A E Staley Manufacturing Company

Larry P Avery

Larson B Dunn

William A Bomball

Raymond L Drury, Jr

Norman A Portnoy

Barbara J Hipple

Milton C Kintzley

A method of providing an adhesive resin and methods of providing glue mixes useful in plywood manufacture are provided. Also provided is a method of manufacturing plywood. An alkyl glycoside, e.g. methyl glucoside, is utilized in various ways in the manufacture of an adhesive resin, a glue mix and/or, a plywood panel to contribute various properties thereto. The plywood panel is useful as a structural material in a variety of settings.

Methods of making and using adhesive resins and glue mixes

Cold water soluble methylated, ethylated or carboxymethylated non-gelatinized granular starch materials are provided which are particularly well suited for use as thickeners and/or rheology modifiers in latex paint compositions. Such starch materials have a methyl, ethyl or carboxymethyl degree of substitution (D.S.) of from about 0.15 to about 1 and have a ratio of total inorganic anion content (in weight percent on a starch material dry solids weight basis) to methyl, ethyl or carboxymethyl D.S. of about 14 or less.

Starch derivatives and methods of making using same

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Oreana, IL, United States of America

Larry P Avery