Patent ID: 8247490

Claim:
A method for synthesizing an improved adhesion composition comprising the steps of: (a) forming an aqueous mixture comprising (i) a water soluble, phenolic condensate material selected from the group consisting of a non-crosslinked phenolic condensate, a non-crosslinked resorcinol-furfuraldehyde condensate, and a phenol-formaldehyde condensate; (ii) a latex component; (iii) a base component; and (iv) an aldehyde component represented by structure (1), (2) or (3): wherein X is selected from the group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur; wherein R 1 , R 2 and R 3 may be independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl, halo, hydrogen, and carboxylic functional groups; wherein the water soluble condensate material contains sufficient resorcinol functional groups or phenol groups to allow for a reaction between the condensate material and the aldehyde component; and (b) allowing the mixture to age at room temperature for at least about 8 to 24 hours.