Abstract: A stable binder latex that is substantially free from organic solvents useful for preparing coating compositions for application to a substrate which comprises a chlorinated ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer resin containing up to 16% by weight vinyl acetate, optionally containing acrylic acid or methacrylic acid in amounts of from 5 to 15% by weight, a nonionic surfactant that is an alkyl or aryl ester of polyoxyethylene, an alkyl or aryl ester of polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene adducts, an alkylphenoxy polyoxyethylene, or an alkylphenoxy polyoxypropylene-polyoxyethylene adduct that coats microscopic particles of the chlorinated ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer resins thereby preventing the particles from coalescing, and water, preferably the composition contains a low molecular weight plasticizer.

Abstract: A chlorinated terpolymer of a precursor terpolymer containing 3-20 weight percent acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, 3-20 weight percent vinyl acetate and 60-90 weight percent ethylene contains 20-60 weight percent chlorine and has a Brookfield viscosity of about 150-600 cP when measured at 25.degree. C. in xylene solution at a concentration of 25% by weight chlorinated terolymer. The chlorinated terpolymer contains 20-60 and preferably 25-55 weight percent chlorine.

Abstract: Making polymeric extrudates having a smooth surface by feeding a molten polymeric core material through a die cavity wherein a portion of the wall of the die cavity is a rigid microporous structure located upstream from a narrowed flow passage of the die cavity, the microporous structure having a substantially uniform pore size, simultaneously forcing under pressure through the microporous structure about 0.03-10%, based on the total weight of the extrudate, of a low viscosity liquid to form a sheath on the molten polymeric core material thus displacing the polymeric core material before the resulting sheath-core composite enters the narrowed flow passage of the die cavity said process conducted under conditions to produce a pressure drop across the microporous structure of at least 0.10 MPa more than the pressure applied on the polymeric core material.