p-tert-Butylphenol Formaldehyde Resin

PTBP formaldehyde resin is used primarily in adhesives. It is useful as an adhesive in the bonding of shoe components and parts of watch straps, handbags, hats, and belts. For this purpose, it is frequently combined with natural or synthetic rubber.

PTBP formaldehyde resin has been reported to induce chemical depigmentation (lightening of the skin).

Patients allergic to PTBP formaldehyde resin are probably reacting to a liquid glue or adhesive. They could be using this product at work if they make leather goods, boxes, plywood, or insulation or if they work as dentists or dental technician/hygienists. Patients may be exposed at home if their hobbies include woodworking or ceramics. In either case these patients should change the type of adhesive they are using to one to which is free of PTBP formaldehyde resin. If this is impossible, gloves should be worn for protection, although this may not provide adequate protection. Allergic patients may also develop dermatitis at the site of contact with leather products glued with this agent, such as watch straps, shoes, or handbags, so dermatologists should test these suspected products for confirmation. Patient should be instructed to alert their dentist to their allergy, since this agent may be used in dentistry.

Occupational groups at risk are adhesive workers, plywood and box makers, foundry workers, dental personnel, brake-lining workers, textile manufacturers and handlers, insulation makers, leather finishers, automobile industry workers, and shoemakers.

At work, you can request a workplace Safety Data Sheet (SDS) to help identify potential sources of exposure.

• Antioxidant and heat stabilizer in neoprene cement

• Automobile industry/motor and synthetic oils

• Deodorants, and commercial disinfectants

• Germicide detergents/insecticides

• Intermediate for rubber antioxidants

• Intermediate in the manufacture of varnish and lacquer resins

• Color film developers

• One-component glue and adhesives

• Bakelite products

• Box adhesives

• Diapers (disposable)

• Dental bonding

• Lip liner

• Oil field drilling demulsifier

• Manufacturing of leather and athletic shoes

• Leather articles laminated with neoprene contact cement

• Film developers

• Handbags/Purses/Wallets

• Hats

• Belts/Watch straps

• Printing inks

• Duplicating papers

• Plasticizer for cellulose acetate

• Resins that give latex glues initial adhesive force

• Rubber cements, especially in shoes

• Stabilizer in some cellulose ester plastics

• Adhesive on ECG monitoring electrodes

• Production of fiberglass and mineral fiber insulation

• Manufacture of construction materials such as laminated wood and plywood products

• Glues for fabric and upholstered furniture

• Wet suits

• Wood glues

• Waterproof glues

• Rubber-handled tools

• 4(1,1-Domethylethyl)phenol

• PTBP formaldehyde

• 4-tert-Butylphenol formaldehyde resin

• Formaldehyde, p-tert-butylphenol polymer

• P-tert-Butylphenol formaldehyde resin

• PTBP-FR

• Para tertiary butylphenol formaldehyde resin

Patients allergic to p-tert-butyl formaldehyde resin rarely have allergies to other formaldehyde-related substances including formaldehyde itself and formaldehyde-releasing (creating) chemicals such as quaternium 15, imidazolidinyl urea, DMDM hydantoin, bromonitropropane, hexahydrotriazine, or sodium hydroxymethylglycinate.