Polymer modified asphalt roofing material

• Main Authors: Buckwalter, Daniel James, Kasprzak, Christopher Patrick, Davis, Jonathan Ross, LaTorre, Carmen Anthony, Honsvick, Jacob Paul, Harrington, Edward R, Smith, William Edwin, Schweiger, Scott W, Lewandowski, Laurand Henry, Ploense, David Michael
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 02.03.2021
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; BUILDING; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; CHEMISTRY; COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES ORLACQUERS; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; DYES; FILLING PASTES; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; GUTTERS; INKS; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PAINTS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; POLISHES; ROOF COVERINGS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS; SKY-LIGHTS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; USE OF INORGANIC OR NON-MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIC SUBSTANCES ASCOMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR; WOODSTAINS

A shingle coating asphalt composition is provided that is produced from a paving grade asphalt. The asphalt composition comprises a paving-grade asphalt that has been modified with one or more polymer additives; and a secondary additive comprising one or more of a viscosity reducing agent, a wax, a salt of a fatty acid ester, and an amide of a fatty acid. The shingle coating asphalt coating composition is used to make a shingle. The shingle includes a substrate, the asphalt, and roofing granules.