Hard waxes and process for their

Claim 1

HARD WAXES YIELDING FILMS WITHS HIGH GLOSS COMPRISING AN ESTERIFICATION PRODUCT OF AN ALIPHATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID CONTAINING MORE THAN 18 CARBON ATOMS WITH A PRODUCT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF (A) ASROMATIC DIMETHYLOL COMPOUNDS IN WHICH ALL HYDROXYL GROUPS ARE BOUND TO ALIPHATIC CARBON ATOMS, (B) MIXTURES OF SAID AROMATIC DIMETHYLOL COMPOUNDS WITH AROMATIC METHYLOL COMPOUNDS OTHER THAN DIMETHYLOL COMPOUNDS, (C) MIXTURES OF PRODUCT A WITH DIHYDRIC TO TETRAHYDRIC ALIPHATIC ALCOHOLS, AND (D) MIXTURES OF PRODUCT B WITH DIHYDRIC TO TETRAHYDRIC ALIPHATIC ALCOHOLS AT LEAST 50 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF THE ALIPHATIC ALCOHOLS CONSISTING OF DIHYDRIC ALIPHATIC ALCOHOLS IN WHICH WAXES AT LEAST 10 MOL PERCENT OF THE ALCOHOLIC COMPONENT CONSIST OF THE DIMETHYLOL COMPONENT AND IN WHICH NON-ESTSERIFIED CARBOXYLIC GROUPS ARE CONVERTED INTO A SALT OF A METAL OF MAIN GROUPS 1 TO 2 OF THE PERIODIC TABLE.