- Principal:Dow Adhesives
- Chemical Family:Chemical Mixtures & Blends
- Functions:Binder, Binder, Binder & Resin, Resin
- End Uses:Automotive Applications, Interlining, Medical Gowns, Nonwovens, Paper Coating, Tents, Upholstered Furniture, Upholstery
- Compatible Substrates & Surfaces:Paper
RHOPLEX® ST-954 is an APE free acrylic emulsion used in the manufacture of soft and durable nonwoven webs such as those used in apparel interlinings or interfacings. Webs using this binder possess excellent resistance to degradation from dry cleaning and laundering together with the softness required of typical apparel applications. Nonwovens bonded with RHOPLEX® ST-954 not only have the strength characteristics of stiffer binders, and binders of comparable softness crosslinked with a melamine- formaldehyde resin, but do so without compromising hand. The improved balance of strength and softness in this acrylic binder results from an advanced emulsion manufacturing technology.