A solvent system is provided, which enables increased amount of exact color tone recipes even when using with currently known dispensing machines having a minimum dispensing limit of 0.01-0.02 ml of a color paste component. The system enables a capability of tinting paints in a tone-accurate manner even into aerosol paint cans of small filling volume. The system provides a capability of radically reducing the amount of various ready-to-use aerosol paints and aerosol base paints stocked by a storekeeper. The disclosure provides an aerosol paint for tinting, as well as a tinted aerosol paint which is suitable for use in a process of mechanized tinting, and by which a good paint coverage on a painted surface is achieved.

The present invention relates to a composition comprising an aqueous dispersion of multistage polymer particles comprising a first and a second phase, wherein the first phase comprises structural units of a carboxylic acid monomer or a salt thereof, and a nonionic ethylenically unsaturated monomer; and wherein the second phase comprises a first and second polymer, wherein the first phase or the second phase first polymer or both comprise structural units of a high T.sub.g hydrophobic monomer; and wherein the second phase second polymer comprises at least 80 percent structural units of styrene. The high T.sub.g hydrophobic monomer is defined as being one or more of the following monomers: cyclohexyl methacrylate, isobornyl methacrylate, 4-t-butyl methacrylate, t-butylstyrene, or n-butyl methacrylate. The multistage polymer particles are useful as opaque polymers, which are used in pigmented coating formulations to reduce the load of TiO.sub.2. The particles exhibit excellent collapse resistance and unusually low dry bulk density, and do not require acrylonitrile to achieve this desired combination of properties.

Solutions to the problems of scuffing and chipping of the paint films in high traffic areas and in tight spaces, such as dressing rooms in department stores, where multiple scrapings of the wall paints are created by consumers, clothes hangers, shoes, etc., and hallways and conference rooms in office and other commercial buildings are disclosed. Wax seeded latex polymers admixed with an added wax in architectural compositions and optionally with polyurethane resin are utilized to create paint films that are resistant to scuffing and chipping.

Stain-blocking polymers, as well as primers, kits, and methods that include such polymers, wherein the stain-blocking polymer is an emulsion latex polymer including interpolymerized monomers including: at least 1 wt-%, based on the total weight of the interpolymerized monomers, of one or more acrylic acid ester monomers of Formula (I):
RO—C(O)—CH═CH.sub.2
wherein: R is a branched alkyl group having a tertiary carbon atom, a cycloaliphatic group, or a combination thereof; optionally, one or more (meth)acrylate monomers selected from n-butyl (meth)acrylate, ethylhexyl (meth)acrylate, methyl (meth)acrylate, and combinations thereof; optionally, one or more wet adhesion monomers; and optionally, styrene; and wherein the stain-blocking primer includes at least 10 wt-%, based on the total nonvolatile weight of the primer, of the emulsion latex polymer; an aqueous carrier; and optionally, one or more additives selected from a surfactant, thickener, coalescent, biocide, mildewcide, colorant, and combinations thereof.

The present invention relates to a composition comprising an aqueous dispersion of polymer particles; b) anion exchange resin particles; and c) an aminosilane. The composition achieves a more desirable balance of stain blocking and stain removal properties in pigmented coating formulations over compositions that contain the latex and the aminosilane but no anion exchange resin, or the latex and the ion exchange resin but no aminosilane.

Provided is a water-based epoxy resin composition and a cured product thereof, the water-based epoxy resin composition obtained by blending a water-based epoxy resin (A) and a curing agent composition (B) containing a reaction product (b1) of epichlorohydrin and an amine compound represented by the following formula (1), the water-based epoxy resin composition having a content ratio of the component (A) and the component (B) defined as [number of epoxy groups in component (A)/number of active amine hydrogens in component (B)] of 1/1.1 to 1/0.3:

H.sub.2N—CH.sub.2—A—CH.sub.2—NH.sub.2   (1)

wherein A is a 1,2-phenylene group, a 1,3-phenylene group, or a 1,4-phenylene group.

A point-of-sale custom color system for tinting base paints and stains includes an array of powdered colorants, including at least white, green, blue and red colorants, which can be used to tint water-borne paints and stains. When tinting solvent-borne base paints or stains, at least one siccative and at least one synergist containing one or more cosolvents, dispersing agents or surfactants are added to or are a part of the solvent-borne base paint or stains, and enable effective tinting using the powdered colorants.

The invention relates to a silicate coating containing (A) at least one compound of the formula (I), ##STR00001##
where R.sup.1 represents H, C.sub.1-C.sub.4-alkyl, CH.sub.2CH.sub.2OH, or CH.sub.2CH(CH.sub.3)OH, (B) at least one silicate binder, (C) if appropriate, one or more polymer binders, (D) if appropriate, further additives usual for the production of silica coatings, and (E) water.

An aqueous barrier coat for formable cellulosic substrates comprises a blend of A) at least one aqueous polymer binder dispersion at 40 wt % to 95 wt %, B) at least one active filler at 3 wt % to 30 wt % and, C) one or more optional additives, such as wetting additives, dispersants, thickeners, defoamers, and crosslinkers. Crystallinity is present in at least one of the polymer binder dispersion and active filler particle. The resulting dried film has a shear storage modulus between 50° C. and 60° C. in the range of 1.5×10.sup.6 to 1×10.sup.9 Pascals, a shear storage modulus between 80° C. and 90° C. in the range of 2×10.sup.5 to 5×10.sup.7 Pascals, and a shear storage modulus between 100° C. and 110° C. is in the range of 5×10.sup.3 to 1×10.sup.6 Pascals. The total weight % of crystalline polymer binder and the crystalline active filler combined is greater than 50%.

This disclosure relates to a glucose-sensing electrode including a nanoporous metal layer and an electrolyte ion-blocking layer formed over the nanoporous metal layer. The nanoporous metal layer is capable of oxidizing both glucose and maltose without an enzyme specific to glucose in the glucose-sensing electrode. The electrolyte ion-blocking layer is configured to inhibit Na.sup.+, K.sup.+, Ca.sup.2+, Cl.sup.−, PO.sub.4.sup.3− and CO.sub.3.sup.2− from diffusing toward the nanoporous metal layer such that there is a substantial discontinuity of a combined concentration of Na.sup.+, K.sup.+, Ca.sup.2+, Cl.sup.−, PO.sub.4.sup.3− and CO.sub.3.sup.2− between over and below the electrolyte ion-blocking layer.