Floor polishing method and article

Abstract

Abstract This invention relates to methods of using coating compositions, and especially to floor polishing compositions, which are particularly suitable for applying glossy finishes on wood, rubber, glass, tile and linoleum surfaces, either with or without paint or varnish finishes, and to the resulting article. These compositions adapted to be used for polishing floors, furniture, and the like, are formed of an aqueous dispersion having a pH of at least 7.0 and containing, as essential components, water, a wax, a water-insoluble linear polymer of monoethylenically unsaturated molecules, and a dispersing agent in a proportion from 0.1 to 20 percent by weight, based on the total weight of polymer and wax, any content of alkali-soluble resin being not over 50 percent by weight, based on the weight of the polymer, any alkali-soluble resin, if present, preferably being selected from the group consisting of shellac, Manila gum, Loba gum and alkali-soluble alkyds or polyesters, the improvement consisting in using for essentially the entire weight of the polymer, A. a water-insoluble linear copolymer of I. 10 to 55 percent by weight of at least one nitrile of acrylic or methacrylic acid, and II. 45 to 90 percent by weight of at least one ester of (a) acrylic acid with a saturated aliphatic alcohol having one to 18 carbon atoms or (b) methacrylic acid with n-butanol or a saturated aliphatic alcohol having five to 18 carbon atoms, THE SUM OF THE PROPORTIONS OF (I) and (II) totaling 100 percent, OR B. a water-insoluble linear copolymer of 1. 10 TO 55 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF AT LEAST ONE NITRILE OF ACRYLIC OR METHACRYLIC ACID, 2. 20 TO 60 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF AT LEAST ONE ESTER OF ACRYLIC OR METHACRYLIC ACID WITH A SATURATED ALIPHATIC ALCOHOL HAVING ONE TO 18 CARBON ATOMS, 3. 0 TO ABOUT 60 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF AT LEAST ONE OTHER WATERINSOLUBLE MONOMER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF VINYL ACETATE, STYRENE, VINYLTOLUENE, VINYL CHLORIDE, AND VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE, AND 4. A. 1/2 TO 15 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF ACRYLIC ACID, METHYACRYLIC ACID OR ITACONIC ACID IN THE FORM OF AMINE, AMMONIUM OR ALKALI-METAL SALT, OR B. 4 TO 15 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF AT LEAST ONE MONOMER CONTAINING AN AMINE GROUP, THE SUM OF THE PROPORTIONS OF (1), (2), (3) AND (4) TOTALING 100 PERCENT, THE COMPONENTS OF THE COPOLYMER BEING SUCH THAT A FILM FORMED THEREOF HAS A KHN of about 2 to 20, and providing in the composition a weight ratio of copolymer to wax between 95:5 to 10:90.

Inventors

• 👤 R Zdanowski

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