Abstract: A basecoat composition includes an acrylic polymer prepared from a combination of monomers including at least about 30% by weight ethyl acrylate, methyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, or a combination of these. The basecoat composition also includes methylated melamine-formaldehyde resin and up to about 10% by weight of a butylated melamine-formaldehyde resin, based on the weight of the basecoat composition vehicle and butylated melamine resin. An at least partially cured layer of the basecoat composition offers improved adhesion with a coating composition layer applied over it and cured, whether the coating composition layer applied over it is another layer of the basecoat composition itself or a layer of a clearcoat composition.

Abstract: A basecoat composition includes an acrylic polymer prepared from a combination of monomers including at least about 30% by weight ethyl acrylate, methyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, or a combination of these. The basecoat composition may also include a combination of methylated melamine resin and butylated melamine resin. An at least partially cured layer of the basecoat composition offers improved adhesion with a coating composition layer applied over it and cured, whether the coating composition layer applied over it is another layer of the basecoat composition itself or a layer of a clearcoat composition.

Abstract: The presence of an acid catalyst in a clearcoat composition enables the production of a wrinkle-free coating in a process comprising the simultaneous curing of applied layers of both a waterborne basecoat composition as well as a solventborne clearcoat composition. The waterborne basecoat composition comprises an organic resin, a crosslinker, and a free amine. The solventborne clearcoat composition comprises an acid catalyst in an amount significantly higher than the quantity normally used in high solids original equipment manufacturer clearcoat compositions, a polymer which is crosslinkable with melamine, and a monomeric melamine type crosslinking resin for crosslinking the polymer. The process is most preferably used to make an automotive quality topcoat.