Abstract: This invention relates to a coating composition, a method for coating of a metallic substrate as well as the use of the coating in a two-component coating composition.

Abstract: This invention relates to a coating composition, a method for coating of a metallic substrate as well as the use of a chain-extended aspartate prepolymer for improving the early hardness of the coating composition and in a two-component coating composition.

Abstract: A curable clear coat component for use in a two-component clear coat coating composition system is provided. The curable clear coat component comprises A) a polyaspartic acid ester or a hydroxyl functional binder or a combination of both, and B) an antioxidant component comprising B1) a sterically hindered phenol antioxidant, and B2) an organophosphite antioxidant.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coating composition comprising (A) at least one polyaspartic acid ester, (B) at least one polyisocyanate cross-linking agent with free isocyanate groups and (C) at least one compound with at least one epoxy group and at least one alkoxy silane group and to the use of the coating composition as primer, primer surfacer, pigmented single stage top coat or clear coat coating composition, particularly in vehicle repair coating.

Abstract: A curable clear coat component for use in a two-component clear coat coating composition system is provided. The curable clear coat component comprises A) a polyaspartic acid ester or a hydroxyl functional binder or a combination of both, and B) an antioxidant component comprising B1) a sterically hindered phenol antioxidant, and B2) an organophosphite antioxidant.

Abstract: The invention is directed to coating compositions comprising A) at least one hydroxyl-functional and optionally acid-functional binder, preferably with an acid number of 0 to 150 mg KOH/g binder solids, B) at least one polyisocyanate curing agent with free isocyanate groups, C) at least one thermally latent tetrahydrocarbyl tin catalyst of general formula (I) RnR?4-nSn??(I) wherein R is an alkyl group, R? is an aryl, arylalkyl or alkenyl group and n is 1, 2 or 3, and D) optionally at least one acid-functional compound, that is different from component A), with the proviso that the acid number of a composition, consisting of the at least one binder A) and optionally of the at least one acid-functional compound D), has an acid number of at least 5 mg KOH/g solids, preferably of least 10 mg KOH/g solids, and to a process for coating substrates comprising the steps: I) applying the coating composition to an optionally pre-coated substrate, and II) curing the applied coating composition by means of thermal ene

Abstract: The invention is directed to coating compositions comprising A) at least one hydroxyl-functional and optionally acid-functional binder, preferably with an acid number of 0 to 150 mg KOH/g binder solids, B) at least one polyisocyanate curing agent with free isocyanate groups, C) at least one thermally latent tetrahydrocarbyl tin catalyst of general formula (I) RnR?4-nSn??(I) wherein R is an alkyl group, R? is an aryl, arylalkyl or alkenyl group and n is 1, 2 or 3, and D) optionally at least one acid-functional compound, that is different from component A), with the proviso that the acid number of a composition, consisting of the at least one binder A) and optionally of the at least one acid-functional compound D), has an acid number of at least 5 mg KOH/g solids, preferably of least 10 mg KOH/g solids, and to a process for coating substrates comprising the steps: I) applying the coating composition to an optionally pre-coated substrate, and II) curing the applied coating composition by means of thermal

Abstract: The invention is directed to solvent-based coating compositions comprising a binder component and a crosslinking component, wherein the binder component comprises at least one hydroxy-functional polyether A) having at least two secondary hydroxyl groups per molecule, a number average molecular weight Mn in the range of 200 to 5,000 and a polydispersity of <2, wherein the polyether A) is obtained from at least one polyol Aa) having at least three hydroxyl groups and at least one monoglycidyl ester Ab) of a branched monocarboxylic acid, having 5 carbon atoms in the molecule, and wherein the crosslinking component comprises at least one cross-linking agent B), which is capable of entering into a cross-linking reaction with the hydroxyl groups of the hydroxy-functional polyether A). The coating compositions have a low content of volatile organic compounds and are suitable as clear coat or pigmented top coat for automotive and industrial coating.

Abstract: Described in this invention is a catalytic process for making amide acetals from nitrites and diethanolamines. Amide acetals can be further crosslinked by hydrolyzing the amide acetal groups, and subsequently reacting the hydroxyl groups and/or the amine functions that are formed, to crosslink the composition.

Abstract: A high solids coating composition comprising a branched hydroxy-functional polyester oligomer and a curing agent; and the oligomer itself containing at least 20% by weight of the binder of at least one of the following tertiary acid ester end groups: where R1, R2 and R3 are independently selected from CH3 and CH2OH; the composition being suitable as an automobile clearcoat or pigmented topcoat.

Abstract: A coating composition comprising a crosslinkable binder in an organic solvent, the binder composed of acrylic and polyester polyols plus a crosslinking agent, the polyester polyol containing a component derived from one or both of: a residue of dimer fatty acid and polyol, or residue of a polyacid and dimer alcohol, the composition being useful for coating metallic substrates.

Abstract: A high solids coating composition comprising a branched hydroxy-functional polyester oligomer and a curing agent; and the oligomer itself containing at least 20% by weight of the binder of at least one of the following tertiary acid ester end groups: ##STR1## where R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are independently selected from CH.sub.3 and CH.sub.2 OH; the composition being suitable as an automobile clearcoat or pigmented topcoat.

Abstract: An aqueous coating composition comprising a graft copolymer characterized by carboxylic-acid or amine functional macromonomers attached at a terminal end thereof to a polymeric backbone, wherein the macromonomers are grafted in an aqueous carrier in which the carboxylic-acid or amine functional groups have been neutralized. Such compositions provide improved properties for an automotive finish.

Abstract: A polymeric dispersant for pigments based on an acrylic graft copolymer wherein the graft copolymer has a weight average molecular weight of at least 1500 and has 2 to 97% by weight of a polymeric backbone and 97-2% by weight of macromonomer side chains attached to the backbone and wherein the graft copolymer has at least about 1 weight percent of an imid or urea functional dispersing substituent attached to the backbone, the macromonomer, or both the backbone and the macromonomer.

Abstract: A waterborne coating composition comprising 5-70 weight percent solids of a curing agent and 30-95 weight percent solids of a hydroxy functional acrylic copolymer further comprising 20-70 weight percent of a vinyl aromatic, 0-40 weight percent of a hydroxy functional monomer, 0-70 weight percent of other polymerizable compounds, and 10-80 weight percent of a reaction product of a monoepoxyester and an unsaturated acid functional monomer wherein the copolymer is prepared via skew feed polymerization having a plurality of feed streams charged to a reactor and one feed stream contains 5-60 weight percent of the unsaturated acid functional monomer, 40-95 weight percent of the reaction product of a monoepoxyester and an unsaturated acid functional monomer, and 0-55 weight percent of the other polymerizable compounds.