Patent ID: 6997980

Claim:
An aqueous effect coating material comprising at least one water soluble or dispersible binder, at least one effect pigment, and a neutralized mixture of at least two fatty acids selected from the group consisting of fatty acids having 6 to 30 carbon atoms in the molecule, comprising from 1 to 6 percent by weight of the neutralized mixture of at least two fatty acids, based on the weight of the effect pigment, wherein an excess of neutralizing agent is employed for the neutralized mixture of at least two fatty acids and wherein the neutralizing agent is selected from the group consisting of ammonia, trimethylamine, triethylamine, tributylamine, amino alcohols, dibutylamine, dimethylaniline, diethylaniline, triphenylamine, dimethylethanolamine, diethylethyanolamine, methyldiethanolamine, 2-aminomethylpropanol, dimethylisopropylamine, dimethylisopropanolamine, triethanolamine, and combinations thereof.