Process for reclamation and treatment of paint overspray treatment compositions

摘要

A process for treating spent aqueous emulsion material formed from a non-volatile hydrocarbon organic portion having a paint solids content greater than about 10% by weight in which the spent emulsion is broken and the organic phase is admixed with sufficient amounts of a hydrocarbon solvent extractant to extract organic portions of the aqueous emulsion. The hydrocarbon solvent extractant and the organic portion/solvent extractant mixture can then be distilled to provide essentially pure hydrocarbon solvent extractant and the hydrocarbon organic portion of the emulsion essentially free from paint solids. The organic portion of the material can then be admixed with quantities of water to reform a reclaimed emulsion. Examples of the paint overspray treatment emulsion on which the process of the present invention is highly effective is one which contains a hydrocarbon such as an alcohol ester, an alcohol ester derivative or mixtures of the two in combination in its organic phase.