Patent ID: 6993876

Claim:
A glass fiber mat for use in making a roofing composite of asphalt-coated hand sheets and asphalt shingles, said mat comprising, by weight, about 68% to about 90% of fibers; about 10% to about 32% by weight of an organic resin binder; and having applied to the surface of said glass mat about 0.001% to about 20% by weight of an adhesion modifier which is non-reactive with said surface of the glass mat but which induces fiber pull-out during tear of the composite and thereby provides improved composite tear strength wherein said asphalt-coated hand sheets and asphalt shingles thereof meet or exceeds Tear Test D-1922 (ASTM D-3462, Jul. 10, 1997 Ed), and wherein said adhesion modifier is a polysiloxane.