| abstract |
Hydrophobizing agents for use in making composite lignocellulose products are provided. In at least one specific embodiment, a method for making a composite product can include contacting a plurality of lignocellulosic substrates with a resin and a hydrophobizing agent to form a mixture. The hydrophobizing agent can include one or more vegetable waxes, one or more alkaline metal alkylsiliconates, one or more alkyl ketene dimers, one or more organosilanes, one or polysiloxanes, one or more Fischer-Tropsch waxes, one or more fluorinated polyurethanes, one or more fluorinated acrylate polymers, one or more olefin metathesis products, or any mixture thereof. The method can also include at least partially curing the mixture to produce a composite product. |