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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Neil R. Wilson, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Inventor:
Neil R. Wilson, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Assignee:
Henkel Kommandirgesellschaft auf Aktien, Duesseldorf, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D007/50 ; C11D003/43 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Paint residues may be removed from spraying equipment and the like by flushing with aqueous compositions containing alkoxylated aromatic alcohols wherein the aromatic ring moieties of such alcohols do not bear any alkyl substituent containing more than 4 carbon atoms. Preferably, the aqueous compositions also contain an alkanolamine or other base. The alkoxylated aromatic alcohols contain an average of at least about 2 oxyalkylene moieties (preferably, oxyethylene moieties) per molecule.