Abstract: A filter medium for use in particulate filtering applications is disclosed. The filter medium is formed from a substrate capable of retaining the desired physical structure of the filter medium under the conditions of the filtering application, including temperature. A polyimide based stiffening agent adapted for treating the substrate is also provided.

Abstract: Novel leather articles comprise a substrate and a coating applied to a surface of the substrate. The coating comprises a prepolymer or resin. The prepolymer or resin can be produced, for example, by the reaction of (i) an isocyanate, (ii) at least one reactant selected from the group consisting of chain extenders, polyols, and combinations thereof, and (iii) an active hydrogen-terminated colorant. The active hydrogen-terminated colorant comprises a chromophore and an active hydrogen-terminated constituent bound to the chromophore. Novel methods for producing leather articles using active hydrogen-terminated colorants are also provided.

Abstract: A process for anti-microbal textile treatment which provides durable and anti-microbial textiles and methods for preparing same. Such textiles can be readily prepared using a wet curing process to covalently attach a Complex Formula Compounds to a cellulose based material or other polymeric material. Once prepared, the textiles of the present invention have a broad spectrum of biocide activity against pathogenic microorganisms, and durability and efficacy of the antimicrobial properties.

Abstract: Methods of enhancing repellency of fibers, carpet yarns and carpets are disclosed. Compositions used to enhance the repellency of fibers, carpet yarns and carpets are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for producing a carpet comprising the steps of (a) providing a carpet having a pile side formed from yarn fibers projecting through a primary backing layer and an underside region comprising back stitch yarn fibers; (b) applying effective repellency enhancing amounts of a first repellency enhancing compound to the pile side; (c) applying a liquid repellency enhancing compound to the underside region to provide liquid barrier properties in the region; and (d) applying separately and subsequently a coating to the underside region. Step (a) may be performed separately from step (b) and the liquid repellency enhancing compound forms a discontinuous layer. A carpet with improved liquid barrier properties produced by the method and variations thereof is also disclosed.

Abstract: A silicone coated fabric having a base woven fabric that is formed from a synthetic fiber weaving yarn that has a yarn size of from 100 to 270 dtex, and a weaving size expressed by product calculated by multiplying the yarn size of a weaving yarn and a weave density (ends or picks/2.54 cm) of from 10,000 to 25,000 (dtex·ends (or picks)/2.54 cm) in both the warp direction and the weft direction, a silicone being applied to the woven fabric in an amount of from 5 to 25 g/m2, and having on one side a uniform silicone coating layer forming part of the silicone mentioned above. The silicone coated fabric is a lightweight coated fabric that shows improved heat resistance, improved flexibility and an improved low coefficient of friction as well as particularly improved burning resistance. The fabric can therefore be used for producing lightweight and compactly storable airbags that suppress bursting starting from a burnt-through-hole, and that shorten a deployment time.

Abstract: A method of creating an image with an antique appearance includes the step of providing an image formed with an image-forming component on a fibrous material. The image is then antiqued by dissolving the image-forming component with a first chemical solution. The image-forming component is set with a second chemical solution that stops the antiquing of the image with the first chemical solution. The image-forming component can be food coloring, or ink. The first chemical solution can be made of a glue component, an alcohol component, an oil component, a casein component, and yeast. The second chemical solution can include an acrylic polymer selected from a group consisting of polyurethane, clear wax, floor wax, bees wax, and a polymer elusion.

Abstract: A method of producing carpet having the steps of: providing a carpet having a pile side formed from yarn fibers projecting through a primary backing layer, and an underside region comprising back stitch yarn fibers and the primary backing layer; applying effective repellency enhancing amounts of a first repellency enhancing compound to the pile side; applying a liquid repellency enhancing compound to the underside region to provide improved liquid barrier properties in the region; and applying separately a coating or latex layer to the underside region.

Abstract: A method of retrofitting a finished shoe to provide additional cushioning material. The method includes: providing a curable composition; providing the finished shoe; placing the curable composition directly on at least a portion of the finished shoe that is configured to contact a wearer's body when the finished shoe is being worn; and allowing the curable composition to cure and form a cushioning material adapted to facilitate wearing of the finished shoe with increased comfort.

Abstract: A method of retrofitting a finished shoe to provide additional cushioning material. The method includes: providing a curable composition; providing the finished shoe; placing the curable composition directly on at least a portion of the finished shoe that is configured to contact a wearer's body when the finished shoe is being worn; and allowing the curable composition to cure and form a cushioning material adapted to facilitate wearing of the finished shoe with increased comfort.

Abstract: A stretchable glove and the method of making the glove that stabilizes the interior of the glove with the skin of the user and enables the user to deftly grip and manipulate various types of articles. Uniquely, the glove is provided with a multiplicity of gripping dots on both the inside and outside surfaces of the glove. The gripping dots are strategically spaced in a manner so that the stretch quality of the glove is not restricted. The method of making the glove includes the steps of forming a generally hand-shaped glove, depositing a multiplicity of dots of a polymer emulsion on selected portions of one surface of the glove, curing the polymer emulsion, turning the glove inside-out, depositing a multiplicity of dots of a polymer emulsion on selected portions of the other side of the glove and curing the polymer emulsion thusly deposited.

Abstract: A wet process for manufacturing a cloth prepreg with a uniform fiber distribution and large cover factor comprises impregnating a woven fabric with a diluted resin and drying, which fabric has a number of crossing points of warp and weft in the range of 2,000 to 70,000/m2, which process further comprises at least one of the steps (A) and (B), namely (A) a step of distributing a line-shaped binder on the fabric to fix the yarn flatness prior to impregnating the fabric with a resin diluted with a solvent, at least 80% of which solvent is a nonsolvent of the binder and, (B) a step of calendering the woven fabric after drying.

Abstract: A coating system for in-situ coating of a surface formed by a plurality of plasterboard sections comprises a dry powder composition which is dispersible in an aqueous applicator medium and provides a very high quality surface finish to which gloss or matt paint may be applied directly without joint photographing or show-through of fasteners. The coating composition may be applied by a spray coating technique or a roller technique. The dry powder composition comprises calcium carbonate and, by weight, relative to calcium carbonate, from 4% to 11% of a polymeric binder, from 0.60% to 1.5% of a thickening agent and from 0.10% to 0.35% of a surfactant.

Abstract: An aqueous resin composition satisfying the following criteria (I)–(III). (I) The aqueous resin composition contains (a) an aqueous dispersion of a polyurethane resin obtained from a macromolecular polyol, organic polyisocyanate, chain extending agent and 2,2-dimethylolbutanoic acid, and, if required, (b) an aqueous dispersion of an acrylic resin. (II) When the resin comprising this aqueous resin composition contains mainly a polyurethane resin, the inherent viscosity (?inh) of the polyurethane resin measured at a concentration of 0.5 g/dL in dimethylformamide solution is in the range of 0.2–0.7 dL/g. After this aqueous resin composition is dried, the elastic modulus at 25° C. of the film obtained by heat treatment at 80° C. for 8 hours is in the range of 8.0×106–5.0×108 Pa, and the elastic modulus at 80° C. is 8.0×107 Pa or less.

Abstract: A method of forming flame-retardant nonwoven fabrics by hydroentanglement includes providing a precursor web. The precursor web is subjected to hydroentanglement on a three-dimensional image transfer device to create a patterned and imaged fabric. Treatment with a flame-retardant binder enhances the integrity of the fabric, permitting the nonwoven to exhibit desired physical characteristics, including strength, durability, softness, and drapeability. The treated nonwoven may then be dyed by means applicable to conventional wovens.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing resin-impregnated endless belt structures and belt structures designed for use on a long nip press on a papermaking machine and for other papermaking and paper processing applications, requires the application of a sacrificial material onto a base substrate in a predetermined pattern in droplets having an average diameter of 10? (10 microns) or more. Polymeric resin material is then deposited on the base substrate to cover all areas except those on which the sacrificial material has been previously applied. The polymeric resin material is then set by means appropriate to its composition, and the sacrificial material removed. Optionally, the polymeric resin material may then be abraded to provide the belt with a uniform thickness, and a smooth, macroscopically monoplanar surface.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing resin-impregnated endless belt structure and belt structure, designed for use on a long nip press on a papermaking machine and for other papermaking and paperprocessing applications, requires the application of a polymeric resin material onto a base substrate in a precise predetermined pattern in droplets having an average diameter of 10? (10 microns) or more. The polymeric resin material is then set by means appropriate to its composition, and, optionally, may be abraded to provide the belt with a uniform thickness, and a smooth, macroscopically monoplanar surface.

Abstract: To improve the liquid barrier properties of a carpet, a repellency compound, such as a fluorochemical, is applied to the backstitch side or underside of the primary backing layer of a carpet.

Abstract: The invention provides processes for coating the surface of substrates such as a sheet, film, foam, fiber, etc., with a curable liquid resin or solution of curable resin, then in one embodiment, stably attaching a superabsorbent polymeric powder to such resin, and then curing the resin to form a coated superabsorbent product. Such substrates may include polymeric materials. Other process embodiments utilizing curable and thermoplastic resinous powders may be used instead of curable liquid resins and resulting products are included in the invention. The coated product has reduced particle agglomeration and particle loss due to the curing or melting steps. The thin, superabsorbent powder adhered, films may be used as an absorbent core for a wide variety of absorbent products. The product can be interposed between sheets to form disposable absorbent products such as diapers, bandages, water and nutrient retention elements, erosion control devices and elements thereof, etc.

Abstract: Novel textile finishing compositions for finishing textile articles are provided via the present invention. The textile finishing compositions disclosed herein comprise a cross-linking agents and a catalytic amount of an esterification agent. The cross-linking agents employed herein are selected from a number of phosphorous containing polycarboxylates. Also provided via the present invention are methods for applying the aforementioned finishing compositions to textile articles.

Abstract: A finishing composition containing a nonionic hydrophilic macromolecule can replace wax in sizing while providing lubrication to yarns during weaving. Softer yarns and fabrics are obtained than with conventional sized yarns while also providing improved adhesion and dyeability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to water soluble radiation activatable polymer resin formulations which are suitable to modify the absorption properties of fibrous materials and the polymer obtained by such radiation activatable polymer resins and the method of preparing such polymer. Fibrous materials made with radiation activatable resin formulations according to this invention are especially suitable for use in disposable absorbent articles.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for at least partially encapsulating a fiber batt or other highly porous substrate by applying a polymeric foam layer to one or more surfaces of the fiber batt. The foam application assemblies are arranged and configured to extrude a polymeric foam or a foaming mixture onto the surface(s) of the fiber batt to be coated. A combination of foam application assemblies may be provided in either fixed or moveable configurations for coating one or more sides of the fiber batt. The encapsulation of the fiber batt may also include a premanufactured material layer on one or more surfaces that may be exposed or may also be encapsulated below the polymeric foam layer.

Abstract: Blocked polyisocyanates and one-component stoving systems containing these blocked polyisocyanates, and the preparation thereof and their use for the preparation of lacquers, paints, adhesives and elastomers. The blocked polyisocyanates are derived from polyisocyanates reacted with secondary amines and cationic, anionic and/or nonionic hydrophilizing agents such that they are incorporated into the polyisocyanate at a ratio of from 20:1 to 1:1, wherein the blocking agents correspond to the formula R1–R4 can be identical or different and independently of one another denote hydrogen, C1–C6-alkyl or C3–C6-cycloalkyl, R5 denotes C1–C10-alkyl, C3–C10-cycloalkyl, and B represents ?wherein R6–R8 can be identical or different and independently of one another denote C1–C6-alkyl and/or C1–C6-cycloalkyl, R9 denotes hydrogen or C3–C6-alkyl or C3–C6-cycloalkyl.

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of formula: wherein A is an unsaturated alkylene moiety; B the residue of a polyol wherein one hydroxyl moiety is esterified with one carboxyl moiety of the phthalic acid moiety; D is the residue of a polyol wherein one hydroxyl moiety is esterified with another carboxyl moiety of the phthalic acid moiety, and another hydroxyl moiety is esterified with one carboxyl moiety of the unsaturated alkylene moiety; E is the residue of polyol wherein one hydroxyl moiety is esterified with another carboxyl moiety of the unsaturated alkylene moiety; and M is a cation. The compounds can be used alone, or polymerized, or polymerized and combined with other polymers, to form effective stain and soil repellent compositions.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a belt and a belt for use in the production of bulk tissue and towel, and of nonwoven articles and fabrics, requires the application of a sacrificial material onto a base substrate in a predetermined pattern which is to be imparted onto products manufactured with the belt. The sacrificial material is deposited in droplets in a controlled manner so as to control the x, y, z dimension of the material deposited and preferably has having an average diameter of 10? (10 microns) or more. A polymeric resin material is then deposited on the base substrate in all areas except those on which the sacrificial material has previously been applied. The polymeric resin material is then set by means appropriate to its composition, and the sacrificial material removed. Optionally, the polymeric resin material may then be abraded to provide the belt with a uniform thickness, and a smooth, macroscopically monoplanar surface.

Abstract: A process for tuft and filament bonding of unfinished carpet includes applying a coating composition which contains from 50% to 100% by weight of a substantially amorphous poly-?-olefin as a melt to the backside of a carpet material so as to obtain a coating weight of from 20 to 1,500 g/m2, the melt viscosity of the coating composition at 190° C. is in the range from 400 mPas to 10,000 mPas.

Abstract: The present invention is a method for making a roll cover and a roll cover, wherein at least one material is applied to the surface of the roll or a base substrate. In a first embodiment, a single material is applied as a flowable phase. A uniform coating of the material is applied to the roll, and upon setting of the material, such as by cooling, curing, or other means, a smooth and permanent roll cover is formed upon the surface of the roll. In another embodiment, at least two materials are applied in flowable phases to the surface of the roll. The first material may be a sacrificial, removable first material, applied to the surface of the roll cover in a preselected pattern. After the sacrificial material has been applied, a second material, such as a functional resin, is applied to the surface of the roll cover with the sacrificial material removed after the second material has set. In another embodiment, the use of sacrificial material is avoided and the material is applied in a predetermined pattern.

Abstract: Novel textile finishing compositions for finishing textile articles are provided via the present invention. The textile finishing compositions disclosed herein comprise a cross-linking agent and a catalytic amount of an esterification agent. The cross-linking agents employed herein are selected from a number of phosphorous containing materials derived from maleic acid. Also provided via the present invention are methods for applying the aforementioned finishing compositions to textile articles.

Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a belt and a belt for use in the production of bulk tissue and towel, and of nonwoven articles and fabrics, a polymeric resin material is applied onto the surface of a base substrate in a precise predetermined pattern which is to be imparted onto products manufactured with the belt. The polymeric resin material is deposited in droplets having an average diameter of 10? (10 microns) or more. The polymeric resin material is then set by means appropriate to its composition, and, optionally, may be abraded to provide the belt with a uniform thickness, and a smooth, macroscopically monoplanar surface.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing and a papermaker's or industrial fabric, such as a dryer fabric for the dryer section of a paper machine, includes the application of a polymeric resin material onto preselected locations on the backside of a base substrate using a piezojet array which deposits the polymeric resin material in droplets having an average diameter of 10? (10 microns) or more to build up discrete, discontinuous deposits of the polymeric resin material having a height of about 0.5 mm at the preselected locations. The preselected locations may be the knuckles formed by the interweaving of the yarns making up the fabric. The purpose of the deposits is to separate the backside of the dryer fabric from a surface, such as that of a dryer cylinder or turning roll, to enable air trapped between the dryer fabric and the surface to escape in lengthwise and crosswise directions parallel to the surface, instead of being forced through the fabric, possibly causing “drop off”.

Abstract: Coating compositions comprising a polymer and an initiator are disclosed. The polymer comprises an alkyd, portion and a free radical curable portion that is pendant from the alkyd portion; the alkyd portion includes one or more fatty acid moieties that can be derived from one or more drying, semi-drying or nondrying oils. When drying or semi-drying oils are used, the molecules of the present invention exhibit a dual cure, both oxidative and free radical. The compositions are particularly suitable for coating substrates comprising wood. Methods for using the present compositions are also disclosed.

Abstract: Refurbishing and/or renewing cut or loop pile carpet products including carpet tiles by passing the product under a high pressure water or liquid dispensing head projecting a stream of water against the subject product at a pressure in the range of 100-2000 p.s.i.g. Improvements to such methods include adding a polymer backing layer to the tile, pre-bulking the face yarns, and/or chemically treating the face yarns.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to triggerable, water-dispersible cationic polymers. The present invention is also directed to a method of making triggerable, water-dispersible cationic polymers and their applicability as binder compositions. The present invention is further directed to fiber-containing fabrics and webs comprising triggerable, water-dispersible binder compositions and their applicability in water-dispersible personal care products, such as wet wipes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to substrate comprising fabric, the substrate treated with a composition comprising: a) formaldehyde; b) polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of from about 700 gm/mol to about 2500 gm/mol; and c) an acid catalyst; wherein the treated substrate has at least three enhanced fabric benefits, said benefits selected from the group consisting of: i) durable press; ii) hand feel; iii) anti-abrasion; iv) anti-shrinkage; and v) anti-yellowing. The present invention further relates to a system and a process for providing a substrate having the above described enhanced fabric benefits.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention is to provide fabric for use in ink-jet printing that can prevent not only “ink bleeding”, but also “white exposure”, “nonuniform coloration” and “back staining”. A further object of the present invention is the provision of fabric for use in ink-jet printing, consisting of two textures—napped and ground, which can be evenly ink-jet printed with no variation in color between both, while preventing the occurrence of “white exposure”, “nonuniform coloration” and “back staining”.

Abstract: Water-soluble polyurethanes prepared by reacting a polyisocyanate and a polyalkylene oxide polyol at a molar ratio sufficient to form an isocyanate-terminated polymer, and reacting the isocyanate-terminated polymer with an epoxy alcohol to form a water-soluble, epoxy-terminated polyurethane, are disclosed. Also disclosed are aqueous fiber sizing compositions including the water-soluble polyurethanes described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for process for preparing a coating by a) applying to a porous and/or absorbent substrate a liquid coating composition containing at least one component having (meth)acryloyl groups and a dynamic viscosity of less than 2000 mPa.s and 0.1 to 10 wt. %, based on the non-volatile content of the coating composition, of an additive selected from polyamides, oligomeric fatty acid amides and polymeric fatty acid amides and b) polymerizing the composition with radiation. The present invention also relates to the resulting coated substrates and to the coating compositions used in the process.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a protective barrier coating composition including a metal borate compound, a zinc compound, magnesium hydroxide, and a water based binder. The invention is also directed to a method of protecting building construction materials from termites and other insects, mold or mildew, and fire or water damage. The composition can be applied onto construction materials by a paint roller, spraying, or brushing, before, during, or after construction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to textile treatment compositions for imparting desirable characteristics durably to textile fibers and fabrics, including softness, hydrophobicity, oleophobicity, surface lubricity, abrasion resistance, tear resistance, improved drape, and pilling resistance. More particularly, in one embodiment, the invention is directed to preparations that comprise a carboxylate-functionalized fluorinated polymer and a catalyst that is capable of forming reactive anhydride rings between carboxyl groups on the polymer. In another embodiment, the invention is directed to preparations comprising a polymeric softener having at least one anhydride functional group or at least one reactive group capable of forming an anhydride functional group, together with a catalyst for forming anhydrides from the reactive group or groups. In either embodiment, the resulting reactive anhydride rings bind to substrates, such as textiles and other webs, having free sulfhydryl, alcohol, or amine groups.

Abstract: A fabric having good wrinkle resistance and a soft hand is described. A process for producing the fabric is also described. The process involves applying a softener to one side of the fabric and applying a wrinkle-reducing resin to the opposite side of the fabric using a foaming application method, such that the respective finishes are concentrated on the surface to which they were applied. Preferably, the softener is applied to the face of the fabric and the resin chemistry is applied to the back of the fabric. The resulting fabrics have hand characteristics comparable or superior to those of pure finished fabrics, while having wrinkle-resisting characteristics of typical resin-treated fabrics.

Abstract: This invention discloses a continuous production method of water-absorbing composite which comprises a complexation step for producing a particle-substrate composite by dropwisely supplying an aqueous solution of polymerizable monomers consisting mainly of an unsaturated carboxylic acid where 20% or more of the carboxyl groups in the unsaturated acid is neutralized, while allowing polymerization to proceed in the droplets, onto a fibrous substrate fed to the drop point to allow the incompletely polymerized polymer particles to adhere thereon, and by completing the polymerization thereafter; and a surface crosslinking step for reacting the composite with a crosslinking agent, having two or more functional groups capable of reacting with carboxyl group and/or carboxylate group, in the presence of 1 to 100 weight parts of water per 100 weight parts of polymer particles derived from the polymerizable monomer contained in the composite.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel organosilicon compounds comprising ammonium groups, said compounds being soluble in isopropanol or diethylene glycol monobutyl ether, and containing: a) at least one structural unit of general formula (I) wherein R2 represents a bivalent organic radical containing a hydroxyl group which is conditioned by a ring opening of an epoxy group; R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon radical comprising 1 to 60 carbon atoms per radical, and can be split or substituted by at least one separate heteroatom chosen from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur or halogen atoms; R4 represents a bivalent hydrocarbon radical comprising 1 to 10 carbon atoms per radical; n represents 0 or a whole number from 1 to 10; m represents a whole number from 1 to the total number of nitrogen atoms in (I); x represents 0 or 1; and X− represents an anion, b) at least one siloxane unit of general formula (II), and c) at least two siloxane units of general formula (III) wherei

Abstract: A friction lining for wet running consists of a fabric which can be applied to a carrier (6) and is partly impregnated with resin. In order to provide favorable friction conditions it is proposed that the porosity of the fabric (1) impregnated with resin is higher in the zone of the friction face (4) by a lower resin content in a surface layer (h) than in the remaining layer.

Abstract: Polyurethane coatings which are the reaction product of A) an aliphatic, isocyanate-containing prepolymer having an isocyanate content of 1-8 wt. % and a free monomeric diisocyanate content of less than 2 wt. %, and containing 0.1 to 1.5 moles of per 1000 g of prepolymer of aliphatically bound uretdione and oxadiazinetrione groups, and B) a polyol component B) comprising at least 50 equivalent % of a compound corresponding to the formula HO—X—Y—X—OH where Y represents methylene, ethylene, —C≡C—, cyclohexylene-1,4, -1,3, -1,2, or phenylene-1,4, -1,3, -1,2 and X represents methylene, —OCH2CH2— (the oxygen being bound to the Y), or cyclohexylene-1,4, -1,3, -1,2, and where the equivalent ratio of the free NCO groups to isocyanate-reactive groups is 0.90 to 1.5. The coatings are applied to flexible substrates such as textile or leather by the casting or knife coating process by means of reactive compositions.

Abstract: Process for the continuous coating of a strip of paper or of a textile support using a silicone composition, comprising at least one POS A containing SiVi or SiOR groups, a POS B containing SiH groups and a catalyst C (for hydrosilylation or for dehydrogeno-condensation) and not corresponding to an LTC/FC silicone system, the said process comprising the following steps: step 1 in which conditions for homogeneously mixing the constituents A, B and C are used such that the homogeneity obtained is reflected by a DSC signature comprising a Gaussian peak for which the peak end temperature T3 is in the range from a value above 110° C. to 200° C.

Abstract: To improve the liquid barrier properties of a carpet, a repellency compound, such as a fluorochemical, is applied to the backstitch side or underside of the primary backing layer of a carpet.

Abstract: A solventless cleaning and treating composition for carpet is described. The composition comprises an aqueous solution of a stainblocking polymer, a silsesquioxane anti-soiling polymer, a surfactant and optionally a sequesting agent or salt.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing an interior fitment for motor vehicles, the interior fitment having on its facing side a wood molding which is provided with a coating. In order to impart a substantially natural impression to the interior fitment, the invention proposes applying to the wood molding a coating material based on vegetable-oil-modified resins and natural vegetable oils, with the addition to the coating material of ceramic microparticles. Likewise proposed is an interior fitment produced preferably by this method.

Abstract: A fibrous nonwoven mat particularly suited for hiding the color of a substrate when the mat is bonded to the substrate is made by forming a web of fibers from a wet fibrous slurry, saturating the mat with a resinous binder containing 1-20 weight percent of a paper coating material, removing excess binder from the mat to produce a mat having a resin binder content of 5-25 weight percent and drying the mat. The mat has high hiding power for substrates like board or blanket of fiber glass insulation and other colored materials.