Patent ID: 8790491

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a coating slip, comprising mixing together: water, a latex, a binder, a mineral material, optionally a rheology-modifying agent that is not said latex, and optionally another additive, wherein said latex comprises at least 95% by weight of styrene compared to its total weight and said latex has a particle size from 50 to 150 nm, and wherein the coating slip produced by said method comprises: said water in an amount from 20% to 50% based on the total weight of the coating slip, and, expressed in parts by dry weight per 100 parts by dry weight of the mineral material; (a) 0.1 parts to 5 parts of said latex, (b) 3 parts to 20 parts by weight of said binder, (c) 0 part to 1 part by dry weight of said rheology-modifying agent that is not said latex, and (d) 0 part to 1 part by dry weight of said another additive.