Wax compositions are provided with improved properties for various applications, such as coating of composite cellulosic materials, e.g., composite wood material, more specifically oriented strand board. As described herein, wax compositions include a kinematic viscosity measured at 100 C. of 13.1 mm.sup.2/s; and a contact angle on glass of 34.4, which provide enhanced water proofing properties. The wax composition may have a flash point of greater than 450 F. Wax composition are provided with improved properties for candle jars. As described herein, candle jar wax compositions include 150N foots oil and 600N slack wax. The wax composition can include up to about 80% 150N foots oil.

The present invention concerns a printing ink for a polyolefin polymer-based support, comprising at least a binder and at least a pigment, said binder being an oxidized polyolefin wax emulsified in water, said wax having a Brookfield viscosity less than 5000 mPa.Math.s at 150 C. and acidity between 28 and 32 mg KOH/g, the viscosity of said ink being less than 2000 mPa.Math.s at 25 C.

Bonded fibrous articles having one or more bonds that are in contact with a lotion and methods for making such bonded fibrous articles are provided.

A method of forming a film resistant to blocking including the steps of providing a polymeric film having a first and second surface; applying the anti-blocking agent in a fluid or molten state to at least the first surface of the polymeric film; and gathering the treated film. The anti-blocking agent may be substantially acrylic free.

A wet coating composition useful for coating a cellulosic fiber-based substrate is provided. The composition includes two aqueous emulsions. The first emulsion includes an oxidized paraffin/polyethylene wax and the second emulsion includes an ethylene/acrylic acid copolymer wax, ethylene/acrylic amide copolymer wax, ethylene/acrylic acid/acrylic amide copolymer wax or a mixture thereof. The oxidized paraffin/polyethylene wax has a surface energy less than or equal to 2 m N/m being substantially dispersive energy. The wet coating composition when dried forms a coating having a surface energy ranging from 20 to 60 m N/m being the sum of dispersive and polar energies. A process for treating a cellulosic fiber-based substrate with the wet coating composition, a substrate coated and articles including the coated substrate are also described. The process involves a heating step to allow migration of the coating towards a core of the cellulosic fiber-based substrate.

This invention is a highly insulating film, which is characterized by including a biaxially stretched film containing a styrene polymer having a syndiotactic structure as a main component, containing a thermoplastic amorphous resin Y having a glass transition temperature Tg by DSC of 130 C. or higher in an amount of 5% by mass or more and 48% by mass or less, and having a plane orientation coefficient (AP) represented by the following equation (1) of 0.027 or less: P=(Nx+Ny)/2Nz (1). In equation (1), Nx represents the minimum value of the refractive index in the plane direction of the film, Ny represents the refractive index in the direction perpendicular to Nx in the plane direction of the film, and Nz represents the refractive index in the thickness direction of the film.

A reaction product and hot melt adhesive compositions that include the reaction product are disclosed. The reaction product includes the reaction product of a first polymer that includes at least one of polypropylene homopolymer and polypropylene-alpha-olefin copolymer, a first wax that includes at least one of polyethylene wax, Fischer Tropsch wax and paraffin wax, and a free radical initiator and has a viscosity of no greater than 12,000 centipoise at 177 C.

Exemplary embodiments provide an erasable medium having an overcoat layer on a photochromic layer to provide a non-adhesive surface for the erasable medium when exposed to high temperatures, wherein the overcoat layer can include a latex or a mixture of a latex and a wax.