Improvements in Paints.
Year: 1890

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Paints.
A communication from NICHOLAS ALEXEIEWITCH BIBIKOV, of Albuquerque, in the
County of Bernalillo, Territory of New Mexico, United States of America,
Gentleman.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex, M.I.M.E.,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention has relation to an improvement in paints and it consists in the
combination of certain ingredients as will be hereinafter more particularly set forth.
The object of my invention is to produce a composition of matter which when
used for itself, that is alone, or with pigments and coloring matter and particularly
with iron ores carrying tungsten and tin also with alkalies, alkaline earths and earths,
will be a substitute for vegetable oils, mineral oils, wood tar, coal tar, bitumen,
asphaltum, glue and rubber which are now used in the manufacture of paints,
kalsomining roofing, cement etc. These are all combustible and many of them
inflammable while the composition of matter which embodies this invention being a
combination of exclusively mineral substances is practically fire proof as well as
water-proof and acid-proof; it serves as a filler and is a non-conductor of caloric and
electricity and will preserve objects coated and saturated with it from decay.
In carrying out my invention I combine pulverized or ground mica, that is
muscovite, biotite and other varieties of mica with a solution of potassium silicate
and sodium silicate in cold or boiling water; for instance I mix five parts by
weight of carbonate of soda with seven parts of carbonate of potash and eighteen
parts of silicate, or ten parts by weight of carbonate of potash with fifteen parts by
weight of silica and one part of charcoal. All of the parts are pulverized before
mixing them, and after mixing, I fuse them thoroughly and dissolve the fused mass
in from six to eight parts by weight of boiling water. After having strained or
filtered the solution I add thereto from five to twenty-five per cent. of pulverized or
ground mica. The mica forms with the solution after the menstruum (that is the
surplus water) has evaporated by exposure to the air, a combination similar in its
chemical composition to the varieties of feldspar known as oligoclose, albite and
nephline, which when used alone that is for itself or with pigments or coloring
matter and particularly with iron ores, carrying tungsten and tin also with alkalies,
alkaline earths, also graphite or plumbago for the preparation of paints, kalsonining
roofing, cements etc. forms a practically fire proof, water proof and acid-proof
covering and which is a non-conductor of caloric and electricity and preserves the
objects coated or saturated with it from decay.
For some particular purposes as for paints, kalsomining roofing, or applying to
brick, stone or slate, I add to the solution of silicate of potash, or silicate of soda,
containing the pulverized or ground mica, from three to eight per cent. or more (of
the total weight of the liquid) of lime either unslacked or air slacked. When the
lime is added, the liquid after being exposed to the air evaporates and forms a
combination which in its chemical composition is similar to the varieties of feldspar
known as oligoclose and andesite.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
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page_text: a solution of silicate of soda, potash, pulverized mica, and lime suspended therein as
set forth.
2. The hereindescribed paint compound composed of ground or pulverized mica,
silicate of potash and silicate of soda, in a solution of water either cold or
heated.
3. The paint described, formed from a solution of silicate of potash, and silicate
of soda, containing ground or pulverized mica and unslacked or air slacked lime
as set forth.
4. The paint described consisting of a solution of silicate of potash and of silicate
of soda, containing pulverized or ground mica, or mica and lime, any and all
pigments and coloring matter and particularly iron ores carrying tungsten and tin
and also alkalies and alkaline earths in the proportiors substantially as specified.
Dated this 21st dow of Janua1800
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.