Abstract: A method of forming a composite roofing overlay is provided which includes applying a bedding cement to a roofing surface, embedding a porous fabric in the bedding cement, followed by application of a primer and an elastomeric sealer. The bedding cement includes water-based paint waste and sand.

Abstract: Plastisol coatings and adhesives having reduced bulk density are provided by incorporating hollow thermoplastic microspheres, wherein the surface of the microspheres is wet by a surfactant which preferentially wets the surface of the microspheres, where the total solids content of the plastisol does not exceed the critical pigment volume concentration, and where the temperature and pressure of processing and use of the microsphere filled plastisol are kept to the minimums required for effective operation. Preferred hollow thermoplastic microspheres having a thermally bonded surface coating of a solid particulate material, such as calcium carbonate, silica, or the like are employed where the thermoplastic of the microspheres is wet by a surfactant which preferentially wets the surface of the thermoplastic and where the solid particulate material on the surface is wet by a surfactant or plasticizer which preferentially wets the solid particles are particularly effective in such plastisol coatings and adhesives.

Abstract: A sludge powder and sealant are prepared from paint sludge. A sludge powder is generated from a paint sludge having a volatiles content of 0-50% by weight by adding a processing filler thereto. A sealant composition is prepared by thereafter or concurrently therewith adding sealant ingredients including polymer, plasticizer, curative, and other sealant ingredients such as an adhesion promoter and sealant filler materials to the sludge powder. Alternatively, a sealant composition may be prepared by adding a paint sludge having a volatiles content of 0-50% by weight to the sealant ingredients, which may include a processing filler.

Abstract: An electrophoretic coatable sealant composition for use in assembling automobile bodies comprising an adhesive material selected from the group consisting of epoxys, urethanes, epoxyurethane hybrids, acrylics, epoxy-acrylic hybrids, polyvinylchlorides and mixtures thereof and a conductive filler in an amount such that the sealant composition will accept electrophoretic deposition of a primer composition yet preserve the adhesive properties of the sealant composition. The conductive filler is selected from the group consisting of non-treated furnace-type conductive carbon blacks.

Abstract: A method for making a filler from automotive paint sludge is provided. Paint sludge containing water, solvent and uncured polymer resin is treated by removing a first portion of the water by mechanically drying the sludge to produce a concentrated sludge, and a second portion of the water is removed by treating the sludge with a chemical drying agent to produce a dried powder. Alternatively, the second portion of the water may be removed by agitating the concentrated sludge under a vacuum to produce a dehydrated putty. The resulting dried powder or putty can then be used as a filler in sealants and other products.

Abstract: An electrophoretic coatable sealant composition for use in assembling automobile bodies comprising a polyvinyl chloride adhesive material and a conductive filler in an amount such that the sealant composition will accept electrophoretic deposition of a primer composition yet preserve the adhesive properties of the sealant composition. The conductive filler is selected from the group consisting of non-treated furnace-type conductive carbon blacks.

Abstract: Thermally stable hot applied plastisol compositions are especially useful in the assembly of metal parts. The compositions have adhesive and sealant qualities which allow them to be used in automotive assembly plants. Compositions of the invention comprise as major ingredients finely divided polyvinyl chloride resin, plasticizer, thermoplastic polymeric resin which is solid at room temperature but softens to a flowable state at application temperature, and an adhesion promotion system. Optionally a filler, wax, heat stabilizer, pigment, wetting agent, or mixtures thereof may be added. The individual components work synergistically to get good application properties, metal adhesion, wash-out resistance, and paintability.

Abstract: Thermally stable hot applied plastisol compositions are especially useful in the assembly of metal parts. The compositions have adhesive and sealant qualities which allow them to be used in automotive assembly plants. Compositions of the invention comprise as major ingredients finely divided polyvinyl chloride resin, plasticizer, thermoplastic polymeric resin which is solid at room temperature but softens to a flowable state at application temperature, and an adhesion promotion system. Optionally a filler, wax, heat stabilizer, pigment, wetting agent, or mixtures thereof may be added. The individual components work synergistically to get good application properties, metal adhesion, wash-out resistance, and paintability.

Abstract: An improved bedding composition for use in sealing insulating glass units to frames, mullions, or the like is provided. The bedding composition includes a polar solvent, a plasticizer, and an elastomer and is compatible with available insulating glass sealant compositions including hot melt adhesives.

Abstract: An improved bedding composition for use in sealing insulating glass units to frames, mullions, or the like is provided. The bedding compound includes a polar solvent, a plasticizer, and an elastomer and is compatible with available insulating glass sealant compositions including hot melt adhesives.

Abstract: A self-priming pressure-sensitive adhesive bonding tape is provided having a layer of a primary pressure-sensitive adhesive material coated onto one or more surfaces with a film of a secondary pressure-sensitive adhesive material. Both the primary and secondary pressure-sensitive adhesives are modified by the addition of adhesion promoters to enhance the wetting characteristics of the tape. The film thickness of the secondary pressure-sensitive adhesive is such that the film has discontinuities which enable at least a portion of the primary pressure-sensitive adhesive layer to be directly exposed to the substrate. Bonding is accomplished with the participation of both the primary and secondary pressure-sensitive adhesives.

Abstract: Articles of manufacture are disclosed which are funicularly shaped articles comprising a core of a hot-melt adhesive at least partially encased in a sheath of a plastic resin. Extended lengths of such articles can be wound upon a tubular core for each feed and delivery to a hot-melt adhesive extruder and dispensing apparatus. In a second embodiment of the invention, two or more funicularly shaped elements are encased in an outer plastic resin sheath.

Abstract: A coated bonding tape having improved peel strength combined with low temperature flexibility is disclosed in which a layer of impact-resistant material constituted by a milled layer of pigmented and plasticized elastomer is coated with a pressure-sensitive adhesive coating and in which the elastomer layer consists essentially of butyl rubbers, pigment and sufficient plasticizer for the elastomer to provide a half thickness reduction at a pressure below 800 psi. At least about 45% of the butyl rubber is cross-linked, at least about 20% of the butyl rubber is noncross-linked and has an average molecular weight of at least about 250,000, and at least about 60% of the pigment is of reinforcing character, the proportion of plasticizer providing a tape body having a strength of at least about 30 psi before plastic flow begins, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive coating is selected to provide a bond to the tape body which is strong enough to force the bonding tape to fail cohesively when peeled from a substrate.