Cresylic acid resin-polyamide varnish

Claim 1

A COMPOSITION OF MATTER CAPABLE OF BEING HARDENED UNDER HEAT AND PRESSURE CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF BETWEEN ABOUT 55-70 PERCENT OF A POLYAMIDE DERIVED FROM THE REACTION OF A DIAMINE WITH A DICARBOXYLIC ACID, AND BETWEEN ABOUT 45-30 PERCENT OF A CRESYLIC ACID-FORMALDEHYDE CONDENSATION PRODUCT DERIVED FROM A CRESYLIC ACID COMPRISING PREDOMINANTLY META AND PARA CRESOLS AND XYLENOLS, WHEREIN AT LEAST THIRTY PERCENT OF THE CRESOL CONTENT IS META CRESOL AND THE REMAINDER TO THE CRESOLS CONSISTS PREDOMINANTLY OF PARA CRESOL AND WHEREIN NOT MORE THAN TWELVE PERCENT OF THE XYLENOLS ARE 3,4 OR 3,5 XYLENOLS, THE REMAINDER OF THE XYLENOLS PRESENT HAVING A BOILING POINT BELOW SAID 3,4-3,5 XYLENOLS, SAID CONDENSATION PRODUCT CONTAINING A MAXIMUM OF ABOUT 1.5 PERCENT FREE FORMALDEHYDE.