Abstract: A thermosetting solvent solution coating composition is disclosed in which a solution copolymer of copolymerized monomers consisting essentially of from 55% to 75% of vinyl acetate, from 15% to 40% of C.sub.2 -C.sub.8 alkyl acrylate or methacrylate, from 3% to 10% of C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 hydroxyalkyl acrylate or methacrylate, and from about 0.5% to about 5% of monoethylenically unsaturated copolymerizable carboxylic acid if formed by copolymerization in organic solvent solution medium consisting essentially of C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkoxy C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkanol at a solids content of at least about 75% and at an average temperature of from 95.degree. C. to 105.degree. C. at which reflux does not occur. This copolymer is used in admixture with from 8% to 20%, based on the mixture, of polyalkoxymethyl melamine in which a volatile alcohol provides the alkoxy groups.

Abstract: The present invention relates to coating compositions that include an admixture or blend of at least two solution copolymers that provide combinations of properties which are not possessed by coating compositions that include only one of the copolymers. Each solution copolymer contains at least one aromatic monoethylenic monomer and at least one monoethylenic ester in amounts sufficient to provide a first solution copolymer having a glass transition temperature between about 40 and 70 degrees Centigrade and a second solution copolymer having a glass transition temperature between about -10 and +10 degrees Centigrade. Pigments can be readily wetted and dispersed in the copolymer blend to provide stable pigment concentrates that are useful in the preparation of coating compositions suitable for use on human fingernails.

Abstract: Aqueous thermosetting varnish compositions that are particularly water resistant after curing are disclosed. These compositions contain by weight (A) about 20-40 percent of a solution copolymer polymerized from monomers consisting essentially of (a) about 50-75 percent vinyl ester of a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 carboxylic acid, (b) about 10-45 percent of C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl acrylate or methacrylate ester and (c) about 5-15 percent of a mixture of (i) at least about 0.5 percent monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.5 carboxylic acid and (ii) at least about 2 percent C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 hydroxyalkyl acrylate or methacrylate. The copolymer is polymerized at a temperature of at least 110.degree. C. and at a non-volatile solids content of 60-80 percent.