Spray painting of automobile bodies is customarily carried out in enclosed areas called paint spray booths (PSB). In this process, a significant concentration of paint can build in the system and agglomeration can occur and decrease the scrubbing efficiency, leading to potentially hazardous conditions of unchecked paint emissions being discharged into the atmosphere. In addition, the formation of tacky organics deposits that can generate corrosion. Our chemical can be used in PSB water systems to prevent the agglomeration and deposition of over-sprayed paint.