Patent ID: 7022194

Claim:
A method for detoxification of a paint booth dry filter having paint thereon, comprising the steps of: providing a composition having detackification, detoxification and neutralization of combustibility properties, the composition comprising an aqueous mixture having a pH in a range of from about 7.5 to about 9 and containing an effective minor amount of cationic polymer having a molecular weight of at least about 7.5 million such that the composition is useful for detackifying and detoxifying paint particles in spray booth water; mixing the composition with filter soak water to provide a resultant mixture having a composition:water ratio in a range of from about 1:5 to about 1:10; and soaking the paint booth dry filter having paint thereon in the resultant mixture for a period of time effective to detoxify and remove paint present on the paint booth dry filter.