Abstract: Wet leather treating compositions and methods of wet treating leather hides employing alkylpolyglycosides for enhancing the penetration and absorption of the leather treatment formulations in an environmentally safe manner. The compositions are substantially free of volatile organic compounds.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 23, 1995
Date of Patent:
November 16, 1999
Assignee:
Hodgson Process Chemicals Inc.
Inventors:
Michael W. Counts, John A. Thompson, Jack O. Lavoie, Robert A. Aleksejczyk
Abstract: Disclosed is a novel composition for improving the hydrophobicity of leather and leather substitutes, which comprises an aqueous dispersion of an unreacted mixture of a relatively inert dimethyl 50 cst silicon fluid, ammonium oleate, and water.