to 86%.