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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2011
Stephen Raper, Marietta, GA (US);
David Skelhorn, Cumming, GA (US);
Stephen Raper, Marietta, GA (US);
David Skelhorn, Cumming, GA (US);
Imerys Kaolin, Inc., Roswell, GA (US);
Abstract
A water-based paint composition may include at least one mineral treated with at least one hydrophobizing agent. The at least one mineral may include at least one of clay, kaolin, mica, titanium dioxide, talc, natural or synthetic silica or silicates, feldspars, nepheline syenite, talc, wollastonite, diatomite, barite, glass, and calcium carbonate. The at least one hydrophobizing agent may include at least one of fatty acids, fatty amines, and silanes. A method of making water-based paint may include treating at least one mineral with a hydrophobizing agent, and combining the at least one treated mineral with a binder.