Abstract: A method includes applying a hydrophobic coating composition to a backside of a wooden board to prevent warping and cupping when the board is exposed to water vapor. The coating composition can include a chlorinated resin and water, or may be a solvent-based or a 100% solids composition including an epoxy(meth)acrylate, a polyester(meth)acrylate, a polyether(meth)acrylate, or a polyurethane(meth)acrylate, a multifunctional (meth)acrylate, and a photoinitiator.

Abstract: A protective coating that comprises a free radically polymerizable component with an atypically high content of tri- or higher functional ingredients is disclosed. Diluents such as oligomeric resins in combination with other resins and particulate materials may also be employed in the composition.

Abstract: A protective coating that comprises a free radically polymerizable component with an atypically high content of tri- or higher functional ingredients is disclosed. Diluents such as oligomeric resins in combination with other resins and particulate materials may also be employed in the composition.

Abstract: A wood substrate is coated by spray-applying onto the substrate a 100% solids transparent coating composition containing sufficient silica-containing semithixotropic particulate having an average particle size of about 1 to about 20 micrometers to provide improved coating holdout, and curing the thus-applied coating. The coating may be applied at lower wet coating weights (thinner wet coating thicknesses) than a coating that does not employ silica-containing semithixotropic particulate. On variable grain density wood substrates such as cherry, the coating exhibits less localized soak in (better holdout) and provides a cured finish with a more uniform appearance over high and low grain density regions.

Abstract: Methods for reducing face checking in wood products are disclosed. The methods generally include applying to at least a portion of the wood product a coating having a (meth)acrylate moiety and a pigment, wherein the cured coating has a Tg of less than 55° C.

Abstract: A stable aqueous dispersion having a particle size in the range of about 10 to 200 nanometers containing specific silanes carrying at least one hydrophobic moiety and at least one water-solubilizing moiety is used in a process for treating a cellulosic substrate resulting in a treated product. The aqueous dispersions used in treating the cellulosic substrate are stable for at least 20 days without externally added surfactant.

Abstract: New organic silanes are claimed carrying at least one water-solubilizing moiety and at least one hydrophobic group suitable for preparing stable solutions or dispersions containing in excess of about five weight percent of such silanes.

Abstract: A stable aqueous dispersion having a particle size in the range of about 10 to about 200 nanometers containing specific silanes carrying at least one hydrophobic moiety and at least one water-solubilizing moiety is claimed along with the process for treating a cellulosic substrate and the treated cellulosic product resulting therefrom. The aqueous dispersions are stable for at least 20 days without externally added surfactant.

Abstract: Adhesion of fluoropolymer capstock layer to thermoplastic substrates such as polyvinyl chloride is achieved without the need for an intermediate adhesive layer while maintaining adequate impact resistance and processing properties by blending with the fluoropolymer a selected combination of acrylic polymers. The fluoropolymer-acrylic polymer blend includes a first acrylic polymer having a major methyl methacrylate monomeric component and a second acrylic polymer having a major ethyl methacrylate component.

Abstract: A treating composition for a porous substrate such as wood is provided in the form of an oil-in-water dispersion comprising a dispersed phase of an organic solvent in relatively low amounts to reduce V.O.C., a water repellent, and a stabilizing surfactant. Optionally, preservatives and resins may be included. Penetration with relatively low organic solvent content is achieved by producing a dispersion having a maximum mean particle size of 3000 .ANG.. Also disclosed is a method of preparing the dispersion with a microfluidizer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for providing a wood substrate with durability against weathering comprising at least two steps (A) and (B). Step (A) consists of appying to the wood substrate a transparent treatment comprising an organosilicon-containing compound having at least one hydrolyzable silyl group in a carrier for said compound. Step (B) consists of thereafter coating the wood substrate with a transparent, film-forming, coating composition. The coating composition is characterized in that a transparent free film from the coating composition retains an elongation of at least 20 percent after at least 1,000 hours exposure in a Xenon Weatherometer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of imparting water solubility or dispersibility to the reaction product of a polyepoxide and a mercapto-substituted triazole, a mercapto substituted tetrazole or a mixture thereof, by admixture with a base in an amount at least sufficient to water solubilize the azole-functional reaction product.Also disclosed is a method of using the above water solubilized reaction product in an electrodeposition process.

Abstract: Water repellent treating compositions are based upon olefin and paraffin materials containing a substantial proportion of compounds containing from 20 to 24 carbon atoms. The treating compositions are especially useful for application to wood. Additives such as wood preservatives, alkyd resins and, in especially preferred compositions, organic ionizable compounds are included. The preferred compositions are useful for application to wood substrates which are subsequently electrostatically sprayed with a topcoating.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of imparting water solubility or dispersibility to the reaction product of a polyepoxide and a mercapto-substituted triazole, a mercapto substituted tetrazole or a mixture thereof, by admixture with a base in an amount at least sufficient to water solubilize the azole-functional reaction product.Also disclosed is a method of using the above water solubilized reaction product in an electrodeposition process.

Abstract: Water repellent treating compositions are based upon olefin and paraffin materials containing a substantial proportion of compounds containing from 20 to 24 carbon atoms. The treating compositions are especially useful for application to wood. Additives such as wood preservatives, alkyd resins and, in especially preferred compositions, organic ionizable compounds are included. The preferred compositions are useful for application to wood substrates which are subsequently electrostatically sprayed with a topcoating.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an article comprising a thin film of silver and/or copper contacted with a compound selected from the group consisting of a thiadiazole substituted by a mercapto group and/or an amino group and a triazole substituted by a mercapto and optionally an amino group. The invention is also directed to a method of protecting a silver and/or copper metallic film by contacting the film with a compound selected from the above group.

Abstract: The invention is directed to curable compositions comprising an azole-functional resin and a labile metal-ligand complex. The azole-functional resin is the reaction product of a monomeric or polymeric resin and a reactive N-heterocyclic compound containing at least two nuclear nitrogen atoms in a 5-membered ring structure capable of forming stable metal-ligand complexes. Mixtures of azole-functional resins also may be used with the labile-metal ligand complexes in the compositions of the invention.

Abstract: The invention is directed to resins which are the reaction product of an amino or mercapto substituted azole and a polyepoxide wherein the ratio of equivalents of the azole to the polyepoxide is from about 0.5:1.0 to about 1.5:1.0, preferably from about 0.9:1.0 to about 1.1:1.0. The resins can be acid or base solulized depending on whether amino or mercapto substituted azoles were used in their preparation. The invention is also directed to storage stable compositions which cure at relatively low temperatures in short periods of time comprising specified amounts of the resin containing azole-functionality, polyepoxides, organic solvents, and optionally pigments and additives.