Patent ID: 8524137

Claim:
A method of reducing esthetic defects in an injection molded article, the method comprising: injection molding a poly(arylene ether) composition to form an injection molded article; wherein a portion of the injection molded article comprises a first dimension of at least 10 centimeters, a second dimension of at least 10 centimeters, and a third dimension of less than or equal to 1 centimeter; wherein the poly(arylene ether) composition comprises about 50 to about 70 weight percent of a poly(arylene ether) having an intrinsic viscosity of about 0.3 to about 0.55 deciliter/gram measured at 25° C. in chloroform, about 12 to about 30 weight percent of a rubber-modified polystyrene, wherein the rubber-modified polystyrene comprises polystyrene and polybutadiene, about 5 to about 25 weight percent of an organophosphate ester flame retardant, a first colorant and a second colorant, wherein the total amount of all colorants is about 0.3 to about 1 weight percent, and about 1 to about 5 weight percent of a hydrocarbon resin selected from the group consisting of aliphatic/aromatic hydrocarbon resins, hydrogenated aliphatic/aromatic hydrocarbon resins, cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon resins, hydrogenated cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon resins, cycloaliphatic/aromatic hydrocarbon resins, hydrogenated cycloaliphatic/aromatic hydrocarbon resins, hydrogenated aromatic hydrocarbon resins, polyterpene resins, terpene-phenol resins, rosins, hydrogenated rosins, rosin esters, hydrogenated rosin esters, coumarone/indene resins, hydrogenated terpene resins, and combinations thereof; wherein all weight percents are based on the total weight of the poly(arylene ether) composition.