Abstract: A liquid resin-forming composition contains a polyether-ene such as a polyallyl glycidyl ether, a free radical-polymerizable monomer such as an acrylate ester, a free radical initiator such as an organic peroxide and/or an organic hydroperoxide and a promoter such as an amine and/or polyvalent metal carboxylate. Certain properties of the composition, specifically, its volatiles content, flash point and viscosity, can be such as to make the composition particularly useful for application to a solid permeable substrate such as a concrete structure where, upon curing, the resulting resin will heal and/or seal pores and/or small cracks in the substrate preventing or lessening its penetration by liquids.

Abstract: Novel curable compositions based on carboxy/epoxy chemistry and cured coatings produced thereby are provided. The curable compositions employ 1,3,5-tris-(2-carboxyethyl)isocyanurate as the polybasic carboxylic acid crosslinker. The crosslinker is combined with a polyepoxide such as those obtained by copolymerizing glycidyl methacrylate with one or more epoxy-free olefinically-unsaturated monomers. The polyepoxide typically has a molecular weight of about 1,000 to about 30,000, an epoxy equivalent weight of about 50 to about 5,000, and a glass transition temperature of about 10.degree. C. to about 120.degree. C. A cure catalyst such as triphenyl phosphine is also used. Heat curing the compositions of the invention produces hard films useful as chip-, scratch- and mar- resistant coatings for automotive applications and as general use coatings for industrial applications.