Abstract: Paint or varnish composition comprising, as solids: from 10 to 50 parts by weight of at least one polyurethane in aqueous emulsion form; from 10 to 30 parts by weight of at least two acrylic polymers or copolymers in aqueous emulsion form; from 10 to 70 parts by weight of mineral or organic fillers; from 5 to 20 parts by weight of processing aids; and from 0 to 10 parts by weight of crosslinking agent; said composition furthermore comprising from 40 to 150 parts by weight of water, the parts being given by weight of active material in the composition.

Abstract: Provided are a leather-like sheet fabricated by infiltrating an aqueous resin dispersion (A) into a fibrous substrate, which satisfies a requirement (I) that the aqueous resin dispersion, (A) comprises essentially a main resin (a) stabilized with a surfactant, a polymer (b) having a polyoxyethylene group in its side chains, and a surfactant (c), a requirement (II) that the main resin (a) comprises an urethane resin (a1) and/or an urethane-acrylic composite resin (a2), and the resin skeleton contains from 1 to 10 mmols of a carboxyl group per 100 g of the resin, a requirement (III) that the polymer (b) is obtained through polymerization of a polyoxyethylene group-having ethylenic unsaturated monomer (b1) and any other ethylenic unsaturated monomer (b2) in a ratio by mass (b1)/(b2)=60/40 to 100/0, and a requirement (IV) that the percentage, % by mass (?) of the polyoxyethylene group in the polymer (b) and the number of mols (?) of the amino group per gram of the polymer (b) satisfy 35??+?×20000?60; and an indus

Abstract: Aqueous electrophoretic lacquer capable of being deposited cataphoretically, containing A) an aqueous dispersion of cationically modified polyurethane (meth)acrylates (a1) with terminal, ethylenically unsaturated (meth)acrylic double bonds, and reactive thinner (a2) with at least two ethylenically unsaturated (meth)acrylic double bonds, the (meth)acrylic double bonds of the mixture of (a1) and (a2) corresponding to a bromine number of 20 to 150 g bromine/100 g solids, and B) photoinitiators and optionally free-radical initiators capable of thermal activation, the terminal, ethylenically unsaturated (meth)acrylic double bonds of the polyurethane (meth)acrylates being bonded with the anionically modified polyurethane prepolymer via urethane, urea, amide or ester groups, and optionally conventional auxiliary substances and additives, pigments and/or fillers.

Abstract: An aqueous coating composition comprising a crosslinkable water-dispersible hyperbranched macromolecule(s) wherein the composition when drying has an open time of at least 20 minutes, a wet edge time of at least 10 minutes, a tack free time ?15 hours, a dust free time ?5 hours and an equilibrium viscosity of ?5,000 Pa·s at any solids content when drying in the range of from 20 to 55% by weight using any shear rate in the range of from 9±0.5 to 90±5 s?1 and at 23±2° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a binder composition containing A) at least one aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersion and B) at least one stabilizer containing a) at least one amine having a structural unit corresponding to formula (I) ?which has no hydrazide groups, b) at least one compound having a structural unit corresponding to formula (II) —CO—NH—NH—??(II) ?and c) optionally a stabilizing compound other than a) and b). The polyurethane dispersions are manufactured in the presence of components a) and b). It is possible for components a) and b), depending on the grade used, to be incorporated into the polymer framework as structural units.

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, wherein blocked polyisocyanates are prepared by reacting polyisocyanates with secondary amines corresponding to the formula wherein R1—R4 can be identical or different and denote hydrogen, C1–C6-alkyl or cycloalkyl, R5 denotes C1–C10-alkyl, C3–C10-cycloalkyl, y denotes a number from 2 to 8, and B represents wherein R6–R8 can be identical or different and independently of one another denote C1–6-alkyl and/or C3–C6-cycloalkyl, R9 denotes hydrogen or C1–6-alkyl or C3–C6-cycloalkyl.

Abstract: The ?-hydroxy carbamate, ethylenically unsaturated monomer of the invention can be polymerized as a homopolymer or copolymerized with other monomers. The polymerization can be carried out in an aqueous medium. The ?-hydroxy carbamate monomer is polymerized to form water-soluble homopolymers or, if polymerized as a mixture with one or more comonomers, copolymers that are soluble, emulsifiable, or dispersible in water. The ?-hydroxy carbamate monomer can be used as a replacement monomer for acrylamide.

Abstract: Self-curable water-based solid adhesives of this invention include the following components (A), (B), (C), and (D): (A) an anionic-group-containing polymer terminally having an alkoxysilyl group, the polymer being a reaction product of a compound (A1) containing no anionic group and having plural isocyanate-reactive groups, a compound (A2) having an anionic group and plural isocyanate-reactive groups, a polyisocyanate compound (A3), and an alkoxysilane compound (A4) containing an isocyanate-reactive group; (B) a basic compound; (C) water; and (D) a gelling agent. The self-curable water-based solid adhesives of the present invention can be applied with good workability, have good fitting after attachment, have good adhesion to plastics, metals and glass and exhibit excellent heat resistance and water resistance after curing. They are highly safe to humans and the environment. They also have excellent shape retention and slidability and can be easily applied.

Abstract: A composition for a damp hand donnable glove using a novel coating. The novel coating results in the formation of domains of variable size and height. The coating has a polyurethane polymer, an aqueous wax dispersion and a surfactant.

Abstract: This invention provides compositions for treating fibrous substrates to render those substrates durably repellent to water and oil and durably resistant to dry soil comprising a 1) fluorochemical urethane formed by reacting a tri- or higher order isocyanate with a fluorochemical monofunctional compound and optionally a non-fluorinated aliphatic monofunctional compound; and 2) a fluorochemical polymeric surfactant.

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: The invention relates to polyurethane block copolymers of general formula (I) to (IV), in which the variables are defined as follows: A represents a polyurethane block, which contains at least one hydrophilic group, B is a hydrophobic polyurethane block, X1, X2 are hydrophilic end groups and n is a whole number from 1 to 20. The invention also relates to the production of cross-linkable dispersion additives from the inventive polyurethane block copolymers and to the use of said cross-linkable dispersion additives for colorant preparations, in particular inks for ink-jet printing.

Abstract: An adhesive, comprising (A) a polymeric MDI, (B) modified polyvinyl acetate emulsion, (C) aqueous polyvinyl alcohol solution, and (D) a filler. Preferably, a mass ratio of A:B:C:D is 30:(60–160):(50–160):(10–140) provided that the aqueous polyvinyl alcohol solution (C) is in a concentration of 10% by mass.

Abstract: The invention provides in one aspect a process for preparing a microgel by RAFT polymerizing in the presence of a RAFT chain transfer agent, one or more solvophobic monomers and one or more solvophilic monomers to form one or more block copolymers comprising one or more solvophobic blocks and one or more solvophilic blocks wherein the solvophobic block is insoluble in a dispersing medium and the solvophilic block is soluble in the dispersing medium. The block copolymer is dispersed in the dispersing medium to form micelles, which is then stabilized to form the microgel. The dispersing medium can be aqueous or lipophilic. The method of the present invention also permits one to encapsulate a wide variety of materials, such as pigments, dye molecules, and aluminum flakes used in metallized paints.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous self-crosslinking PU dispersions and to coatings prepared from them.

Abstract: A pseudoplastic powder clearcoat slurry free from organic solvents and external emulsifiers and comprising particles which are solid and/or of high viscosity and are dimensionally stable under storage and application conditions, where the particles have an average size of from 1.0 to 20 ?m, at least 99% of the particles having a size ?30 ?m, and comprise as binder at least one polyol with an OH number >110 mg KOH/g, containing potentially ionic groups, and where the powder clearcoat slurry has a potentially ionic group content of from 0.05 to 1 meq/g of solids, at a degree of neutralization of not more than 50% contains from 0.005 to 0.1 meq/g of solids of ionic groups produced by neutralization of the potentially ionic groups, and has a viscosity of (i) from 50 to 1 000 mPas at a shear rate of 1 000 s?1, (ii) from 150 to 8 000 mPas at a shear rate of 10 s?1, and (iii) from 180 to 12 000 mPas at a shear rate of 1 s?1.

Abstract: A blocked polyisocyanate adduct including 5 to 95% by weight of at least one isocyanate component having at least one NCO group, the isocyanate component selected from the group consisting of aliphatic, cycloaliphatic and aromatic isocyanates, wherein the isocyanate has an average molecular weight of up to 1000 g/mol and an average NCO functionality of 2–4; 5 to 70% by weight of at least one hydrophilicizing component containing at least one group which is reactive toward the at least one NCO group; at least one blocking agent for blocking from 95 to 100% of the NCO groups which do not react with the hydrophilicizing component; and up to 15% by weight of at least one neutralizing agent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of aqueous two-component polyurethane lacquer emulsions, with variable throughput, and to the use thereof as high-quality lacquers and coatings.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an electrodeposition coating composition excellent in corrosion resistance and stability of the coating. The electrodeposition coating composition comprises, based on 100 parts by weight (solid basis) of a core resin and a hardener constituting an electrodeposition coating, 1 to 100 parts by weight of (a) a zinc powder dispersed by a phosphoric-acid-group-containing dispersing resin.

Abstract: A printing paste containing: a) 5 to 30% by weight of a polyurethane, b) 1 to 20% by weight of an organic fixing agent, c) 0 to 50% by weight of one or more further ingredient(s) and d) water as the remainder, the sum of the amounts of components (a)+(b)+(c)+(d) being 100%, is suitable for printing textile materials.

Abstract: Aqueous dispersions curable thermally and with actinic radiation, comprising (I) liquid, and/or highly viscous solid particles dimensionally stable under storage and application conditions, comprising (IA) a binder free of carbon-carbon double bonds activatable with actinic radiation, comprising at least one (meth)acrylate copolymer containing on average per molecule at least one isocyanate-reactive functional group and at least one dispersive functional group, and (IB) at least one blocked polyisocyanate; (II) liquid, highly viscous and/or solid particles dimensionally stable under storage and application conditions, comprising at least one polyurethane (II) containing at least one isocyanate-reactive functional group, at least one functional group having at least one bond activatable with actinic radiation, and at least one dispersive functional group, and (III) at least one unsaturated constituent which is free of isocyanate-reactive functional groups and contains on average per molecule more than on

Abstract: An aqueous coating composition having a pH of 6.0–10.0 comprises 30% to 70% by weight of film-forming binder and correspondingly 70% to 30% by weight of an aqueous liquid carrier for the binder; wherein the binder comprises a. 20% to 95% by weight, based on the weight of the binder, of a urethane oligomer having a weight average molecular weight of 300 to 2500 and having acid functionality and neutralized with an amine and to form a water-dispersible product; and b. 5% to 80% by weight, based on the weight of the binder, of a water-compatible alkylated melamine formaldehyde crosslinking agent; finishes formed from the composition have good gloss and distinctness of image and excellent acid etch and mar resistance.

Abstract: Liquid compositions and homopolymers or copolymers of olefinically unsaturated compounds, preparable by (co)polymerizing olefinically unsaturated compounds and reactive diluents for thermally curable multisubstance mixtures as reaction medium, and their use to prepare coating compositions, adhesives and sealing compounds.

Abstract: Formulations formed by aqueous dispersions of cationic ionomer fluorinated polyurethanes based on (per)fluoropolyethers, having end groups constituted by —NCO groups reacted with hydrogenactive compounds to give covalent bonds stable to water but thermolabile, usable for the surface hydro- and oil-repellent treatment of textiles.

Abstract: A liner is the product of reaction of (a) a hydrophilic prepolymer bearing isocyanate groups; and (b) a water-borne polymer dispersion, the polymer bearing groups that are reactive to isocyanate groups; wherein the dispersion has a sufficiently high solids content, and the polymer has a sufficiently high modulus and glass transition or crystalline melting temperature, that the product of reaction exhibits a 24-hour Tensile Strength of at least about 2.5 MPa.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous urethane polyol comprising a hydroxyl group, a urethane group and a hydrophilic groups in a molecule, wherein: an average number of hydroxyl group is 3 to 20; a hydroxyl value is 10 to 200 (mg KOH/g); an equivalent ratio of (urethane group)/(hydroxyl group+hydrophilic group) is 1 to 2; and a number average molecular weight is 1,000 to 20,000.

Abstract: For use as a wet strength agent, a water-soluble blocked urethane prepolymer having a hydrophilic group and a blocked isocyanate group is combined with a cationic charge-adjusting agent. The adsorption and retention of the water-soluble blocked urethane prepolymer to cellulosic fiber are promoted by virtue of the cationic charge adjusting agent when the wet strength agent is added to a paper-making stock.

Abstract: A water-dispersed powder slurry coating comprises: (A) a particulate comprising (a1) a resin having an active hydrogen; (B) a reactive surfactant having an optionally blocked isocyanate group and/or an epoxy group; and an aqueous medium in which the particulate and the reactive surfactant are contained. The powder slurry coating can provide a film excellent in water resistance and strength. The powder slurry coating can be baked at a lower temperature and provide a film excellent in resistance to acid rain.

Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous two-component polyurethane systems comprising vinyl polymer polyol dispersions modified with reactive diluents, to a process for preparing them and to use as coating materials.

Abstract: Cationic polyurethanes and polyureas formed from (a) at least one diisocyanate or reaction product thereof with one or more compounds containing two or more active hydrogen atoms per molecule, and (b) at least one diol, primary or secondary amino alcohol, primary or secondary diamine or primary or secondary triamine each with one or more tertiary, quaternary or protonated tertiary amine nitrogen atoms and having a glass transition temperature of at least 25° C. and an amine number of from 50 to 200, based on the non-quaternized or -protonated compounds, or other salts of these polyurethanes and polyureas, are useful as ingredients of cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations.

Abstract: Compositions comprising anionic ionomeric polyurethanes crosslinkable in a wide temperature range, said composition comprising the following components: I) an aqueous dispersion of a linear crosslinkable ionomeric polyurethane, containing carboxylic groups and having a perfluoropolyether structure; II) a crosslinking agent, the ratio between the equivalents of the functional groups of the crosslinking agent and of the carboxylic groups of component I) being at least 0.7 up to 1.5, preferably 0.9–1.2, said crosslinking agent being dispersible or soluble in the dispersion component I).

Abstract: A hydrophilizing agent comprising: (a) a hydrophilic polymer which is a copolymer of N-vinylacetamide with a polymerizable monomer having a COOX group (wherein X means hydrogen, an alkali metal atom, or an ammonium salt); (b) a water-soluble urethane resin; and (c) inorganic silica. It imparts hydrophilicity and corrosion resistance to the surface of a metallic material.

Abstract: Photoactivatable water born coating composition comprising a) a (meth)acryloyl-functional polyurethane dispersion, with the (meth)acryloyl-functional polyurethane comprising 5 to 18 wt. % of alkylene oxide groups while the (meth)acryloyl functionality is in the range of 2 to 40, and b) a UV-initiator. Preferably, the (meth)acryloyl-functional polyurethane comprises 8 to 18 wt. % of alkylene oxide groups. More preferably, the coating composition comprises a reactive diluent.

Abstract: A dispersion comprising hydrotalcite compound particles having (1) an average secondary particle diameter of 0.1 to 3 ?m as measured by a laser beam diffraction scattering method, (2) a specific surface area of 0.5 to 10 m2/g as measured by a BET method, and (3) a platy crystal particle shape, and an organic polar solvent; and a dope for polyurethane or aromatic polyamide article. The present invention has made it possible to provide hydrotalcite compound particles having superior affinity to and dispersibility in organic polar solvents, and a dope having the above particles dispersed therein uniformly, used for production of polyurethane or aromatic polyamide article.

Abstract: A polyurethane resin having a total concentration of the urethane group and the urea group of not less than 15% by weight is prepared by reacting a diisocyanate component (e.g., an aromatic diisocyanate) with a diol component (e.g., a C2–8alkylene glycol). The repeating unit of the polyurethane resin may contain a constitutive unit of an aromatic or alicyclic compound. The polyurethane resin may be shaped into a film for use as a gas barrier film. The film may be a gas barrier composite film composed of a base film layer and a resin layer at least comprising the polyurethane resin. The present invention provides a polyurethane resin excellent in gas barrier properties against water vapor, oxygen, aromatics, and others, and a film containing the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least one masked or unmasked polyisocyanate in the form of an aqueous emulsion whose mean size is between 0.1 and 10 micometers; and at least one polyhydroxylated polymer, advantageously a polyol, in the form of a second aqueous dispersion whose mean size is between 10 and 200 nanometers wherein the content of polyhydroxylated polymer, advantageously of polyol, expressed in mass per cent, is at least equal to 5/6R-20, with R equal to the ratio of the mean size (d50) of the emulsion to that of the dispersion of polyhydroxylated polymer, advantageously of polyol.

Abstract: A coating material consisting of at least three components, comprising a component (I) comprising at least one oligomeric or polymeric resin containing functional groups which react with isocyanate groups, as binder (A), a component (II) comprising at least one polyisocyanate as crosslinking agent (B), and a component (III) which comprises water, wherein component (I) and/or (III) comprise or comprises at least one low molecular weight and/or oligomeric, substantially unbranched, hydrophobic polyester (C) containing at least two hydroxyl groups in the molecule and having an OH number of from 56 to 500 mg KOH/g, an acid number <10 mg KOH/g and a number-average molecular weight Mn of from 450 to 2 000 daltons.

Abstract: A pseudoplastic powder clearcoat slurry which is free from organic solvents and comprises solid and/or highly viscous, particles which are dimensionally stable under storage and application conditions and have an average size of from 0.8 to 20 ?m, at least 99% of the particles having a size ?30 ?m, which is preparable by 1) emulsifying an organic solution comprising binder and crosslinking agent to give an emulsion of the oil-in-water type, 2) removing the organic solvent or solvents, and 3) wet grinding the resulting slurry; and also the use of the powder clearcoat slurry to produce clearcoats for automotive OEM finishing and automotive refinish, for furniture coating and for industrial coating, including coil coating, container coating and the coating of electrical components.

Abstract: A method for increasing an adhesive to a substrate is disclosed which utilizes a hydrophilic, high molecular weight, nonionic polyurethane adhesive. The polyurethane adhesive is soluble in water and a 1% by weight solution of the adhesive in water at 20% has a specific viscosity of at least 0.4. The nonionic polyurethane contains the following structural units: a) —O—(CH2—CH2O)n where n is 8 to 500; b) —CO—NH—X—NHCO— where X is an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic group; and c) —O—Y—O— wherein Y comprises a hydrophobic moiety from the groups (—CH2—CH(CH3)—O)m—CH2—CH(CH3)—, (—CH2 CH(C2H5)—O)m—CH2—CH(C2H5)—, (—CH2—CH2—CH2—CH2O)m—CH2CH2CH2CH2—, alkylene groups having from 2 to 44 carbon atoms, cycloalkylene groups having from 6 to 44 carbon atoms and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: Novel water-soluble or water-dispersible amphiphilic cationic associative polymers, a process for preparing them and their use in compositions for topical application, such as for cosmetic use, as thickeners, and the compositions comprising these polymers.

Abstract: To provide a water- and oil-repellent composition excellent in durability and excellent in safety and preservation of the environment. A water- and oil-repellent composition which comprises (A) a polymer, (B) an aqueous medium and (C) a surfactant in a mass ratio of (A)/(B)/(C)=100/100-500/1-10, the polymer (A) containing a polymerization unit based on a (meth)acrylate having a polyfluoroalkyl group, a polymerization unit based on an alkyl(meth)acrylate having a C1-C12 alkyl group, a polymerization unit based on an alkyl(meth)acrylate having a C16-C22 alkyl group and a polymerization unit based on a specific compound having a blocked isocyanate group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous silica sol-modified PU dispersions and their use as coating materials, in particular [lacuna] textiles and leather.

Abstract: A polymer dispersion comprising an aqueous, continuous phase and dispersed particles of polyurethane, which is based on organic, non-aromatic isocyanates with a functionality of at least 2, said polyurethane having a high degree of crystallinity and whose crystalline phase has a melting point between 25 and 70° C., and a copolymer and/or terpolymer having a Tg (glass transition temperature) between ?20 and +50° C. obtainable by emulsion polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomeric materials containing only C, H, O and/or N atoms, which monomeric materials comprise from 0.

Abstract: The invention relates to a powdered thickener preparation based on polyurethane, which can be incorporated particularly well into water-based paints and lacquers and into other aqueous systems, and to their use as rheological additives for thickening preferably aqueous systems.

Abstract: The current invention relates to a coating composition comprising a polyisocyanate compound, a hydroxyl-functional film-forming polymer, and a non-volatile branched monoalcohol. An aliphatic branched monoalcohol is preferred. More preferred are long chain non-volatile branched monoalcohols. This results in coating compositions that have improved flow behavior and that produce coatings having improved appearance without an adverse effect on other properties. The invention also relates to a multi-component coating composition. Preferably, the multi-component coating composition is a two-component coating composition comprising a polyisocyanate component and a hydroxyl-functional component, wherein the hydroxyl-functional component, in addition to the hydroxyl-functional film forming polymer also comprises the non-volatile branched monoalcohol.

Abstract: The present invention relates to light fast, aqueous, strippable coating compositions containing A) 40 to 90 wt. %, based on resin solids of A) and B), of aqueous polyurethane-polyureas and B) 10 to 60 wt. %, based on resin solids of A) and B), of polymers prepared from radically polymerizable monomers, wherein the percentages of A) and B) add up to 100, based on the weight of resin solids of A) and B). The present invention relates also to substrates coated with these strippable coating compositions. In addition, the present invention relates to the use of the stripped coatings as recycled material by mechanically comminuting the stripped coatings, optionally after cleaning, and then either pressing them in heatable presses to form sheets, or extruding them in an extruder to form endless thermoplastic threads, and then processing the resulting threads by known granulating methods to form cylindrical, spherical, lenticular or rhombic granules.

Abstract: Use of associative thickeners based on polyurethane and/or dipropylene glycol monoalkyl ethers for suppressing defects in color and/or effect multicoat paint systems, or their touch-up paints.

Abstract: A clearcoat composition and method reduce the ability of rain to bead on a film of the clearcoat. The clearcoat includes a resin, a cross-linking agent reactive with the resin, and a water-soluble surfactant. Upon exposure of the film to the rain, the surfactant reduces the ability of the rain to bead on the film and certain properties, such as resistance to etch from acid rain, are improved.

Abstract: A breathable polyurethane having an upright moisture vapor transmission rate (MVTR) of more than about 500 gms/m2/24 hr comprises: (a) poly(alkylene oxide) side-chain units in an amount comprising about 12 wt. % to about 80 wt. % of said polyurethane, wherein (i) alkylene oxide groups in said poly(alkylene oxide) side-chain units have from 2 to 10 carbon atoms and are unsubstituted, substituted, or both unsubstituted and substituted, (ii) at least about 50 wt. % of said alkylene oxide groups are ethylene oxide, and (iii) said amount of said side-chain units is (i) at least about 30 wt. % when the molecular weight of said side-chain units is less than about 600 grams/mole, (ii) at least about 15 wt. % when the molecular weight of said side-chain units is from about 600 to about 1,000 grams/mole, and at least about 12 wt. % when the molecular weight of said side-chain units is more than about 1,000 grams/mole, and (b) poly(ethylene oxide) main-chain units in an amount comprising less than about 25 wt.

Abstract: Fluorochemical urethane compositions comprising one or more fluorochemical urethane compounds, and one or more auxiliary compounds for treatment of a fibrous substrate are described. The fluorochemical compositions are capable of improving one or more of the oil- and/or water repellency, stain- and/or soil repellency and stain and/or soil release properties, with improved durability, of the fibrous substrate treated with the fluorochemical composition.