Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a multicoat paint system, in which(1) an optionally pigmented basecoat is applied to a substrate surface,(2) a polymer film is formed from the basecoat film applied in stage (1),(3) one or more further coating films are applied optionally thereto,(4) then a nonaqueous topcoat is applied which comprisesA) a hydroxy-functional polyacrylate resin,B) as crosslinking agent tris(alkoxycarbonylamino)triazine andC) optionally further crosslinking agents, such as blocked isocyanates, which are different from the tris(alkoxycarbonylamino)triazine, and/or amino resins,and subsequently(5) the coating films are baked together, where in that [Sic] the polyacrylate resin comprises secondary OH groups.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of multi-layer coating using a filler component comprisinga1) from 10 to 70% by weight of an aqueous dispersion of a water-dilutable polyurethane resin or of a plurality of water-dilutable polyurethane resins, the content of polyurethane in the aqueous dispersion being from 10 to 60% by weight, preferably from 20 to 50% by weight,a2) from 0 to 30% by weight of one or more amino resins and/or of a blocked polyisocyanate,a3) from 0 to 50% by weight of one or more physically drying binders which are different from a1),a4) from 5 to 40% by weight of one or more fillers and/or extenders,a5) from 0 to 30% by weight of color pigments and/or effect pigments,a6) from 0 to 5% by weight of one or more rheological auxiliaries and/or paint auxiliaries, anda7) from 0 to 10% by weight of organic solvent.

Abstract: Disclosed is an aqueous dispersion of a transparent powder coating consisting of a solid powder component and an aqueous component. The solid powder component includes at least one epoxy group-containing binder, at least one crosslinking agent, and optionally catalysts, adjuvants, or additives typical for transparent powder coatings. The binder contains 30-45% glycidyl-containing monomers and optionally vinylaromatic compounds such as styrene. The crosslinking agent is preferably a straight-chain aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and/or a carboxy-functional polyester. The aqueous component includes at least one nonionic thickener and optional materials such as catalysts, adjuvants, and/or other such materials. The nonionic thickener is preferably a nonionic associative thickener. The invention also provides a process for preparing the aqueous dispersion of the invention and a process for coating a vehicle body with the aqueous dispersion of the invention.

Abstract: A water-based paint composition comprising (A) from 10-90% by weight, based on total weight of resin solids of a water-dispersible acrylic graft copolymer having an acid value of 10-30 mg and a hydroxyl value of 50-150, wherein the polymer is obtained by graft polymerization of an acrylic copolymer of an acid value of 35-120 mg KOH/g and a hydroxyl value 50-150 mg KOH/g, and an acrylic copolymer of acid value .ltoreq.15 and a hydroxyl value of 50-150, and (B) from 10-90% by weight, based on total weight of resin solids of internally non-crosslinked acrylic fine particles having an acid value 15-200 and a hydroxyl value of 15-200 made by emulsion polymerizing .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated monomers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a powder coating having improved surface properties which contains from 0.05 to 5% by weight, preferably 0.5 to 1.5% by weight, of aliphatic polyvinyl ethers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solution of a polyacrylate resin in one or more organic solvents, containing one or more phosphites, characterized in that the solution contains from 0.05 to 1.0% by weight, based on the solids content of the acrylate resin solution, of one or more phosphites and in that the phosphite has been added, either partially or entirely, after the polymerization reaction, at a temperature below the polymerization temperature.The present invention further relates to coating compositions which contain these polyacrylate resin solutions, their use in processes for producing a multilayer protective and/or decorative coating on a substrate surface, and the use of the coating compositions in the automotive refinishing sector.

Abstract: To obtain water-based paint compositions which have outstanding storage stability and can also form paint films with outstanding appearance and water resistance.Water-based paint composition containing a hardener at 50-10 parts by weight to 50-90 parts by weight (solids) of an aqueous dispersion obtained by polymerizing an aqueous dispersion of a polyurethane resin of a number-average molecular weight of 1000-50,000, an acid value from carboxyl groups of .ltoreq.50 mg KOH/g, a sulfonate group content of 0.05-0.6 mol/1000 g, an allyl content of 0.1-1.1 mol/molecule and an acetate tolerance of .gtoreq.5 in the aqueous dispersion with ethylenic unsaturated monomers in a proportion as a weight ratio of polyurethane resin/ethylenic unsaturated monomer of 5/95-60/40.

Abstract: A urethanized polyester is claimed which is suitable as an additive for aqueous coating systems, which is obtainable by, in a first reaction stage (A), subjecting(a) from 10 to 45 mol-% of one or more diols,(b) from 5 to 50 mol-% of one or more polyols having at least 3 OH groups, and(c) from 35 to 47 mol-% of one or more aromatic, aliphatic or cycloaliphatic polycarboxylic acids and/or reactive derivatives thereof to a polycondensation reaction in a manner known per se until the reaction mixture has an acid number of from 1 to 10, and, in a reaction stage (B), reacting the resulting reaction product in a manner known per se with an organic polyisocyanate. The urethanized polyester is outstandingly suitable as an additive for aqueous coating materials in order to improve the rheological stabilization of coating materials.

Abstract: To obtain elasticity imparting agents for paints comprised of liquid non-aqueous polymer dispersions which, when added to paints, improve the scratch resistance without lowering the acid resistance of the hardened paint film. A liquid non-aqueous polymer dispersion which contains (a) 40-90 percent by weight organic solvent, (b) 10-50 percent by weight particle component comprised vinyl based copolymer which contains 30 percent by weight or more of structural units of formula (1), and (c) 5-40 percent by weight dispersion stabilizer for dispersing the (b) component in the (a) component. In formula (1) R.sup.1 -R.sup.5 are H or methyl groups, m is 0-2, n is 0-10, p is 0 or 1, q is 0-3 and r is 0-3.

Abstract: The invention relates to coating materials containing a water-dilutable polyurethane resin as binder. The resin can be prepared by reacting some of the free isocyanate groups present in a prepolymer (I) which contains acidic groups and isocyanate groups with a blocking agent so as to form a prepolymer (II) which contains blocked isocyanate groups, the blocking agent being employed in a quantity such that the prepolymer (II) still contains on average at least one free isocyanate group per molecule, reacting the prepolymer (II) with a compound which contains at least one primary or secondary amino group and at least one hydroxyl group in the molecule, to give a polyurethane resin, and finally converting the polyurethane resin prepared in this way into a water-dilutable polyurethane resin by at least partial neutralization of the acidic groups.

Abstract: An aqueous polymer dispersion, comprising an at least 20% neutralized, free-radical polymerized product of A and B in a ratio of one part A to from 0.5 to 9.0 parts B by weight; whereinA consists essentially of from 2.5 to 13% by weight of at least one acid group-containing, ethyleneically unsaturated monomer and from 87 to 97.5% by weight of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer that is free from acid groups, and further whereinB is a reaction product of at least one compound containing at least 1.5 epoxide groups per molecule on average and at least one member of the group consisting of:(1) mixtures of ethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acids, saturated fatty acids, and monoesters of ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids and saturated fatty alcohols; and (2) mixtures of saturated fatty acids and monoesters of ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids and saturated fatty alcohol.

Abstract: Laboratory drier for the simulation of industrial lacquer drying installations, containing an irradiation space with IR emitters and a convection space adjacent to this and having ventilated and heated drying gases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous two-component polyurethane coating composition comprisingA) a water-dilutable polyacrylate resin (A) having an OH number of from 40 to 200 and an acid number of from 20 to 100 mg of KOH/g, andB) a polyisocyanate component,characterized in that the water-dilutable acrylate resin is obtainable by solution polymerization ofat least one ester of (meth)acrylic acid and a cycloaliphatic C.sub.6 to C.sub.10 alcohol, with the exception of cyclohexyl methacrylate,at least one hydroxyl-containing monomer,if desired, at least one vinyl ester of .alpha.-branched monocarboxylic acids having 5 to 18 carbon atoms per molecule and/or at least one reaction product of acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid with the glycidyl ester of .alpha.