Inventors:
Carmen M. Carandang - Oaks PA
Robert W. Koch - Norristown PA
Assignee:
Amchem Products - Ambler PA
International Classification:
C09D 900
C11D 706
C11D 752
C23D 1700
Abstract:
An activator composition having increased effectiveness and life when used in an aqueous alkaline stripper solution at elevated temperatures to remove siccative coatings from substrates containing two essential components A and B. Component A consists essentially of at least one of an ethoxylated tetrahydrofurfuryl, a mixture of an ethoxylated tetrahydrofurfuryl and an ethoxylated furfuryl, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-pyrrolidine. Component B consists essentially of at least one of N-phenyl-diethanolamine, furfurylamine, tetrahydrofurfurylamine, octadecylamine, butoxypropanolamine and N-amino-morpholine.