| abstract |
A water repellent for treating solids provides an durable and robust water repellency. The active ingredient in the water repellent is a pendant carbosiloxane dendrimer-functional vinyl-type polymer. A spray-formulated water repellent for treating solids contains 0.5 to 20 weight % of the pendant carbosiloxane dendrimer-functional vinyl-type polymer, 30 to 98.5 weight % of an organic solvent, and 1 to 50 weight % of a propellant gas. |