Agent to remove paint, lacquer, glue, plastic or similar from objects and the use of it

1. An agent to remove paint, lacquer, rubber, glue, plastic, or similar materials from objects, said agent comprising:

one of an aromatic alcohol that is at least partially soluble in water, a glycol ether that is at least partially soluble in water, and combinations and mixtures thereof,

water,

an alkali salt of at least one of an unsaturated and a saturated fatty acid and a reaction product between an aliphatic amine and an alkali salt of at least one of an unsaturated and a saturated fatty acid, and

an aliphatic amine.

2. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the aromatic alcohol is a benzyl alcohol.

3. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , the alkali salt is an unsaturated fatty acid.

4. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the alkali salt is at least one of potassium oleate and sodium oleate.

5. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the aliphatic amine is an ethanol amine.

6. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the aliphatic amine is ethylene diamine.

7. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , including a reaction product of an alkali salt of unsaturated fatty acid and an aliphatic amine.

8. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , including a reaction product of an alkali salt of unsaturated fatty acid and ethanol amine.

9. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , including a reaction product of ethanol amine and at least one of potassium oleate and sodium oleate.

10. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , including a cellulose thickening agent for increasing viscosity.

11. An agent as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the amount of benzyl alcohol is between 20 and 95% by volume.

12. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the amount of water is between 0.5 and 80% by volume.

13. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the amount of alkali salt and aliphatic amine is between 0.5 and 30% by volume.

14. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the amount of aliphatic amine is between 0.5 and 25% by volume.

15. An agent as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

the amount of aromatic alcohol is between 15-50% by volume,

the amount of water is between 0.5-60% by volume,

the amount of alkali salt is between 0.5-25% by volume, and

the amount of aliphatic amine is between 0.5-25% by volume.

16. An agent as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

the amount of aromatic alcohol is between 25-50% by volume,

the amount of water is between 35-60% by volume,

the amount of alkali salt is between 0.5-10% by volume, and

the amount of aliphatic amine is between 0.5-10% by volume.

17. An agent as claimed in one or other of claims 1 , including co-solvents in the amount of between 0.5-10% by volume for changing physical and chemical characteristics of the agent.

18. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the agent is maintained at a temperature in the range 40-90° C.

19. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the aromatic alcohol is selected from the group consisting of a benzyl alcohol and an alkyl-substituted benzyl alcohol, and wherein the glycol ether is dipropylene glycol-n-propyl ether.

20. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the alkali salt is at least one of a potassium and a sodium salt of at least one of a saturated and an unsaturated fatty acid.

21. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the alkali salt includes at least one of potassium oleate and sodium oleate, at least one of potassium stearate and sodium stearate, at least one of a potassium and a sodium salt of at least one of caprylic and capric acid, at least of of potassium laurate and sodium laurate, and at least one of potassium cocoate and sodium cocoate.

22. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the potassium salt includes from about 40% to about 60% capric acid.

23. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the aliphatic amine includes at least one of ethanolamine, diethanolamine, and triethanolamine.

24. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the aliphatic amine is ethylene diamine.

25. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , including a reaction product of an alkali salt of at least one of unsaturated fatty acid, saturated fatty acid, and an aliphatic amine.

26. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , including a reaction product of an alkali salt of at least one of unsaturated and saturated fatty acid and at least one of ethanolamine, diethanolamine, and triethanolamine.

27. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , including a reaction product of at least one of potassium oleate and sodium oleate, at least one of potassium stearate and sodium stearate, at least one of a potassium and a sodium salt of at least one of caprylic and capric acid, at least one of potassium laurate and sodium laurate, potassium cocoate and sodium cocoate, and at least one of ethanolamine, diethanolamine, and triethanolamine.

28. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , including at least one of a cellulose thickening agent and a polyacrylate absorbent for increasing viscosity.

29. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the aromatic alcohol is selected from the group consisting of benzyl alcohol and glycol ether and is present at between 15 and 95% by volume.

30. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the amount of water is between 0.5 and 80% by volume.

31. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the amount of alkali salt and aliphatic amine is between 0.5 and 30% by volume.

32. An agent as claimed in one or other of claim 1 , wherein the amount of aliphatic amine is between 0.5 and 30% by volume.

33. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the amount of aromatic alcohol is between 15-50% by volume,

the amount of water is between 0.5-60% by volume,

the amount of alkali salt is between 0.5-25% by volume, and

the amount of aliphatic amine is between 0.5-25% by volume.

34. An agent as claimed in claim 33 , wherein:

the amount of aromatic alcohol is between 25-50% by volume,

the amount of water is between 35-60% by volume,

the amount of alkali salt is between 0.5-10% by volume, and

the amount of aliphatic amine is between 0.5-10% by volume.

35. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , including:

at least one of an aromatic alcohol and a glycol ether in the amount of 80-95% by volume,

water in the amount of 0.5-15% by volume,

an alkali salt of at least one of an unsaturated and a saturated fatty acid, a reaction product between an aliphatic amine and an alkali salt of at least one of an unsaturated and a saturated fatty acid in the amount of 0.5-10% by volume, and

an aliphatic amine in the amount of 0.5-10% by volume.

36. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , including a co-solvent selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, and dimethyl sulphoxide in the amount of between 0.5 and 10% by volume for changing physical and chemical characteristics of the agent.

37. An agent as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the agent is maintained at at least one of room temperature and a temperature within the range of 20-90° C.

38. A method for removing at least one of paint, varnish, glue, and rubber from an object by applying to the object an agent as claimed in claim 1 .

39. A method as claimed in claim 38 , including the step of applying the agent to the object by at least one of dipping the object in a tank containing the agent, by brushing the agent onto the object, and by spraying the agent onto the object.

40. A method as claimed in claim 38 , wherein the agent is in the form of a mixture that is cold and thickened.

41. A method for enabling the continuous determination of the composition/balance in a bath of an agent for removing from objects paint, lacquer, rubber, glue, plastic, and the like, said method comprising the steps of: removing a predetermined quantity of fluid from a heated and homogenous fluid bath; adding phosphoric acid to the removed quantity of fluid while stirring the fluid bath; allowing the removed fluid to undergo phase separation; and determining the water content in the lower light and clear phase.

42. A method as claimed in claim 41 , wherein 20 ml of phosphoric acid is added to 100 ml of the removed quantity of fluid.