Resinous compositions

Claim 1

A TACKY,SEMISOLID,COHESIVE EXPOXY RESINOUS COMPOSITION HAVING A USEFUL POT LIFE AND CAPABLE OF BEING HELD AT AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE FOR SEVERAL HOURS WITHOUT LOSS OF ITS TACKY SEMI-SOLID STATE, SAID COMPOSITION BEING FURTHER CHARACTERIZED BY EXHIBITING HIGH ADHENSION TO POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE POLYMER SURFACES AND BY RAPIDLY CURING TO AVERY TOUGH FLESIBLE WATER-RESISITANT MASS WHEN HEATED AFTER ADMIXING A CURING AGENT THEREWITH, AND COMPRISING THE CONDENSATION PRODUCT OF APPROXIMATELY 2 REACTION EQUIVALENTS OF A PARTIALLY ADMIDIZED POLYBASIC ACID AND MORE THAN 2 AND UP TO 6 REACTION EQUIVALENTS OF A 1,2 EPOXY RESIN, SAID PARTIALLY AMIDIZED POLYBASIC ACID BEING FORMED BY CONDENSING APPROXIMATELY TWO REACTION EQUIVALENTS OF POLYBASIC FATTY ACID WITH APPROXIMATELY ONE REACTION EQUIVALENT OF A SECONDARY AMINE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF DI-SECONDARY AMINES SECONDARY AMINES HAVING A FREE HYDROXYL SUBSTITUENT, AND MIXTURES THEREOF, SAID POLYBASIC ACID HAVING AN AVERAGE AT LEAST TWO CARBOXYLIC ACID GROUPS PER MOLECULE AND HAVING A CHAIN OF AT LEAST ABOUT 14 CARBON ATOMS SEPARATING THE CLOSEST CARBOXYLIC ACID GROUPS THEREOF.