Abstract: A coil coating composition consisting essentially of (A) a binder component comprising a mixture of a linear polyester resin and a branched polyester resin, having a hydroxyl value of 40 to 90, and (B) a crosslinking component selected from melamine resin, at least part of which is methyl methylolated melamine, or isocyanate compound. Said polyester resins are herein defined. The coating composition is useful in a coil coating and results in a coating with excellent properties in respect of hardness, bending processability, fastness to boiling water, weather resistance, chemical resistance, marker stain resistance and the like.

Abstract: A coating composition comprising as resinous vehicle, a melamine resin, and a crosslink curable type resin having functional groups capable of reacting with the melamine resin, which is characterized in that the melamine resin has a weight-average molecular weight by Gel Permeation Chromatography of 6000 to 12000 and bears as functional groups, imino, methylol and alkoxymethylol groups, the sum of imino and methylol groups being, when expressed in terms of average number per triazine nucleus, 2.0 to 2.5, the number of alkoxymethylol groups being 2.0 or more, and the ratio of methylol groups to imino groups being 1.0 to 2.5.The coating composition is characterized by having, inter alia, a low temperature curing property and excellent intercoat adhesion.