Columbia Insurance Company

Benjamin Moore&co.

Clarena Shavel

Robert J Sheerin

Yong Yang

Dimitri Peter Zafiroglu

Gary Dandreaux

Glenn Cooper

Johanna Garcia

Stefanie Iannacone

Glen Cooper

William Somers

Rita Desai

Melissa Fagan

Dimitri Zafiroglu

A thin highly-open fabric or sleeve is placed over a paint roller cover, allowing the flow of paint in and out of the roller cover and smoother paint films.

Porous fabric or sleeve covering for paint roller cover

The present invention is directed to an aqueous architectural composition comprising a low Tg (less than about &#x2212;10&#xb0; C. and higher than about &#x2212;50&#xb0; C.) acrylic emulsion polymer with at least one cross-linkable moiety, and solid polyutherane (PU) or polybutylacrylate microspheres having a mean weight diameter of less than about 40 microns and a Tg of less than about 0&#xb0; C., wherein the solid PU spheres make up about 10% to about 20% by weight of the composition. The solid acrylic polymer without water and the PU spheres make up about 30% to about 40% by weight of the aqueous composition. A dried paint film formed by the inventive aqueous architectural composition can withstand at least about 500 cycles on the scrub test, and a gloss value at 60&#xb0; of less than about 2.5 GU.

Aqueous paint compositions with soft feel and light diffusion effects

The present invention relates to a latex composition containing polymer particles that are polymerized in at least two stages including a first phase polymer having a relatively high molecular weight and a relatively high glass transition temperature, and a second phase polymer having a relatively low molecular weight, a relatively high glass transition temperature, and polymerized from constituent monomers that include a crosslinkable monomer. Paint compositions and architectural coatings containing the latex composition according to the invention are also described herein, as well as substrates coated therewith.

Emulsion polymers having increased chalky substrate adhesion

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East Stroudsburg, PA, United States of America

Clarena Shavel