Patent ID: 6228901
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: C09D,E01F,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of producing a wear resistant traffic marking on a road surface, said method comprising:applying on said road surface a layer of an aqueous traffic paint, which comprises a polymer polymerized from a monomer mixture that includes in the range of from 80 percent to 99.9 percent, all in weight percentages based on polymer solids, of one or more hydrophobic monomers selected from the group consisting of isobornyl methacrylate, butyl methacrylate, isobutyl (meth)acrylate, ethyl methacrylate, 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate, stearyl (meth)acrylate, lauryl (meth)acrylate, butadiene ethylene, and combinations thereof; and wherein said monomer mixture is free from styrene or substituted styrene monomers; anddrying said layer to form said wear resistant traffic marking on said road surface.