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Hr. A. D DuneAn Enclosed ie the consolidated report of the Paint and Varnish Division Laboratories for 1952 with a brief review of the problems and process for the year, as well as ths estimated research budget and our plans for 1953. a v'e have made definite progress in regard to the patent situation this year and I mould like to suggest the patent I department be expanded so that Hr. Christensen could spend more time with us. As the technology of given industry II advances it is logical to expect patent work will also increase. The formation of a polyester group under baiter Maker is a 1} new method of approach to obtaining specialized industrial business. It is too early to report, but it looks as though this method mill afford a means of expanding our business in 11 new fields with the same degree of success that the smaller companies have in the marketing of specialized finishes. Plans for the coming year are covered under the respective fl research problems, as well as a brief summary of last year's accomplishments and work. l The Operating Manual for the laboratory was started this year but not completed and further sfcuay will be given to it in tho coming year. F v-e appreciate very much the help the executives and respective department's have given ua as we definitely feel any results which are obtained are only accomplished through teamwork. t ES id E Schulte c/c nr Mr Hr, Hr, Hr I GLD37077 t'*&U4itewi i**ia*w>> froir-Mr. Herzog of the; interest'which" IsbCingsbown In satin in< these countrlesandthe success thole companies are having In; the';-' marketing of Satin and aleo their new and novel s approach* Apparently 'Becker train all their dealers In the proper use of their products before they allow then to handle the product.": y). *................%...-s....i...t.;..... - Hlpolin of Sngland aleo expressed*a decided Interest in Satin which was: good to hear since-we apparently have not had too much success with Ripolin, France*" we understand Glaxebrooka plan to start manufacturing Satin early in 1953. -?e *. r .< According to Mr. Henog* trip notes on vinyl acetate emulsion paints there is still a great deal of room for improvement. Some of the success may be due to differences In home structure. There is always the question of how much influence would butadiene styrene type of latex have had on the growth of vinyl acetate paints if it had been available. In our ownexperimental work, particularly on exterior emulsions, we are not overlooking any possibility in regard to the use of any of the vinyl acetate polymers. ' It might be well to point out again that the latex used in our present Satin Is somewhat similar to a varnish in that it takes up oxygen and hardens on drying and thus its resistance to groaseB and solvents improves with age as well as adhesion. It also converts from a thermoplastic to & hard film similar to varnish. On the other hand, polyvinyl acetate and poly vinyl chloride are saturated polymers which are not .subject to oxidation and consequently if they are thermoplastic they retain their thernoplastlcity and if they are soluble in solvents they retain their solubility. A plasticiser ie necessary for flexibility and the plasticizer may or may not have a tendency to sweat out in the film. This la the Mason the emulsion laboratory believes an internal plasticized polymer of polyvinyl acetate or polyvinyl chloride would-be more suitable. ' v' In regard to Important developments in the past year, possibly the most outstanding developments in the. trade sales line would be the alkyd flat, a new house paint tint base, and an improved house paint primer through the use. of rutile pigment as well as conversion of our speed-wall semi-Qloas to an alkyd .base* in ^ the emulsion line, the expansion of Satin.and shortage of-latex took a great deal of laboratory work. we. are now in the intro ductory stage of spred Gloss and exposure tests are out on various types of exterior emulsions. In the industrial field possibly one of our major: accomplish ments this year has been transferring our formulations on chemical resistant modified silicone, Kubelon s, Glidpol . (polyesters).into the manufacturing stage and into utilization in volume byv customers. The acceptance ahduseof.Hubeloa.S by Martin steel indicates the practicability -of the formulation. GLD3707B * /. i.Hf ?*r ' ' j, *7-ii b Iio s l it b CONTRACT oont'd 1952 1953 Expenditure Budget uses of vinyl who oould work both with our laboratory people and with our tale* people to promote their sale. Hew resins.may not necessarily; reach thelr greateat consumption in regular coating fields but very often aeek new fields and which > offer &n opportunity for jpanalon --- From interviewing these candidate*> most of whoa have been connected with Carbide and Carbon at one time, it was learned specialised outfits have the greatest success In the development of vinyl finishes, It was also learned that these outfits depend a great deal upon the Mellon Institute for guidance. Therefore, I believe it would be advisable we make periodic trips to Mellon Institute > . * . ' Pi and contact them more frequently on our problems. If we do this on definite time periods the program will be carried through. To start this Mr, Kusser has requested permission to go to Mellon Institute in January and arrangements are being made. I would also suggest it might be edviaable to have Dr* Quarles of Mellon address one of our future sales meetings* 47-12 TRACE SALES $ lt,651.60 $15,000 h o u s e FAINT - Since rutile is now available our Base Coat has been improved in hiding and In durability*- xt has been definitely shown that rutile in the primer materially improves the durability of the top coats. This has also given us Increased hiding (approxi* m&tfely 10 per cent). After four yeare of experimentation and exterior teste, our tint base is now based on rutile titanium pigment along with lead and GLD37079 A7HJ* SKAjBK JSABES *o d >$ proven, to.. hold color ttupjja bett*x%.*h*n our. previous ^oa^iaatinn and also has fetter hiding, approximately kO paxy oent* Color retention is particularly important lino* tinted house paints are being used much more widely than they had been in previous years* Our difficulty in Dallas with the spotting of gray Endurance was overcoin* with the new rutile tint' base. In regard to exterior paint, it has been desirable to reduce the chalking tendencies of our X-1800 and for this purpose 10 per cent of rutile was introduced into the formula to retard the chalking of the anataae titanium. The Armstrong Company introduoed a low.luster, house paint last year and our exposure testa show that it .la not as durable.aa. our tints, either in color retention or. in film integrity* In regard to our fumeproof Y-1850 there has been a great deal of discussion in the past because we have had some lead drier present in the formula. During the year it was changed to eliminate the lead entirely so as to have maximum fume resistant properties. It is hoped that the improvements we have made in house paint will help to overcome the decreaseinvolume, particularly since house paint is a good profit Item now where"in former years it has been a low profit item. ` As a matte;r';5 o*ff. Information wehaveover 200 exposure tests but on fabuee iUh!' ... ..i ` y< Treated soya oil has continued to be used in our formulations. Based on .our 10 months production period it . looks as though, we: have saved about $t$,000 by the use.pf our own treated soya bean oil*. O 'V wH t GLD37080