Patent ID: 8883945

Claim:
A method of forming an aqueous alkyd resin emulsion, comprising: i) combining the alkyd resin and a mixture of alkyd resin emulsifying compounds represented by formula (I): R 1 .[(AO) n .R 2 ] m (I) wherein: R 1 independently represents the residue of, or derived from, a sugar having a linear C 4 to C 7 chain and at least m active hydrogen atoms in hydroxyl groups; AO independently represents an alkylene oxide residue; each n is independently from 5 to 50; m is from 3 to 6; total n is from 30 to 300; and R 2 independently represents a hydrogen atom, or an acyl group —(CO)R 3 ; R 3 independently represents a C 15 to C 19 hydrocarbyl group; wherein: a) on average each compound comprises from 2 to 6 acyl groups; and b) on average at least 1.2 of the R 2 groups per compound comprises a C 15 to C 19 hydrocarbyl group comprising at least two ethylenic double bonds; ii) including water to form a water-in-oil (resin) emulsion.