Maleic acid resin bụ ihe siri ike na-acha odo odo na-enweghị oge, nke a na-eme site na ịgbakwụnye rosin a nụchara anụcha dị ka akụrụngwa na anhydride maleic, wee na-eji pentaerythritol na-agbaze. Soluble na coal char solvents, esters, akwukwo nri mmanụ, turpentine, ma-adịghị ike soluble na alcohols. The resin bụ ìhè na agba, nwere ike ọkụ na-eguzogide, adịghị mfe na-acha odo odo, na nwere kacha mma ndakọrịta na nitrocellulose. Ihe nkiri agba enwetara nwere ike siri ike ma dị mma mgbe ihichachara, nke nwere ike imeziwanye ike elu na gloss nke agba. Na mgbakwunye, ọ nwere oke mmiri na-eguzogide ma nwee ike ịchekwa mmanụ tung. Ọ bụ ihe dị mma maka ịmepụta enamel na-acha ọcha ngwa ngwa.