Abstract: The invention relates to coating compositions used to prepare coatings having water vapor permeabilities of at least 2500 g/m.sup.2 per day (DS 2109 TM1 method) containing(A) a polyurethane containing (1) 0.1 to 75 meq/100 g of ionic groups and (2) 11 to 50% by weight of --(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.

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: The invention relates to a method for coating textiles and/or leather with an aqueous dispersion comprising(A) a mixture of(i) a urethane-containing blocked NCO prepolymer having a number average molecular weight of 2000 to 10,000, a content of blocked isocyanate groups (calculated as NCO) of 0.5 to 5 wt. %, an ethoxy group content of 2 to 50 wt. %, an ionic group content of 5 to 30 meq per 100 g of the prepolymer, and(ii) a polyamine having (cyclo)aliphatically bonded primary and/or secondary amino groups,wherein the equivalent ratio of blocked NCO groups of component (i) to amino groups of component (ii) is 1:0.9 to 1:1.2, and(B) an aqueous phase.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of coating compositions to prepare coatings having water vapor permeabilities of at least 2500 g/m.sup.2 per day (DS 2109 TM1 method) containing(A) a polyurethane containing (1) 0.1 to 75 meq/100 g of ionic groups and (2) 11 to 50% by weight of --(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.

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 polyisocyanates prepared from diphenylmethane diisocyanate wherein at least 95% of the isocyanate groups are blocked with diethyl malonate and wherein the polyisocyanates have, based on solids,A) a content of unblocked and blocked isocyanate groups (calculated as NCO) of 9% to 13%,B) a content of allophanate groups (calculated as C.sub.2 HN.sub.2 O.sub.3, molecular weight 101) of 3% to 9% andC) a calculated average functionality of 2.0 to 2.5.The present invention also relates to a process for the production of these polyisocyanates and to their use as crosslinking agents for organic polyhydroxyl compounds in polyurethane stoving lacquers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing polyisocyanates containing allophanate groups by reacting compounds a), whichi) contain urethane groups, but which are substantially free of hydroxyl groups and isocyanate groups,ii) have an average of at least two urethane groups per molecule,iii) are prepared by reacting organic isocyanates a1) with organic hydroxyl compounds a2) andiv) have an average molecular weight of at most 2,500,with excess quantities, based on the urethane groups, of distillable organic polyisocyanates b) to form polyisocyanates containing allophanate groups and subsequently removing by distillation the unreacted excess of component b) to a residual content of less than 0.5 wt. %, provided that polyisocyanates a1) and polyisocyanates b) are different.The present invention also relates to the products obtained from this process and to their use as binders or binder components in coating compositions.

Abstract: This invention relates to coating compositions containing (A) a polyurethane system containing either a polyurethane containing ionic groups and polyethylene oxide units or a precursor thereof prepared from a blocked isocyanate prepolymer and a cross-linking agent and, optionally, (B) organic solvents. This invention further relates to the use of such coating compositions to prepare coatings that are permeable to water vapor.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of coatings using a coating composition having a binder containing a two-component system of a) a polyisocyanate component and b) an isocyanate-reactive component b) which is essentially free from hydroxyl groups and contains b1) 5 to 95 parts by weight of a polyamine containing ester groups and secondary amino groups and b2) 5 to 95 parts by weight of polyketimines.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of polyurethanes suitable for use as thickeners for aqueous compositions by reacting at an NCO/OH equivalent ratio of 0.9:1 to 1.2:1a) a polyether component having an OH number of 10 to 30 mg KOH/g and obtained by the alkoxylation of a mixture ofa1) 30 to 80 mole % of a monofunctional alcohol or alkylphenol having 8 to 30 carbon atoms,a2) 2 to 10 mole % of sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide,a3) 10 to 60 mole % of water anda4) 0 to 10 mole % of a trihydric to hexahydric alcohol having a molecular weight of 92 to 600,with ethylene oxide or a mixture of ethylene oxide with up to 20 mole %, based on the total moles of alkylene oxides, of propylene oxide, in which the percentages of a1) to a4) add up to 100,withb) a polyisocyanate component containing at least one organic diisocyanate, optionally in admixture with up to 20 mole %, based on the total moles of component b), of higher than difunctional polyisocyanates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polyisocyanate mixtures which are reaction products of 4,4'-diphenylmethane diisocyanate as the isocyanate component, are liquid at greater than 5.degree. C. and have an NCO content of 14.5 to 24% by weight and an allophanate group content (calculated as C.sub.2 HN.sub.2 O.sub.3, molecular weight = 101) of 7.7 to 14.5% by weight; a process for the production of these polyisocyanate mixtures by reacting 4,4'-diphenylmethane diisocyanate as the exclusive isocyanate component with one or more monohydric alcohols having 4 to 16 carbon atoms at an NCO/OH equivalent ratio of 5:1 to 8.5:1 and at a temperature of up to 160.degree. C. to form urethane groups and during or subsequent to urethane formation, converting the urethane groups to allophanate groups in the presence of a catalyst which promotes allophanate formation; and the use of these polyisocyanate mixtures as the polyisocyanate component in two-component polyurethane coating compositions.

Abstract: A process for preparing liquid lacquer polyisocyanates with aliphatically and aromatically bound isocyanate groups and an NCO content of 5 to 25 wt. % by trimerizing an isocyanate component A), containing A1) 70 to 100 wt. % of diisocyanatotoluene and A2) 0 to 30 wt. % of other aromatic isocyanates and B) aliphatic lacquer polyisocyanates, optionally with prior, simultaneous and/or subsequent reaction of a portion of the isocyanate groups with an alcohol component C) having a molecular weight of 32 to 900, and optionally in the presence of D) inert solvents; the resulting lacquer polyisocyanates; and their use in coating compositions, in particular as a cross-linking agent for polyhydroxyl compounds in two-component polyurethane coating compositions.

Abstract: A process for the production of olefinically unsaturated isocyanates by reacting a1) isophorone diisocyanate or mixtures of isophorone diisocyanate with a2) other organic polyisocyanates with b1.1) olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acids or mixtures thereof with b1.2) other monobasic or polybasic carboxylic acids, b2.1) olefinically unsaturated alcohols and/or b2.2) other monohydric or polyhydric alcohols, the unsaturated resulting isocyanates and their use as binders for one-component coating compositions which may be cured at room temperature.

Abstract: An aqueous binder mixture comprising substantially an aqueous solution and/or dispersion of a combination of a) at least one NCO prepolymer which is soluble and/or dispersible in water in the presence of component b), exhibits urethane groups and has blocked isocyanate groups, and b) a polyamine component comprising at least one (cyclo)aliphatic polyamine having at least 2 primary and/or secondary amino groups, and the use of the aqueous binder mixture for the preparation of coatings on heat-resistant substrates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to heat curable coating compositions containing a binder consisting essentially ofA) prepolymers which have butanone oxime-blocked isocyanate groups and are prepared fromA1) (cyclo)aliphatic polyisocyanates andA2) an organic polyhydroxyl component in whichA2.1 ) 50 to 90% of the hydroxyl equivalents of component A2) are from polyester polyols,A2.2) 10 to 50% of the hydroxyl equivalents of component A2) are from polyacrylate polyols and/or alkoxylation products of bisphenol A andA2.3) 0 to 30 of the hydroxyl equivalents of component A2) are from other organic polyhydroxyl compounds, andB) cycloaliphatic polyamines having at least two primary amino groups,wherein components A) and B) are present in an equivalent ratio of blocked isocyanate groups to amino groups of 1:0.8 to 1:1.2.The invention also relates to the use of these coating compositions for producing decorative, flying-stone-resistant, thick topcoats on metallic substrates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of storage stable prepolymers containing free isocyanate groups by reactinga) an organic polyisocyanate component having (cyclo)aliphatically bound isocyanate groups and a maximum functionality of 4.5 withb) one or more hydroxy-functional polyacrylate resins having a content of alcoholic hydroxy groups of 0.05 to 7% by weight at an equivalent ratio of isocyanate groups of component a) to hydroxyl groups of component b) of 3:1 to 40:1, wherein components a) and b) are selected to provide a value B of at most 4 when calculated in accordance with the formula: ##EQU1## wherein F.sub.1 and F.sub.2 represent the NCO and OH functionalities of components a) and b), F.sub.1 representing the component with the lower functionality when the components differ in functionality andval.sub.A /val.sub.I represents the OH/NCO equivalent ratio of components a) and b).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat-crosslinkable water-based coating composition containing as bindera) a water-soluble or water-dispersible polyol component andb) a water-soluble or water-dispersible blocked polyisocyanate which has an average NCO functionality of 2.0 to 2.6 and is based on the reaction product ofb1) a polyisocyanate mixture having an average NCO functionality of 2.5 to 3.5 and containing (i) at least 15% by weight of an organic diisocyanate,b2) a blocking agent for isocyanate groups in an amount of 50 to 80 equivalent-%, based on the isocyanate groups of component b1) andb3) an aliphatic monohydroxymonocarboxylic acid in a quantity of 20 to 50 equivalent-%, based on the isocyanate groups of component b1) and the hydroxyl groups of component b3), wherein the equivalent ratio, based on the isocyanate-reactive groups of blocking agent b2) and the hydroxyl groups of component b3) to the isocyanate groups of component b1) is at least 0.9:1.

Abstract: N-alkoxysilylalkyl-aspartic acid esters are prepared by the reaction of equimolar quantities of amino-alkyl alkoxysilanes with maleic or fumaric acid esters. These N-alkoxysilylalkyl-aspartic acid esters are particularly useful as reactants in the preparation of prepolymers containing alkoxysilane and urea groups.

Abstract: The present invention relates to isocyanatocarboxylic acids containinga) 1 to 30% by weight of isocyanate groups attached to (cyclo)aliphatic tertiary carbon atoms andb) 0.5 to 500 milliequivalents, per 100 g of isocyanatocarboxylic acids, of carboxyl groups which may be at least partially present in carboxylate salt form.The present invention also relates to a process for the preparation of these isocyanatocarboxylic acids and to their use as cross-linking agents for aqueous coating compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyisocyanate mixture which has blocked isocyanate groups and an average NCO-functionality, based on reversibly blocked isocyanate groups, of 2.0 to 2.6, and is the reaction product, converted into the salt form by the at least partial neutralization of the incorporated carboxyl groups, ofi) at least one organic diisocyanate having a molecular weight of 168 to 300 withii) at least one monofunctional blocking agent for isocyanate groups,iii) at least one monobasic or dibasic hydroxycarboxylic acid,iv) 1 to 15 wt. %, based on the weight of component i), of at least one dihydric to hexahydric alcohol having a molecular weight of 62 to 182 andv) 50 to 500 wt. %, based on the weight of component i), of at least one diol having a molecular weight of 350 to 950 and containing ester groups.