The invention discloses a preparation method and application of a repulpable
gallic acid-based waterproof and oil-proof agent, and belongs to the technical field of bio-based oil-proof hydrophobic paper surface coatings. The preparation method comprises the following steps: by taking
alkyl gallate and
epoxy chloropropane as raw materials, preparing
alkyl gallate epoxy through epoxidation reaction; and uniformly mixing the
alkyl gallate epoxy resin with an
acid anhydride /
phenol compound to obtain the alkyl gallate epoxy resin series waterproof and oil-proof agent. The structure of the bio-based waterproof and oil-proof agent prepared by the invention contains groups such as a non-polar long alkyl chain, an epoxy group and an amino group, a compact cross-linked
coating can be formed on the surface and the interior of paper, and gaps between paper
cellulose are filled, so that
permeation of oil, water and gas is blocked, meanwhile, the
adhesive force between the
coating and the paper is increased, and the waterproof and oil-proof effects are improved. The fibers are more tightly combined together; non-polar long alkyl chains and
benzene ring groups in the structure can endow the paper with excellent oil-proof, hydrophobic and mechanical properties, and flexible chain segments (alkyl carbon chains) with different lengths are introduced to adjust the flexibility of the
coating, so that the flexibility and tensile strength of the paper can be effectively adjusted; the coating paper can be recycled and reused in an alcoholysis mode. The raw materials are easy to obtain and renewable, paper can be re-pulped after being coated, and the paper has the potential of replacing
plastic packaging and meets the performance requirements of paper packaging on specific scenes such as
water resistance and oil resistance.