Patent ID: 6946502

Claim:
A water-borne paint composition which comprises a binder and a coalescent agent alone or together with at least one member of the group consisting of surfactants, dispersion agents, thickening agents, conservation agents/fungicides, antifoaming agents and fillers and pigments, calcium carbonate, titanium dioxide, pH regulating agents and aqueous ammonia, characterized in that at least 20% of the film forming agent is formed by a glycidyl ether of formula I wherein R is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated C 3 -C 20 hydrocarbon and X is hydrogen or a hydroxyl group, or a glycidyl ester of formula II wherein R′ is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated C 2 -C 20 hydrocarbon and X′ is a methyl group, a methylene hydroxy group or a carboxyl or lower carboxylate group, or a mixture thereof.