Abstract: The invention relates to an improvement in adhesive polymeric binders for nonwoven products and to the nonwoven product. The basic polymeric binder is comprised of emulsion polymerized units of vinyl acetate, ethylene and self-crosslinking monomer(s), e.g., N-methylol acrylamide. The improvement in the adhesive polymeric binder for forming nonwoven webs comprised largely of synthetic fibers resides in the presence of vinyl chloride polymerized into the vinyl acetate/ethylene polymer backbone.

Abstract: A packaged pre-moistened wet wipe comprising a web of nonwoven fibers bonded with a water soluble and/or dispersible polymeric binder in contact with an aqueous composition which is substantially free of boric acid and contains a sufficient amount of a water-binding compound, which preferably is a salt of an organic or inorganic acid, to prevent the dissolution/redispersion of the water soluble/dispersible components of the binder composition while imbuing the nonwoven with a wet tensile strength that is at least as great as that afforded by a 4 wt % boric acid solution.