Abstract: A coated substrate comprising a coating extending over at least a part of the substrate. The coating is obtainable from a coating composition comprising (a) a polymeric binder; and (b) a feathering reducing agent comprising a carboxylic acid reactive functional group. The coated portion of the substrate comprises a pretreatment layer. The pretreatment layer is obtainable from a pretreatment composition that comprises a trivalent chromium compound. The invention extends to a method of coating a pre-treated substrate and a coated package, such as a metal can.

Abstract: A coating composition comprising (a) a polyester binder material; and (b) a feathering reducing agent. The feathering reducing agent is selected from (i) an acrylic feathering reducing agent comprising a functional group selected from hydroxyl, epoxide, phosphatized epoxide and/or acid-functional; (ii) a hydroxy-functional polyester feathering reducing agent; (iii) a feathering reducing agent comprising a functional group selected from amine, amide, imine and/or nitrile; (iv) a phosphatized epoxy feathering reducing agent; (v) a phenolic resin feathering reducing agent; and/or (vi) a feathering reducing agent comprising an oxazolyl functional group. The invention extends to a substrate coated with the coating composition and use of the coating composition to reduce feathering.

Abstract: A flexible polyurethane foam containing a flame retardant blend of at least one diester diol a ring-brominated aromatic compound and at least one epoxy resin.

Abstract: A flame retardant blend comprises the following components: (a) at least one diester diol of a ring-brominated aromatic compound; (b) at least one alkylated triphenylphosphate; and (c) at least one hindered phenolic anti-oxidant in which the phenolic ring is substituted by at least one alkanoic alkyl ester group in which the alkanoic acid moiety has from about 2 to about 4 carbon atoms and the alkyl group has about 6 to about 16 carbon atoms. The proportions by weight of components (a) and (b) in the blend are in the range of about 30:70 to about 70:30 and the proportion by weight of component (c) to the sum of components (a) and (b) is in the range of about 0.1:100 to 1:100.

Abstract: A flexible polyurethane foam containing a flame retardant blend of at least one diester diol a ring-brominated aromatic compound and at least one epoxy resin.