roller and standard conditions as described in um 591 higher numbers indicate better resistance to picking when the paper is being commercially printed in an offset press when the paper sample is being wetted with water prior to testing in the igt tester the test is referred to as the igt wet pick the blister resistance and strength properties of coatings made with the binders of the present invention were compared with the control and are provided in table 4 table 4______________________________________blister dry picktemperature wet pick igt latex u00b0 c igt rating sup 5 cm sec ______________________________________4 190 2 0 396 175 1 0 485 200 1 5 397 205 1 0 463 195 2 3 438 190 1 0 43control 175 2 0 51______________________________________ sup 5 on a scale of 1 0 7 0 a rating of 1 0 indicates no coating remova and 2 0 indicates some coating removal a rating of 7 0 indicates large amounts of coating removal as shown in table 4 the binders of the present invention especially those where a buffer was used to control ph during polymerization latices 4 5 6 and 7 provided superior blister resistance at comparable or superior wet pick relative to those for the control carboxylated styrene butadiene latex which does not contain the amine monomer although the dry pick for the binders of the present invention is equal to or marginally below that of the control it is believed adequate for web offset printing applications for web offset printing applications wet pick rating and blister temperature resistance are more important than dry pick the documents patents and patent applications referred to herein.