S. C. Johnson Son, Inc.

Holly Ann St Martin

Paul A Clark

Cary E Manderfield

A protective sealant composition that is useful for sealing a colorant to a substrate, such as carpet. The protective sealant composition is formulated such that, upon drying, the composition forms a topcoat on the surface of the substrate, with the topcoat having a hard component and a soft component. The composition provides a durable protection against color fading and resoiling to the applied colorant, as well as to the rest of the surface of the substrate. The composition also provides wear resistance to the carpet by reducing the amount that the widths of the top ends of carpet fibers increase when subjected to wearing.

Composition for sealing a colorant to a surface, protecting a surface, and providing wear resistance to a surface

Composition for sealing a colorant to a surface and/or for protecting a surface

A composition for treating carpets. The composition seals and protects a portion of a polyester carpet to which a colorant is applied such that, after the polyester carpet is walked on by 30,000 steps and vacuumed by 600 strokes, the &#x394;E(l:c=2:1) of the portion of the polyester carpet to which the colorant is applied is less than about 6.0. The &#x394;Cof the portion of the polyester carpet to which the colorant is applied is less than about &#x2212;3.0 D. The composition imparts wear resistance to a nylon carpet such that an average width of free ends of carpet fibers that form the nylon carpet increases by less than about 10% when the nylon carpet is subjected to a simulated wear test that includes contacting the carpet fibers to a steel beating bar, covered with nylon, in a drum rotating at thirty-five rotations/minute for seventy-two hours.

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Kenosha, WI, United States of America

Holly Ann St Martin