Abstract: The present invention relates to solutions of polyurethanes in organic solvents, wherein the polyurethanes are the reaction products of a) one or more at least difunctional polyols having a number average molecular weight of 500 to 16,000, b) one or more at least difunctional polyisocyanates having a molecular weight of 140 to 1500, c) optionally one or more low molecular weight at least difunctional alcohols and/or amines having a molecular weight of 32 to 500 and d) one or more monoamino-functional heterocyclic compounds. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing these polyurethane solutions and to their use in lacquers, coatings, sealants and/or adhesives.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polyurethane-polyacrylate hybrid dispersions comprising A) 20 to 99% by weight, based on resin solids, of a polyurethane wherein i) the polyurethane is rendered hydrophilic by ionic and/or nonionic hydrophilic groups and ii) the polyisocyanate component used to prepare the polyurethane contains an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic polyisocyanate containing allophanate groups, and B) 1 to 80% by weight, based on resin solids) of a polyacrylate polymer, wherein the sum of components A and B is 100%, based on the total weight of A) and B). The present invention also relates to the use of these hybrid dispersions for coating substrates, in particular wood.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous or water dilutable blocked polyisocyanates containing a) a polyisocyanate component and, based on the equivalents of isocyanate groups, b) 60 to 85 equivalent % of a pyrazole blocking agent, c) 15 to 40 equivalent % of a monohydroxycarboxylic acid to impart hydrophilic properties and d) 0 to 15 equivalent % of a difunctional chain extender containing OH and/or NH2 groups, wherein the amounts of a) to d) are selected so that the equivalent ratio of NCO groups of component a) to isocyanate-reactive groups of components b), c) and d) is 1:0.8 to 1:1.2. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing these polyisocyanate crosslinking agents and to their use in combination with polyhydroxyl compounds which are soluble and/or dispersible in water as binders for aqueous stoving lacquers.

Abstract: An aqueous binder composition having a reduced tendency to yellow containingA) 20 to 95 wt-% of a water-dilutable organic polyol component that is present in the form of an aqueous solution or dispersion, contains one or more polymer-modified polyester resins which contain carboxylate groups and hydroxyl groups and has been prepared by the polymerization of olefinically unsaturated monomers in the presence of an unsaturated polyester resin that is copolymerized with the monomers andB) 5 to 80 wt-% of at least one heat-activatable cross-linking resin,wherein the percentages are based on the solids contents of components A) and B) and add up to 100%; and their use in heat-curable coating compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a coated substrate by coating the substrate with an aqueous dispersion, which may be physically cured to form a light stable, elastic coating, containingA) a polyol component containingA1) 20 to 60 wt. %, based on the resin solids content of polyol component A), of a polyester resin containing 10 to 60 wt. %, based on the weight of the polyester resin, of one or more aliphatic, saturated or unsaturated monocarboxylic acids having 8 to 30 carbon atoms, and 0.4 to 5 wt. %, based on the weight of the polyester resin, of one or more radically polymerizable .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated mono- or di-carboxylic acids having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, or their anhydrides, andA2) 40 to 80 wt. %, based on the resin solids content of polyol component A), of a polyacrylate, which is prepared in the presence of component A1), andB) 1 to 70 wt.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous polyurethane-urea dispersions having a resin solids content of at least 35 wt. % and a pH of at least 7.5 which are prepared bya) forming an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer by reacting a difunctional polyol having a molecular weight of 500 to 6000, a low molecular weight alcohol, a diisocyanate and/or triisocyanate and an isocyanate-reactive compound which has an acid group,b) neutralizing 65% to 95% of the acid groups prior to dispersing the prepolymer in water,c) dispersing the neutralized prepolymer in water,d) chain extending the isocyanate groups with water to form a polyurethane-urea, ande) after completion of the chain extending reaction adding additional neutralizing agent to provide a total amount of neutralizing agent that is sufficient to neutralize at least 115% of the acid groups of component D),wherein the polyurethane-urea contains 1.0 to 4.0%, based on resin solids, of the isolated urea groups.

Abstract: The present invention relates to storage stable, aqueous polyurethane-polyacrylate hybrid dispersions, which are self crosslinkable at room temperature and contain A) 10 to 95 wt. %, of a polyurethane dispersion,B) 5 to 90 wt. %, of a polymer prepared in the presence of component A) from a mixture of vinyl monomers containing 0.5 to 20 wt. %, based on the total resin solids content of the hybrid dispersion, of a vinyl monomer containing acetoacetoxy groups andC) an at least difunctional primary or secondary amine, which is present in an equivalent ratio of amino groups to acetoacetoxy groups of 0.5:1 to 1.1:1,in which the wt. % of components A) and B) add up to 100, based on the total weight of components A) and B).The present invention also relates to one-component coating compositions containing these hybrid dispersions as binders and to substrates coated with these coating compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous polyurethane dispersions having a resin solids content of 20 to 60 wt %, a viscosity at 23.degree. C. of 10 to 20,000 mPa.s and a pH of 5.5 to 8.5, wherein the polyurethane has a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 to 500,000 and a urethane group content (calculated as --NHCO--O--, molecular weight=59) of 2.5 to 15 wt %, and is based on a polyisocyanate component containing 50 to 100 wt % of 1-methyl-2,4- and/or -2,6-diisocyanatocyclohexane.The present invention also relates to aqueous binder compositions containing these aqueous polyurethane dispersions and known crosslinking resins and to the use of the aqueous polyurethane dispersions and aqueous binder compositions as binders for glass fiber sizings.

Abstract: This invention relates to aqueous, crosslinkable binder dispersions which have a low solvent content and contain hydroxy-functional polyethers, hydroxy-functional acrylate copolymers and hydroxy- and carboxy-functional acrylate copolymers, to a process for the production of these binders, to one and two-component binder compositions containing these binders and to the use of the binder compositions in coating compositions.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous binder composition having a long processing time (time within which the mixture can be processed without loss of quality) based on aqueous dispersions or solutions of binder mixtures, which contain at least one hydroxyl-group containing polyester dispersion or solution, at least one physically drying, aqueous polyurethane dispersion that is substantially free from hydroxyl or amino groups, and a polyisocyanate. The present invention also relates to the use of these binders in lacquers and coating compositions, in particular for coating rigid, non-flexible substrates.

Abstract: An aqueous dispersion of a polyester polyurethane which contains as essential building component 1-methyl-2,4- and/or -2,6-diisocyanatocyclohexane and its use as the binder for one- or two-component coating compositions, optionally in combination with cross-linking agent resins selected from optionally blocked polyisocyanates and/or aminoplast resins.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing aqueous binders for aqueous coating compositions by reacting a mixture ofA) 9.9 to 85 wt. % of a hydroxy- and acid-functional poly(meth)acrylate andB) 14.9 to 90 wt. % of a hydroxy-functional, fatty acid-modified polyester withC) 0.1 to 20 wt. % of a diisocyanate having a molecular weight of 140 to 318,to form urethane groups and then dissolving or dispersing the reaction product in water with prior or simultaneous neutralization of at least a portion of the carboxyl groups present, wherein the sum of the percentages of A) to C) add up to 100.

Abstract: Described herein is a process for the preparation of 1,3-dioxan-2-one group-containing oligourethanes by reacting a) hydroxy-functional 1,3-dioxan-2-ones with b) compounds having an average of at least two isocyanate groups per molecule; the oligourethanes obtainable by this process; and their use, optionally in combination with compounds containing active hydrogen atoms, for the preparation of plastics or as a binder or binder component in coating compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous dispersions of polyester-polyurethanes which contain hydroxyl groups and are prepared froma) 15 to 90% by weight of one or more essentially linear, polyester polyols,b) 4 to 75% by weight of one or more essentially difunctional polyols selected from i) polycarbonates, ii) polyether polyols and iii) polyester polyols which are obtained by the hydrogenation of carboxyl groups to hydroxyl groups, the alkoxylation of carboxyl groups or the esterification of carboxyl groups using low molecular weight diols of dimeric fatty acids,c) 1 to 10% by weight of one or more components containing acid groups selected from i) hydroxycarboxylic acids, ii) amino acids, iii) aminosulphonic acids and iv) alkali salts of the acids of i), ii) and iii),d) 0 to 20% by weight of a low molecular weight component containing at least two hydroxyl and/or amino groups,e) 0 to 20% by weight of one or more hydrophilic monovalent or divalent alcohols andf) 5 to 50% by weight of a polyisocyanate compon

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of oxidatively crosslinkable, water-dilutable binders bya) forming a copolymer having intramolecular carboxylic anhydride groups by copolymerizing anhydride-functional compounds, other olefinically unsaturated monomers and 5 to 50% by weight, based on the weight of the olefinically unsaturated monomers used for the production of the copolymers a), of monomers which cannot be homopolymerized under the reaction conditions,b) subsequently reacting by ring-opening esterification at least 50% of the anhydride groups present in the copolymer with one or more unsaturated monohydric alcohols,c) reacting by ring-opening esterification up to 50% of the anhydride groups with monohydric saturated alcohols having a molecular weight of 32 to 200 either before, during or after step b),d) optionally reacting 1 to 70% of the carboxyl groups formed in steps b) and c) with organic epoxide compounds ande) neutralizing at least a portion of the carboxyl groups formed i

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for reusing the overspray obtained when spraying water dilutable two-component polyurethane coating compositions containing a polyisocyanate and a compound containing isocyanate reactive groups by(i) collecting the overspray and optionally diluting it with water,(ii) simultaneously with or after step (i), reacting the overspray, optionally in the presence of emulsifiers, with compounds which are more reactive with isocyanate groups than both water and the compounds containing isocyanate reactive groups and(iii) reusing the resulting aqueous solution or dispersion of the chemically modified overspray in a one- or two-component, chemically and/or physically drying coating composition, optionally after adjusting the spray viscosity of the coating compositions to a suitable spray viscosity by either removing or adding water and optionally after the addition of additives.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of polyhydroxyl compounds having a hydroxyl group content of 2 to 10% by weight and a viscosity at 23.degree. C. of 250 to 80,000 mPa.s by the radically initiated polymerization at a reaction temperature of 80.degree. to 220.degree. C. ofa) 100 parts by weight of a mixture of olefinically unsaturated monomers containing at least 1% by weight of monomers containing alcoholic hydroxyl groups in the presence ofb) 5 to 500 total parts by weight, which may be present at the beginning of the reaction or added during the reaction, of one or more cyclic compounds which, in the presence of initiator compounds containing alcoholic hydroxyl groups, are capable of a ring-opening polymerization reaction andc) 2 to 300 parts by weight, which may be present at the beginning of the reaction or added during the reaction, of one or more polyhydric alcohols having a molecular weight of 62 to 1000.

Abstract: Dye-image receiving element for use according to thermal dye sublimation transfer comprising a support having thereon a dye-image receiving layer and optionally a toplayer wherein the dye-image receiving layer or the toplayer comprises the cured product of a moisture-curable binder composition prepared by mixing the following components (A) and (B):(A) 30 to 99 parts by weight of at least one copolymer of olefinically unsaturated compounds having a weight-average molecular weight [Mw] of at least 1500 and containing chemically incorporated moieties capable of undergoing an addition reaction with amino groups, and(B) 1 to 70 parts by weight of organic substances containing blocked amino groups from which substances under the influence of moisture compounds having free primary and/or secondary amino groups are formed,wherein i) the copolymers of component (A) contain intramolecularly bound carboxylic anhydride moieties, with the anhydride equivalent weight of the copolymers being from 196 to 9800 and ii) the bi

Abstract: A coating composition in which the binding agent is a two-component system containing a) a polyisocyanate component and b) an isocyanate-reactive component and contains b1) specific ester group-containing secondary polyamines, b2) specific moisture-activatable blocked polyamines and b3) optionally other known compounds containing isocyanate-reactive groups, and a process for preparing coated substrates from this coating composition.

Abstract: This invention relates to an aqueous binder composition containingA) an aqueous solution or dispersion of an organic polyol component which can be diluted with water and contains at least one polyester resin containing urethane, carboxylate and hydroxyl groups andB) a polyisocyanate component which has a viscosity of 50 to 10,000 mPa.s at 23.degree. C. and contains at least one organic polyisocyanate which is present as an emulsion in component A),wherein the NCO/OH equivalent ratio, based on the isocyanate groups of component B) and the hydroxyl groups of the polyol component present in A), is 0.5:1 to 5:1.The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of these coating compositions by emulsifying a polyisocyanate component having a viscosity of 50 to 10,000 mPa.s at 23.degree. C.