Abstract: A method for styling hair comprising the steps of placing said hair in a desired configuration and applying a composition to said hair, said composition comprising (a) one or more fully soluble polymer, (b) solvent-propellant mixture or solvent mixture, and optional other ingredients. Also provided is a method of making polymer.

Abstract: There is provided a coating composition comprising (a) one or more microbicide, (b) one or more soluble polymer comprising acrylamide as polymerized units, wherein said polymer has is non-anionic, and (c) solvent, wherein said polymer is dissolved in said solvent. Also provided is a method of coating a substrate with such a coating, and also provided is the resulting coated substrate.

Abstract: A method for styling hair comprising the steps of placing said hair in a desired configuration and applying a composition to said hair, said composition comprising (a) one or more fully soluble polymer, (b) solvent-propellant mixture or solvent mixture, and optional other ingredients. Also provided is a method of making polymer.

Abstract: There is provided a hair styling composition comprising (a) one or more fully soluble polymer, (b) solvent-propellant mixture or solvent mixture, and optional other ingredients. Also provided is a method of making polymer.

Abstract: There is provided a coating composition comprising (a) one or more microbicide, (b) one or more soluble polymer comprising acrylamide as polymerized units, wherein said polymer has is non-anionic, and (c) solvent, wherein said polymer is dissolved in said solvent. Also provided is a method of coating a substrate with such a coating, and also provided is the resulting coated substrate.

Abstract: There is provided a coating composition comprising (a) one or more microbicide, (b) one or more soluble polymer comprising, as polymerized units, one or more monomer with one or more pendant heterocycle, wherein said heterocycle has one or more hetero atom selected from the group consisting of N, O, S, and combinations thereof, and wherein said polymer has no anionic groups, and (c) solvent, wherein said polymer is dissolved in said solvent; wherein said composition contains no polymeric biguanide; and wherein 50% or more of said microbicide, by weight based on the total weight of microbicide, is not covalently bonded to any polymer.

Abstract: There is provided a coating composition comprising (a) one or more microbicide, (b) one or more soluble polymer comprising, as polymerized units, one or more monomer with one or more pendant heterocycle, wherein said heterocycle has one or more hetero atom selected from the group consisting of N, O, S, and combinations thereof, and wherein said polymer has no anionic groups, and (c) solvent, wherein said polymer is dissolved in said solvent; wherein said composition contains no polymeric biguanide; and wherein 50% or more of said microbicide, by weight based on the total weight of microbicide, is not covalently bonded to any polymer.

Abstract: There is provided a hair styling composition comprising (a) one or more fully soluble polymer, (b) solvent-propellant mixture or solvent mixture, and optional other ingredients. Also provided is a method of making polymer.

Abstract: An aqueous composition having a pH of at least 10, and comprising from 0.1% to 5% of at least one crosslinked copolymer comprising from 2.5% to 65% (meth)acrylic acid residues, from 10% to 80% C2-C4 alkyl (meth)acrylate residues, from 2% to 25% lipophilically modified (meth)acrylate residues and residues of a crosslinker that has no ester or amide functionality.