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The present invention describes the use of glycerol acetals as coalescent agents and/or solvents for making lacquers and paints. Surprisingly it has been observed that acetals made from glycerol, in particular glycerol isobutyral meet all the criteria of the profile explained above. Replacing coalescent agents found in the market, as for example butyl glycol or trimethyl butyrate, by the acetals...