Method of making clumping cellulosic animal litter

摘要

A method of making a clumping cellulosic animal litter with enhanced clumping rate and improved flushability when spent using cellulosic granules to about 1%-5% by weight of an inner coating of a polyacrylate is first applied and then to which about 1%-4% by weight based on the weight of the granules of an outer coating of guar gum and/or guar gum substitute is applied.

主权项

1. A method of making a clumping cellulosic animal litter of coated cellulosic granules with enhanced clumping characteristics comprising:
providing a plurality of cellulosic granules; first applying about 1%-5% by weight based on the weight of the granules of a coating of a dual adhesive/surface active agent in which the dual adhesive/surface active agent is a polyacrylate with an average molecular weight of about 1000 to 5000; second applying a coating of about 1%-4% by weight based on the weight of the granules of guar gum; and then applying an aqueous adjunct of an aqueous mixture, solution or suspension of an odor control agent in an amount no greater than that which will bring the total moisture of the final coated cellulosic granules to 5% or less by weight.