A glass fiber mat having improved strength and fiber wettability is provided by incorporation of a critical amount of between 1% and 6% by weight (solids) of a carboxylated styrene-butadiene latex having a pH between about 5 and about 8.5, a glass transition temperature (Tg) less than 25.degree. C. and a surface tension less than 50 dynes/cm, and 94% and 99% by weight (solids) of a urea-formaldehyde resin solution having a pH of from about 6.5 to about 8.5.
An aqueous binder composition containing a urea-formaldehyde resin modified with an additive comprising (1) styrene acrylic acid or styrene acrylate, (2) an adduct of styrene, maleic anhydride, and an acrylic acid or acrylate or (3) a physical mixture of a styrene acrylic acid or styrene-acrylate copolymer and a styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer. The resulting binder is used in the preparation of fiber mats.
A urea-formaldehyde resin modified with a water-insoluble anionic phosphate ester is used as binder in the preparation of glass fiber mats using a hydroxyethyl cellulose white water system. High tear strength glass fiber mats can be produced in a hydroxyethyl cellulose white water system using such a binder.
An aqueous binder composition containing a urea-formaldehyde resin modified with a water-soluble styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer is used in the preparation of fiber mats.
An aqueous binder composition containing a urea-formaldehyde resin modified with a water-soluble styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer is used in the preparation of fiber mats.
The invention relates to a coated fiber mat of improved tear strength upon dividing pieces of the coated mat and the coating which comprises a cured, non-woven, fiber glass mat containing a polysiloxane wherein the fibers are fixedly distributed in a formaldehyde type binder containing a binder modifier which is a crosslinked styrene/acrylic polymer, and to a process for the preparation of the mat.
