Patent ID: 8017707

Claim:
A process for producing a homogeneous composition, comprising solution polymerizing comonomers including vinyl acetate and vinyl laurate in a targeted quantitative ratio to form a vinyl acetate-vinyl laurate copolymer b), following which vinyl acetate monomer is added and polymerized after a monomer conversion of from 60 to 100% by weight of the comonomers used to form copolymer b), and isolating the product as a solid, wherein the homogenous composition is in solid form, and comprises from 50-90% by weight, based on the total weight of the homogenous composition, of a) a polyvinyl acetate polymer containing more than 90% by weight of vinyl acetate derived moieties based on the weight of the polyvinyl acetate polymer, and from 10 to 50% by weight based on the total weight of the homogenous composition, of b) as vinyl acetate-vinyl laurate copolymer containing 10-50% of vinyl laurate derived moieties based on the weight of the vinyl acetate-vinyl laurate copolymer.