Abstract: This invention relates to radiation hardenable primers based on prepolymers containing (meth) acryloyl groups and conventional auxiliary agents. The primers are characterized in that they contain organic and/or inorganic fibres having a fibre length distribution curve reaching its maximum in the region of from 50 to 600 .mu.m. These primers are suitable for coating articles which have absorbent surfaces, in particular for the continuous coating of wood-concrete articles such as wood-concrete boards.

Abstract: Polyesters containing co-condensed polyalkylene glycol residues as the sole air-drying components are, providing they satisfy certain requirements, an excellent basis for photopolymerizable unsaturated polyester resins which harden under UV-light very rapidly even in extremely thin layers.

Abstract: A radiation-hardenable binder comprising a reaction product ester containing hydroxyl groups and hydroxyalkyl acrylates, which comprises:(A) 1 NCO gram equivalent of a polyisocyanate containing from 2 to 3 isocyanate groups per molecule; (B) from 0.4 to 1.2 OH gram equivalents of an ethylenically-unsaturated partial ester having an OH number of from 80 to 150 of an alkoxylated trimethylol propane having a degree of alkoxylation of 3 to 4.5 and acrylic acid or methacrylic acid or a mixture thereof; and (C) from 0 to 0.6 OH gram equivalents of a hydroxy alkyl acrylate or hydroxy alkyl methacrylate or a mixture thereof containing from 2 to 6 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, wherein the sum total of the OH-gram equivalents of B and C is between 1 and 1.2.Aqueous dispersions containing the binder are used for impregnating, coating, reinforcing or priming textile materials, wood, plastics, non-wovens or leather.

Abstract: Paraffin-containing monomer-free aqueous emulsions of a mixture comprising two unsaturated polyesters, of which one contains .alpha.,.gamma.-unsaturated ether groups, but no co-condensed residues of higher polyalkylene glycols, while the other contains co-condensed residues of higher polyalkylene glycols and monofunctional alcohols and/or carboxylic acids, but no .alpha.,.gamma.-unsaturated ether groups, are eminently suitable for the production of extremely thin-layer coatings without levelling faults.