Abstract: Powder coating compositions comprise a film-forming polymer, a pigment providing a metallic effect, and a stabilizing additive which, in a coating formed from the composition on a substrate, inhibits degradation of the metallic pigment in the presence of oxygen and water.

Abstract: A process for forming a coating on a conductive substrate, including the steps of: establishing a fluidised-bed of a powder coating composition, thereby effecting tribostatic charging of the powder coating composition, the fluidised-bed including a fluidising chamber at least a part of which is conductive, applying a voltage to the conductive part of the fluidising chamber, immersing the substrate wholly or partly in the fluidised bed, whereby charged particles of the powder coating composition adhere to the substrate, the substrate being either electrically isolated or earthed, withdrawing the substrate from the fluidised-bed and forming the adherent particles into a continuous coating over at least part of the substrate.

Abstract: Ambient temperature curing coating composition comprising a polysiloxane having the formula: ?wherein each R1 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl, and alkoxy groups having up to six carbon atoms, reactive glycidoxy groups, and OSi(OR3)3 groups, wherein each R3 independently has the same meaning as R1, each R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl and aryl groups having up to six carbon atoms, and wherein n is selected so that the molecular weight of the polysiloxanes is in the range of from 500 to about 2,000, a glycidyl-functional acrylic polymer, and a hardener. The composition can be used as a protective coating for large structures such as ships, bridges, buildings, industrial plants, or oil rigs.

Abstract: Powder coating compositions incorporate, by dry blending, a wax-coated silica additive in finely divided form. Further additives that may be incorporated by dry blending include aluminum oxide and/or aluminum hydroxide. The compositions offer advantages, for example, in terms of fluidity and in terms of first-time deposition of fine particles.

Abstract: Ambient temperature curing coating composition comprising a polysiloxane having the formula: wherein each R1 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl, and alkoxy groups having up to six carbon atoms, reactive glycidoxy groups, and OSi(OR3)3 groups, wherein each R3 independently has the same meaning as R1, each R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl and aryl groups having up to six carbon atoms, and wherein n is selected so that the molecular weight of the polysiloxanes is in the range of from 500 to about 2,000, an alkoxysilyl-functional acrylic polymer, and a curing catalyst. The invention further relates to the preparation of an alkoxysilyl-functional acrylic polymer.

Abstract: A powder coating composition comprises a mixture of first and second component powder coating compositions which are separate, preferably widely separated, in a triboelectric reference series indicative of the extent to which powder coating compositions may be distinguishable from one another when electrically charged. The mixed powder coating composition is especially suitable for coating articles having recessed portions. A quantitative basis is given for determining the separation of the individual component compositions in the triboelectric reference series, and preferred minimum separation criteria are given.

Abstract: A process for inhibiting the fouling of a substrate in a marine fouling environment, which comprises forming on the substrate, before exposure to the said environment, a coating comprising a curable fluorinated resin of the general formula: W-L-YFC—O—Rf—CFY-L-W wherein: W is a group of the general formula —Si(R1)?(OR2)3-?, wherein ?=0, 1, or 2, preferably ?=0, R1 and R2 independently have the meaning of linear of branched C1-C6 alkyl groups, optionally containing one or more ether groups, or C7-C12 aryl or alkyl groups, and preferably R1 and R2 are C1-C4 alkyl groups; L is an organic linking group; Y is F or CF3; and Rf is a group having an average molecular weight by number between 350 and 8000, preferably between 500 and 3000, and comprising repeating units having at least one of the following structures randomly distributed along the chain: —CFXO—, CF2CF2O—, CF2CF2CF2O—, CF2CF2CF2CF2O—, CR4R5CF2CF2O—, —(CF(CF3)CF2O)—, —CF2CF(CF3)O—, wherein X is F or CF3, R4 and R5 independently have the meaning of H, Cl,

Abstract: The invention provides a powder coating composition in which the powder particles are an agglomerate of individual particulate components fused or bonded together into composite particles.

Abstract: A powder coating composition incorporating a wax in post-blended form, the composition incorporating the wax and the same composition without the wax being separated, preferably widely separated, in a triboelectric reference series indicative of the extent to which powder coating compositions may be distinguishable from one another when electrically charged. The powder coating composition incorporating a wax in post-blended form is especially suitable for coating articles having recessed portions. A quantitative basis is given for determining separation in the triboelectric reference series, and preferred minimum separation criteria are given. The effects obtainable using post-blended wax may be enhanced by the use, as further post-blended additives, of a combination of aluminium oxide and aluminium hydroxide.

Abstract: The invention provides a powder coating composition in which powder particles are an agglomerate of individual particulate components fused or bonded together into composite particles. Maximizing the amount of larger-sized uncolored component(s) gives cost advantages, and the invention allows a rapid and flexible manufacture of a range of colored powder coating compositions.

Abstract: Ambient temperature curing coating composition comprising a polysiloxane having the formula: wherein each R1 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl, and alkoxy groups having up to six carbon atoms, reactive glycidoxy groups, and OSi(OR3)3 groups, wherein each R3 independently has the same meaning as R1, each R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl and aryl groups having up to six carbon atoms, and wherein n is selected so that the molecular weight of the polysiloxanes is in the range of from 500 to about 2,000, a glycidyl-functional acrylic polymer, and a hardener. The composition can be used as a protective coating for large structures such as ships, bridges, buildings, industrial plants, or oil rigs.

Abstract: A process for inhibiting the fouling of a substrate in a fouling environment, which comprises forming on the substrate, before exposure to the environment, a coating comprising a film-forming polymer (A) carrying unreacted curable silicon-containing functional groups providing latent reactivity, and thereafter applying a layer comprising a curable polymeric fouling-inhibiting material (B), more especially a curable polysiloxane or a curable flourine-containing polymer, and bonding the applied layer to the coating by a condensation curing reaction involving the unreacted functional groups thereon. The initial coating can be applied over a range of worn or damaged anti-fouling coatings. The sequential application of layers is a simpler, more flexible and more controllable procedure than is offered by complex systems designed to produce outer siloxane-rich regions. Relatively long periods are achievable.

Abstract: An antifouling coating composition comprises a binder which is a salt of an amine containing at least one aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 8 to 25 carbon atoms and an addition copolymer of an olefinically unsaturated sulphonic acid, acid sulphate ester, phosphonic acid or acid phosphate ester and at least one olefinically unsaturated comonomer. The coating composition includes an ingredient having biocidal properties for aquatic organisms. The amine is preferably an amine having two aliphatic hydrocarbon groups each having 8 to 25 carbon atoms and the copolymer contains at least 5 mole % of units of an organocyclic ester or amide (A) of an olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid. The organocyclic ester or amide (A) is preferably an isobornyl ester.

Abstract: A powder coating composition of the invention comprises a film-forming polymeric component having a d(v,50) in the range or from 25 to 50 microns or a d(v,70) in the range of from 25 to 70 microns, which composition incorporates by dry-blending at least one appearance-modifying additive component and a further component comprising wax-coated silica or consisting of alumina together with aluminum hydroxide. The appearance-modifying additive may be a gloss-reducing component, a texturing component, a metallic or mica component, a coloring pigment, or a further film-forming polymeric material comparable with the first film-forming polymeric material and differing in coloration therefrom, and the further additive may be alumina together with aluminum hydroxide, wax-coated silica, or a combination thereof. Preferably, no more than 70% by volume of the particles in the film-forming polymeric material are less than 50 microns. A kit of the invention comprises the individual additive components prior to mixing.

Abstract: Powder coating compositions incorporate, by dry blending, a wax-coated silica additive in finely divided form. Further additives that may be incorporated by dry blending include aluminum oxide and/or aluminum hydroxide. The compositions offer advantages, for example, in terms of fluidity and in terms of first-time deposition of fine particles.

Abstract: The invention relates to an antifouling paint having a binder comprising a rosin material and an auxiliary film-forming resin, the paint including an ingredient having marine biocide properties, wherein the binder comprises a blend of the rosin material and an auxiliary film-forming resin in ratio 20:80 to 95:5% by weight, the auxiliary film-forming resin comprising 20-100% by weight of an acid-functional film forming polymer (A) whose acid groups are blocked by groups capable of hydrolyzing, dissociating or exchanging with seawater species to leave a polymer soluble in seawater, the blocking groups being selected from quaternary ammonium groups which form a quaternary ammonium salt of the polymer and quaternary phosphonium groups which form a quaternary phosphonium salt of the polymer, and 80-20% of a non-hydrolyzing water-insoluble film-forming polymer (B).

Abstract: A curable acrylic polymer composition useful in coating, sealant or adhesive compositions comprises an acrylic polymer containing pendant functional groups selected from epoxide groups, isocyanate groups, alkoxysilane groups and activated —CH— groups bonded to at least two electron-withdrawing groups and a curing agent which is reactive with the functional groups of the acrylic polymer and is characterized in that the polymer is dissolved in an organic compound of viscosity less than 2 Pas (20 poise) at 25° C. containing at least one functional group of the same functionality as that present in the acrylic polymer. The composition can be prepared by the free radical polymerization of a functional olefinically unsaturated monomer, and optionally one or more ethylenically unsaturated comonomers, in the presence of the said functional organic compound as diluent.

Abstract: A process for forming a coating on a conductive substrate, which comprises establishing a fluidized bed of a powder coating composition, in which the mechanism for particle charging is tribostatic charging immersing the substrate wholly or partly within the said fluidized bed, applying a voltage to the substrate for at least part of the period of immersion, whereby particles of the powder coating composition adhere to the substrate, withdrawing the substrate from the fluidized bed and forming the adherent particles into a continuous coating over at least part of the substrate. The process enables the coating of substrate areas which, because of the Faraday cage effect, are inaccessible in conventional electrostatic coating processes, and also enables the formation of thinner coatings than are obtainable by conventional fluidized-bed processes.