Condea Chemie Gmbh

Ni Chemicals, Inc.

Anders Svensson

Klaus F Noweck

Arnold Meyer

Jan L Schiefler

A composition for use as a paint detackifying and sedimentation agent is disclosed, which includes 60 to 80% by weight of alumina Al.sub.2 O.sub.3) in pseudoboehmite or boehmite form, either in X-ray amorphous form or with a crystallite size of 20 to 150 A. The composition of the invention may include foam inhibitors, or other conventional additives. A process for use of the composition of the invention is also disclosed in which the composition is added as a 5-30% aqueous dispersion or in dry form to the circulating water of a paint spraying booth and used in a quantity of 1 to 10% by weight, based on 1 kg of the paint to be detackified.

Process for paint detackifying and sedimentation

A method of detackifying paint overspray formed of paint particles and water is disclosed. The method involves contacting the overspray with a defined organophilic clay and separating the detackified paint particles from the water.

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Vaxjo, Sweden

Anders Svensson