Abstract: The invention relates to a curable adhesive based on a reactive acrylate and/or methacrylate copolymer. The reaction principle, on which the curing of the adhesive is based, is the reaction of the hydroxyl groups of the .omega.-hydroxyalkyl esters of acrylic and/or methacrylic acids with the isocyanate groups of the polyisocyanates or their partial reaction products with polyols. The inventive adhesives can be used without solvents or with only a slight content of organic solvents. They adhere well to plastic and metal surfaces, even when exposed to the effects of water or water vapor. The best values for the drum peel strength are obtained from acrylic copolymers whose molecular weight falls in the range of 1,000 to 3,000.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hardenable adhesive, which contains as effective components at least one polyol and one polyisocyanate and/or their prepolymers as well as additionally conventional additives, such as, accelerators, gluing auxiliaries, pigments and/or fillers. It is characteristic of the inventive adhesive that it contains, as a polyol, the reaction product of a novolak of average molecular weight from 300 to 1200 with an oxirane of the general formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is hydrogen, or an optionally halogenated hydrocarbon group with 1 to 4 carbon atoms or the --CH.sub.2 OR.sup.2 group, in which R.sup.2 represents an alkyl or an alkenyl group, the R.sup.1 group within the polymeric molecule being the same or different, there being added, on the average, 1 to 7 moles of the oxirane per hydroxyl group of the novolak, and the polyol and the polyisocyanate being present in such a ratio that 0.95 to 1.25 isocyanate groups of the polyisocyanate correspond to one hydroxyl group of the polyol.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a substrate web coated with a thermosetting coating resin and optionally impregnated with an aminoplast resin, in particular a web of paper, for the surface finishing of woodwork panels or laminates, the improvement that the coating resin is a modified polyester resin, composed of (a) 60 to 95% by weight of a hardenable polyester resin, (b) 1 to 15% by weight of a cross-linking agent for the polyester resin, (c) 5 to 40% by weight of a thermoplastic containing predominantly linear, high-molecular weight, reactive groups, (d) 1 to 15% by weight of a monomer with at least one polymerizable double bond and at least one group which reacts with the reactive group of the thermoplastic, and (e) a hardening catalyst, and optionally dyes, pigments and/or fillers. The invention also relates to a process for preparing a synthetic resin coated substrate web.

Abstract: This invention relates to a thermosetting, substrate-free, storage-resistant synthetic resin foil which is hard, scratch- and abrasion-proof in the hardened state, comprising: (a) about 60 to 95% by weight of a hardenable polyester resin, (b) about 1 to 15% by weight of a cross-linking agent for the polyester resin, (c) about 5 to 40% by weight of a thermoplastic containing predominantly linear, high-molecular weight reactive groups, (d) about 1 to 15% by weight of a monomer with at least one polymerizable double bond and at least one group reactable with the reactive group of the thermoplastic under the conditions of reaction, (e) and at least one hardening catalyst, and optionally dyestuffs, pigments and/or fillers. The invention also relates to a process for preparing the novel foil of the invention.

Abstract: A method for making a finish-effect film which possesses pores in a predetermined design pattern by printing an absorbent water-swellable supporting web in a predetermined design pattern with a substance that retards penetration of water, coating the web with an aqueous resin preparation, and then curing the resin. Three-dimensional pores are produced in the web in a pattern corresponding to the predetermined design due to greater swelling of the unprinted areas of the web by impregnation of the water from the aqueous resin preparation as compared to the printed areas. The thus produced finish-effect film can be used for decorative purposes in a manner similar to wood veneers.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing split-resistant improvement webs from paper having a weight per unit area of .ltoreq.60 g/m.sup.2 which has a hardened synthetic resin on the decorative side and which are used for gluing to the surface of wood-based panels wherein a solution or dispersion of a hardenable impregnating resin is first applied to the paper using a metered-roller application in an amount between about 8% based on the solids content of the resin (of the weight of the paper) but less than an amount such as to assure that the resin does not penetrate to the reverse side of the paper. The impregnated paper is then dried, decoratively printed, and then coated with a solution or dispersion of a hardenable resin followed by drying and hardening. Such webs are easily handled and can be rolled up and the method allows the use of conventional paper which does not have to be specially treated.

Abstract: This invention relates to a copolymerizate foil suitable for surface finishing, and which may be thermosetting, composed of:(A) an elastomeric copolymerizate with a glass transition temperature no higher than +10.degree. C.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for making carrier sheets containing hardenable polyester resins by treating the carrier sheets with solutions or emulsions of polyester resins, which comprisesA. impregnating the carrier sheet with an aqueous solution of a hardenable water-soluble polyester resin,B. substantially drying the carrier sheet containing the aqueous solution of the hardenable polyester resin,C. applying a polymerizable unsaturated compound onto the resin-containing carrier sheet in a quantity sufficient for subsequent cross-linking,D. coating the treated resin-containing carrier sheet with a solution or an aqueous dispersion of a water-insoluble hardenable polyester resin containing a cross-linking agent, andE. substantially drying the resultant product of the process.