US Patent 7339002 Removable, water-whitening resistant pressure sensitive adhesives

Removable, water-whitening resistant pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) comprising a crosslinked aqueous emulsion polymer comprising (a) at least one hydrophobic monomer; (b) at least about 2 wt. % of at least one hydrophilic monomer; and (c) at least about 5 wt. % of at least one partially hydrophilic monomer; wherein the crosslinked aqueous emulsion polymer is crosslinked with an effective amount of at least one polyfunctional aziridine crosslinker, and the wt. % of monomers (a), (b), and (c) are based on the total weight of monomers (a), (b), and (c).