IP Library Granted Patent US 7,503,964
Granted Patent B2
US 7,503,964 · App. 11/879,715 · Granted Mar 17, 2009

Paste wax composition

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Patent No.
US 7,503,964
App. No.
11/879,715
Granted
Mar 17, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A solvent based paste wax polish composition for metallic, plastic, and painted surfaces containing a blend of synthetic and natural waxes, a blend of silicone fluids, blend of solvents, zinc oxide nanoparticles UV agent having a particle size of 100 nanometers or less, alumina nanoparticles polishing agent having a particle size of 200 nanometers or less, and hydrophobically modified silica nanoparticles of 50 nanometers or less producing a polish having cleaning properties and an enhanced high glossed finish from a single application while exhibiting reduced white dry polish residue during the waxing process.

Claims (90)

1. A solvent based paste wax polish composition for application to metal, plastic, and painted surfaces, comprising:

a primarily aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent containing less than 10% aromatic hydrocarbons in an amount of between about 20 to 45 percent by weight based on the total composition;

at least one silicone fluid having a viscosity ranging from about 100 to 1,000 cst in an amount of from 0.5 to 40 percent by weight of the total composition;

at least one natural wax in an amount of from between about 1.0 to 20.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the composition;

at least one emulsificable oxidized synthetic paraffine in an amount of from 0.1 to 15.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the composition;

a silicone wax having a siloxane backbone with alkyl groups attached thereto in an amount of from 0.01 to 15.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the composition;

at least one paraffin wax derived from petroleum in an amount of from 0.01 to 15.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the composition;

at least one partly saponified ester of montanic acid in an amount of from 0.01 to 15.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the composition;

at least one ester of montanic acid in an amount of from 0.01 to 15.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the composition;

at least one synthetic isoparaffinic hydrocarbon in an amount of from between about 25.0 to 65.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the composition;

a zinc oxide powder in an amount of from between about 0.01 to 1.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the composition;

an aluminum oxide in an amount of from between about 0.1 to 10.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the composition; and

a hydrophobic surface modifier in an amount of from between about 0.001 to 3.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the composition.

2. The solvent based paste wax polish composition of claim 1 , wherein said at least one silicone fluid comprises from 2.0 to 18.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the composition.

3. The solvent based paste wax polish composition of claim 1 , wherein said at least one silicone fluid

comprises a blend of silicone fluids.

4. The solvent based paste wax polish composition of claim 3 , wherein said blend of silicone fluids comprises a blend of silicone fluids selected from the group consisting of a 1,000 cst silicone fluid, a 100 cst silicone fluid, and a 350 cst silicone fluid in a combined amount of from about 0.5 to 4.0 percent by weight of the total weight of the composition.

5. The solvent based paste wax polish composition of claim 3 , wherein said blend of silicone fluids comprises about 2.0 percent by weight of a 1,000 cst silicone fluid , about 2.0 percent by weight of a 100 cst silicone fluid, and about 2.0 percent by weight of a 350 cst silicone fluid based on the total weight of the composition.

6. The solvent based paste wax polish composition of claim 1 , wherein said at least one natural wax comprises a carnauba wax.

7. The solvent based paste wax polish composition of claim 1 , wherein said at least one natural wax is present in an amount of from between 1 to 10.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the composition.

8. The solvent based paste wax polish composition of claim 1 , wherein said at least one natural wax is present in an amount of from between 2 to 8.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the composition.

9. The solvent based paste wax polish composition of claim 1 , wherein said at least one natural wax is selected from the group consisting of a carnauba wax, candelilla wax, a montan wax, a japan wax, and combinations thereof.

10. The solvent based paste wax polish composition of claim 1 , wherein said aluminum oxide comprises nanoparticles having a mean particle diameter of about 0.24 microns (240 nanometers).

11. The solvent based paste wax polish of composition claim 1 , wherein said aluminum oxide comprises nanoparticles having a mean particle diameter of less than 1.2 microns.

12. The solvent based paste wax polish composition of claim 1 , wherein said aluminum oxide comprises nanoparticles having a mean particle diameter of from 0.20 to 1.2 microns.

13. The solvent based paste wax polish composition of claim 1 , wherein said aluminum oxide is present in an amount of from between about 0.5 to 6.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the composition.

14. The solvent based paste wax polish composition of claim 1 , wherein said aluminum oxide is present in an amount of from between about 1.0 to 4.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the composition.

15. The solvent based paste wax polish composition of claim 1 , wherein said zinc oxide powder comprises a particle size ranging from about 10 to 120 nm.

16. The solvent based paste wax polish composition of claim 1 , wherein said zinc oxide powder comprises a mean particle diameter of from 20 to 60 nanometers.

17. The solvent based paste wax polish composition of claim 1 , wherein said zinc oxide powder comprises a majority of particles having a size of from 35 to 55 nanometers in diameter.

18. The solvent based paste wax polish composition of claim 1 , wherein said hydrophobic surface modifier comprises a silica compound.

19. The solvent based paste wax polish composition of claim 18 , wherein said silica compound comprises a hydrophobic fumed silica.

20. The solvent based paste wax polish composition of claim 1 , wherein said hydrophobic surface modifier is present in an amount of from between 0.01 to 1.5 percent by weight based on the total weight of the composition.

21. The solvent based paste wax polish compostion of claim 1 , wherein said hydrophobic surface modifier is present in an amount of from between 0.1 to 1.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the composition.

22. The solvent based paste wax polish composition of claim 1 , wherein said hydrophobic surface modifier comprises an average particle size distribution of particles between 100 to 4,000 nanometers.

23. The solvent based paste wax polish composition of claim 1 , wherein said hydrophobic surface modifier is selected from the group consisting of organosilanes, alkylsilanes, fluorinated silanes, disilazanes, alkylchlorosilanes, alkoxysilanes, methyltrimethoxysilane, methyltriethoxysilane, ethyltrimethoxysilane, ethyltriethoxysilane, n-propyltrimethoxysilane, n-propyltriethoxysilane, i-propyltrimethoxysilane, i-propyltriethoxysilane, butyltrimethoxysilane, butyltriethoxysilane, hexyltrimethoxysilane, octyltrimethoxysilane, 3-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane, n-octyltriethoxysilane, phenyltriethoxysilane, polytriethoxysilane, trialkoxyarylsilanes, isooctyltrimethoxy-silane, N-(3-triethoxysilylpropyl) methoxyethoxyethoxyethyl carbamate, N-(3-triethoxysilylpropyl) methoxyethoxyethoxyethyl carbamate, polydialkylsiloxanes, polydimethylsiloxane, substituted and unsubstituted arylsilanes, substituted and unsubstituted alkyl silanes, methoxy and hydroxy substituted alkyl silanes, alkylchlorosilanes, methyltrichlorosilane, dimethyldichlorosilane, trimethylchlorosilane, octylmethyldichlorosilane, octyltrichlorosilane, octadecylmethyldichlorosilanes, octadecyltrichlorosilane, methylmethoxysilanes, methyltrimethoxysilane, dimethyldimethoxysilane, trimethylmethoxysilane, methylethoxysilanes, methyltriethoxysilane, dimethyldiethoxysilane, trimethylethoxysilane, methylacetoxysilanes, methyltriacetoxysilane, dimethyldiacetoxysilane, trimethylacetoxysilane, vinylsilanes, vinyltrichlorosilane, vinylmethyldichlorosilane, vinyldimethylchlorosilane, vinyltrimethoxysilane, vinylmethyldimethoxysilane, vinyldimethylmethoxysilane, vinyltriethoxysilane, vinylmethyldiethoxysilane, vinyldimethylethoxysilane, and combinations thereof.

24. The solvent based paste wax polish composition of claim 1 , wherein said hydrophobic surface modifier is selected from the group consisting of hexamethyldisilazane, divinyltetramethyldisilazane, bis(3,3-trifluoropropyl)tetramethyldisilazane, and octamethylcyclotetrasilazane.

25. The solvent based paste wax polish composition of claim 1 , wherein said hydrophobic surface modifier is selected from the group consisting of fluorinated alkyl-, alkoxy-, aryl- and/or alkylaryl-silanes, and fully perfluorinated alkyl-, alkoxy-, aryl- and/or alkylaryl-silanes.

26. The solvent based paste wax polish composition of claim 1 , wherein said hydrophobic surface modifier comprises a fluoroalkyl silane.

27. The solvent based paste wax polish composition of claim 1 , wherein said hydrophobic surface modifier comprises a fluorinated alkoxy-silane.

28. A solvent based paste wax polish composition for application to metal, plastic, and painted surfaces, consisting essentially of:

a primarily aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent containing less than 10% aromatic hydrocarbons in an amount of between about 20 to 45 percent by weight based on the total composition;

a blend of silicone fluids having a viscosity ranging from about 100 to 1,000 cst in an amount of from 0.5 to 40 percent by weight of the total composition;

at least one natural wax in an amount of from between about 1.0 to 20.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the composition;

at least one synthetic wax in an amount of from 5.0 to 25.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the composition;

a silicone wax having a siloxane backbone with alkyl groups attached thereto in an amount of from 0.01 to 15.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the composition;

at least one paraffin wax;

at least one partly saponified ester of montanic acid;

at least one ester of montanic acid in an amount of from between about 5.0 to 25.0percent by weight based on the total weight of the composition;

at least one synthetic isoparaffinic hydrocarbon in an amount of from between about 25.0 to 65.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the composition;

a zinc oxide powder having a particle size ranging from about 10 to 120 nm in an amount of from between about 0.01 to 1.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the composition;

an abrasive material in an amount of from between about 0.1 to 3.0 percent by weight based

on the total weight of the composition; and

a silica compound comprising a hydrophobic fumed silica in an amount of from between about 0.1 to 3.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the composition.

29. The solvent based paste wax polish of claim 28 , wherein said at least one synthetic wax comprises an emulsifiable oxidized synthetic paraffine.

30. The solvent based paste wax polish of claim 28 , wherein said at least one synthetic wax comprises a blend of synthetic waxes.

31. The solvent based paste wax polish of claim 28 , wherein said at least one synthetic wax is selected from the group consisting of an emulsifiable oxidized synthetic paraffine, a silicone wax having a siloxane backbone with alkyl groups attached thereto, a paraffin wax having a melting point of about 160-165° F., a partly saponified ester of montanic acid, an ester of montanic acid, and combinations thereof in an amount of from 5 to 15 percent by weight based on the total weight of the composition.

32. The solvent based paste wax polish of claim 28 , wherein said at least one synthetic wax is a synthetic form of carnauba wax comprising a white hard, emulsificable oxidized synthetic paraffine containing long chain acids, esters, alcohols and ketones as some unreacted paraffins in an amount of from 5 to 15 percent by weight based on the total weight of the composition.

33. The solvent based paste wax polish of claim 31 , wherein said at least one synthetic wax comprises an alkyl methyl silicone wax having a siloxane backbone with alkyl groups attached thereto in an amount of from 5 to 15 percent by weight based on the total weight of the composition.

34. The solvent based paste wax polish of claim 28 , wherein said at least one synthetic wax is a derivative of a montanic acid comprising an ester, an amide and its salts.

35. The solvent based paste wax polish of claim 28 , wherein said at least one synthetic wax comprises a montanic acid derivative comprising a salt of montanic acid with an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal.

36. The solvent based paste wax polish of claim 28 , wherein said abrasive is selected from the group consisting of diatomaceous earth, aluminum silicate, aluminum oxide, silicon dioxide, aluminum dioxide, cerium oxide, zirconium oxide, titanium oxide, manganese dioxide, Fuller's earth, bentonite, silica, micro-crystal silica, talc, pumice tripoli, hydrated calcium silicate, zeolite, anhydrous aluminum silicate, chalk, colloidal clay, magnesium oxide, red iron oxide, and tin oxide.

37. The solvent based paste wax polish of claim 28 , wherein said abrasive comprises a particle size of less than 5 microns (500 nanometers) or smaller.

38. A paste wax composition, comprising:

a hydrocarbon solvent comprising at least 90% aliphatic hydrocarbons in an amount of 31.3 percent by weight based on the total weight of the paste wax composition;

a silicone fluid having a viscosity of 100 cst in an amount of 2.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the paste wax composition;

a silicone fluid having a viscosity of 350 cst in an amount of 2.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the paste wax composition;

a silicone fluid having a viscosity of 1000 cst in an amount of 2.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the paste wax composition;

a carnauba wax in an amount of 6.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the paste wax composition;

a synthetic silicone wax in an amount of 2.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the paste wax composition;

a synthetic paraffin wax in an amount of 2.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the paste wax composition;

a synthetic wax consisting essentially of a partly saponified ester of montanic acids in an amount of 2.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the paste wax composition;

a synthetic wax consisting essentially of an ester of montanic acid in an amount of 2.5 percent by weight based on the total weight of the paste wax composition;

a synthetic isoparaffinic hydrocarbon in an amount of 44.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the paste wax composition;

a zinc oxide powder comprising nanoparticles having a mean particle diameter of about 35 nanometer in an amount of 0.1 percent by weight based on the total weight of the paste wax composition;

an aluminum oxide powder comprising nanoparticles having a median particle diameter of 0.24 microns in an amount of 1.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the paste wax composition; and

a hydrophobic fumed silica in an amount of 0.25 percent by weight based on the total weight of the paste wax composition.

39. A solvent based paste wax polish for application to metal, plastic, and painted surfaces, consisting essentially of:

an aliphatic, hydrocarbon solvent containing less than 10% aromatic hydrocarbons;

a silicone fluid blend comprising 100 cst silicone fluid and a 350 cst silicone fluid, and a 1,000 cst silicone fluid;

a natural wax;

a blend of synthetic waxes comprising an emulsifiable oxidized synthetic paraffine;

a silicone wax having a siloxane backbone with alkyl groups attached thereto;

a paraffin wax having a melting point of about 160-165° F.;

a partly saponified ester of a montanic acid;

an ester of at least one montanic acid;

a synthetic isoparaffinic hydrocarbon;

a zinc oxide powder having a particle size ranging from about 10 to 120 nm;

an aluminum oxide composed of nanoparticles having a mean particle diameter of about 0.24 microns; and

a silica compound comprising a hydrophobic fumed silica.

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