Patent ID: 6835411
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: A01N,B27K,C08L,C14C

Abstract:
A method of conserving materials comprising impregnating a material selected from the group consisting of animals, reptiles, animal and human body organs and bones, leather, pelts, and hides with a curable polymeric system comprising (i) a siloxane polymer having an average of at least two silanol groups per molecule, (ii) sufficient of a crosslinker to crosslink a significant portion of the siloxane polymer, and curing the impregnated material with the crosslinker in (ii), the crosslinker being selected from the group consisting of Râ€³Si(Oxime)3 and Si(Oxime)4, wherein Râ€³ is a phenyl group, hydrogen, a vinyl group, or an alkyl group having 1-12 carbon atoms.