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US 8,299,008 B2Granted
Compositions that can especially be used as solvents for cleaning paint work
AssigneeArkema France
InventorJean-Pierre Lallier
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Abstract
The present invention relates to compositions which can be used as solvents for the cleaning of paints which are less toxic and less inflammable than white spirit, which is one of the most widely used solvents for the cleaning of paints. The preferred compositions comprise agriculturally derived materials and are preferably essentially composed of agriculturally derived materials.
Claims4
A cleaning composition comprising
- at least 30 parts by weight of methyl esters, said methyl esters comprise at least one methyl ester of C18 fatty acids, and
- 30 to 70 parts by weight of a diacetone alcohol oxygen-comprising solvent having Hansen solubility parameters between 3 and 6 (cal/cm3)1/2,
- wherein the cleaning composition is capable of removing paint and varnish.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.