Process for manufacturing thermosetting resin particles

A process for manufacturing thermosetting resin particles comprising

• (a) providing a first water-soluble polymer having a cloud point within the range between 30.degree. C. and 90.degree. C. and a second water-soluble polymer not having any cloud point;
• (b) preparing an aqueous suspension containing said first and second water-soluble polymers and an organic solvent-containing, liquid thermosetting resin composition having a temperature of lower than the cloud point of said first water-soluble polymer, in which said resin composition is suspended as primary particles of oil droplets having a number average particle size of less than 10 microns;
• (c) heating said suspension to a temperature higher than said cloud point to allow said primary particles to agglomerate and fuse into secondary particles having a number average particle size from 2 to 20 times greater than that of the primary particles;
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• (d) distilling off the solvent from said secondary particles during or after step (c).