US 12,104,086 B2
Paint remover composition and method of making
Jonathan P. Breon, Memphis, TN (US); Timothy G. Teague, Nesbit, MS (US); and Dennis Earl Shireman, Marion, AR (US)
Assigned to W.M. BARR & COMPANY, INC., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by W. M. BARR & COMPANY, INC, Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/385,569.
Application 18/385,569 is a continuation of application No. 17/339,446, filed on Jun. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,827,812.
Application 17/339,446 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/011,164, filed on Jun. 18, 2018, granted, now 11,708,502, issued on Jul. 5, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/522,417, filed on Jun. 20, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0059914 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C09D 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC C09D 9/005 (2013.01) 20 Claims
 
1. A paint remover composition comprising:
tetrahydrofuran (THF) in an amount of 67.5% by wt. to 87.75% by wt based on the total weight of the composition;
an amine with a molar volume of <100 cm3/mol,
a solvent that renders the composition miscible, wherein the solvent comprises at least one of a hydrocarbon, an alcohol, a glycol ether, benzene, xylene, toluene, dimethyl benzene, ethylbenzene, aliphatic hydrocarbon with 5 carbon or more, cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon with 5 carbon or more, methanol, ethanol, n-propanol, i-propanol, n-butanol, i-butanol, s-butanol, amyl alcohol, ethyleneglycol monomethylether, ethyleneglycol monoethylether, ethyleneglycol monopropylether, ethyleneglycol monobutyl ether, ethyleneglycol monohexylether, phenoxyethanol, propylene glycol monomethyl ether, propylene glycol monoethyl ether, propylene glycol monopropyl ether, propylene glycol monobutylether, propyleneglycol phenyl ether, diethyleneglycol monomethylether, diethyleneglycol monoethylether, diethyleneglycol monopropylether, diethyleneglycol monobutylether, diethyleneglycol monohexylether, diethyleneglycol phenylether, dipropyleneglycol monomethyl ether, dipropyleneglycol monoethyl ether, dipropyleneglycol monopropyl ether, dipropyleneglycol monobutyl ether, dipropyleneglycol phenyl ether, dipropyleneglycol dimethylether, tripropyleneglycol monomethyl ether, tripropyleneglycol monobutylether, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, glycerol, propanediol, butanediol, 2-methylpropanediol, or a combination thereof, and
water in an amount up to 20% by wt. based on the weight of the composition.