A composition comprising: an alcohol having the composition R'OH; and a polyalkyl[meth]acrylate having a repeating unit: wherein Z is hydrogen or a methyl group, X, independently for each repeating unit, is R or R', R is an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, R' is an alkyl group having 10 to 30 carbon atoms, and n is an integer such that the composition has a weight average molecular weight in the range of about 10,000 to about 250,000 g/mol, wherein repeating units of the polyalkyl[meth]acrylate in which X is R' make up about 60 to about 99.5 mol% of the total number of repeating units n and repeating units of the polyalkyl[meth]acrylate in which X is R make up about 0.5 to about 40 mol% of the total number of repeating units n, and wherein R'OH is present in the range of about 0.5 to about 40 mol% relative to the total number of repeating units n obtainable by a method comprising the following steps: (a) reacting R'OH with a polyalkl[meth]acrylate in which X is R, optionally in a solvent in the presence of a catalyst to form a substituted alcohol ROH and the substituted polyalkyl[meth]acrylate in which X is R or R', and (b) removing the substituted alcohol ROH and any solvent from the reaction product to form the composition consisting essentially of the alcohol R'OH and the substituted polyalkyl[meth]acrylate. an alcohol having the composition R'OH; and a polyalkyl[meth]acrylate having a repeating unit: wherein Z is hydrogen or a methyl group, X, independently for each repeating unit, is R or R', R is an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, R' is an alkyl group having 10 to 30 carbon atoms, and n is an integer such that the composition has a weight average molecular weight in the range of about 10,000 to about 250,000 g/mol, Z is hydrogen or a methyl group, X, independently for each repeating unit, is R or R', R is an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, R' is an alkyl group having 10 to 30 carbon atoms, and n is an integer such that the composition has a weight average molecular weight in the range of about 10,000 to about 250,000 g/mol, wherein repeating units of the polyalkyl[meth]acrylate in which X is R' make up about 60 to about 99.5 mol% of the total number of repeating units n and repeating units of the polyalkyl[meth]acrylate in which X is R make up about 0.5 to about 40 mol% of the total number of repeating units n, and wherein R'OH is present in the range of about 0.5 to about 40 mol% relative to the total number of repeating units n obtainable by a method comprising the following steps: (a) reacting R'OH with a polyalkl[meth]acrylate in which X is R, optionally in a solvent in the presence of a catalyst to form a substituted alcohol ROH and the substituted polyalkyl[meth]acrylate in which X is R or R', and (b) removing the substituted alcohol ROH and any solvent from the reaction product to form the composition consisting essentially of the alcohol R'OH and the substituted polyalkyl[meth]acrylate. (a) reacting R'OH with a polyalkl[meth]acrylate in which X is R, optionally in a solvent in the presence of a catalyst to form a substituted alcohol ROH and the substituted polyalkyl[meth]acrylate in which X is R or R', and (b) removing the substituted alcohol ROH and any solvent from the reaction product to form the composition consisting essentially of the alcohol R'OH and the substituted polyalkyl[meth]acrylate.