Abstract: Described herein is a curable coating composition including at least one Michael donor (A) having at least one acetoacetate group, at least one Michael acceptor (B) and at least one specific catalyst (C). Also described herein are a method of using the curable coating composition as a clear coating in a method to prepare a multilayer coating and a multilayer coating obtained from said process. Further described herein is a kit-of-parts including at least two separate containers C1 and C2, where the specific catalyst (C) and/or the at least one Michael acceptor (B) is contained in container C2. Additionally described herein is a method of using specific salts of carboxylic acids as catalyst in a reaction between a Michael donor (A) having at least one acetoacetate group and a Michael acceptor (B).

Abstract: Described herein are a curable coating composition including at least one Michael donor (A) having at least one thiol group, at least one Michael acceptor (B) and at least one specific catalyst (C), a method of using the curable coating composition as a clear coating in a process to prepare a multilayer coating and a multilayer coating obtained from said process. Also described herein is a kit-of-parts including at least two separate containers C1 and C2, where the specific catalyst (C) is contained in container C1 and/or C2. Finally, described herein is a method of using specific salts of carboxylic acids as catalyst in a reaction between a Michael donor (A) having at least one thiol group and a Michael acceptor (B).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixture (M) which can be used as curing agent and as adhesion promoter and which comprises at least two components (M1) and (M2), which are different from one another and have in each case independently of one another free and/or blocked isocyanate groups, and which optionally comprises a further component (M3) different from (M1) and (M2); component (M1) comprises at least one aliphatic polyisocyanate, and component (M2) comprises at least one aliphatic polyisocyanate having polyether units, wherein the relative weight ratio of (M1) and (M2) in (M) to one another is in a range from 25:1 to 3:1, based in each case on the solids content of (M1) and (M2), and at least one of the components (M1), (M2), and optionally (M3) present in (M) has hydrolyzable silane groups, to a use of (M) as curing agent and adhesion promoter in a coating composition, to such a coating composition, and to methods for at least partly coating a substrate with a surfacer coat and for at least partly co

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solventborne clearcoat material which comprises at least one additive preparable by reacting at least one alpha,omega-hydroxy-functionalized oligoester which has an OH number of 30 to 160 mg KOH/g, a theoretical carbon-carbon double bond content of 1 to 2.5 mmol/g, a number-average molecular weight of 1000 to 3000 g/mol, and a weight-average molecular weight of 2800 to 10 000 g/mol, and at least one alkoxysilane which possesses an OH-reactive functional group, the sum of the weight percentage fractions of all additives of the invention being 0.5 to 10 wt %, based on the total amount of the solventborne clearcoat material. The present invention further relates to a process for producing multicoat paint systems, and to multicoat paint systems producible by means of said process. The invention further relates to the use of the above-identified additive in solventborne clearcoat materials for the purpose of improving adhesion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixture (M) which can be used as curing agent and as adhesion promoter and which comprises at least two components (M1) and (M2), which are different from one another and have in each case independently of one another free and/or blocked isocyanate groups, and which optionally comprises a further component (M3) different from (M1) and (M2); component (M1) comprises at least one aliphatic polyisocyanate, and component (M2) comprises at least one aliphatic polyisocyanate having polyether units, wherein the relative weight ratio of (M1) and (M2) in (M) to one another is in a range from 25:1 to 3:1, based in each case on the solids content of (M1) and (M2), and at least one of the components (M1), (M2), and optionally (M3) present in (M) has hydrolyzable silane groups, to a use of (M) as curing agent and adhesion promoter in a coating composition, to such a coating composition, and to methods for at least partly coating a substrate with a surfacer coat and for at least partly co

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solventborne primer surfacer which comprises at least one additive preparable by reacting at least one alpha,omega-hydroxy-functionalized oligoester which possesses an OH number of 30 to 160 mg KOH/g, a theoretical carbon-carbon double bond content of 1 to 2.5 mmol/g, a number-average molecular weight of 1000 to 3000 g/mol, and a weight-average molecular weight of 2800 to 10 000 g/mol, and at least one alkoxysilane which possesses an OH-reactive functional group, the sum of the weight percentage fractions of all additives of the invention being 0.5 to 10 wt %, based on the total amount of the solventborne primer surfacer. The present invention further relates to a process for producing multicoat paint systems, and to multicoat paint systems producible by means of said process. The invention further relates to the use of the additive identified above in solventborne primer surfacers for improving adhesion.

Abstract: Disclosed are aqueous coating compositions comprising at least one hydroxyl-containing compound (A), at least one compound (B) having isocyanate groups and also having hydrolyzable silane groups, and at least one catalyst (C) wherein the compound (B) has 10 mol % to less than 90 mol % of at least one structural unit (I) —N(X—SiR?x(OR?)3-x)n(X?—SiR?y(OR?)3-y)m??(I) Where R?=hydrogen, alkyl or cycloalkyl, X, X?=linear and/or branched alkylene or cycloalkylene radical having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R?=alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl, n=0 to 2, m=0 to 2, m+n=2, and x, y=0 to 2, and more than 10 to 90 mol % of at least one structural unit (II) —Z—(X—SiR?x(OR?)3-x) (II), where Z=—NH—, —NR—, —O— or —S—, where R=alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl, and x, X, R? and R? have the definition indicated for formula (I).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solventborne primer surfacer which comprises at least one additive preparable by reacting at least one alpha,omega-hydroxy-functionalized oligoester which possesses an OH number of 30 to 160 mg KOH/g, a theoretical carbon-carbon double bond content of 1 to 2.5 mmol/g, a number-average molecular weight of 1000 to 3000 g/mol, and a weight-average molecular weight of 2800 to 10 000 g/mol, and at least one alkoxysilane which possesses an OH-reactive functional group, the sum of the weight percentage fractions of all additives of the invention being 0.5 to 10 wt %, based on the total amount of the solventborne primer surfacer. The present invention further relates to a process for producing multicoat paint systems, and to multicoat paint systems producible by means of said process. The invention further relates to the use of the additive identified above in solventborne primer surfacers for improving adhesion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solventborne clearcoat material which comprises at least one additive preparable by reacting at least one alpha,omega-hydroxy-functionalized oligoester which has an OH number of 30 to 160 mg KOH/g, a theoretical carbon-carbon double bond content of 1 to 2.5 mmol/g, a number-average molecular weight of 1000 to 3000 g/mol, and a weight-average molecular weight of 2800 to 10 000 g/mol, and at least one alkoxysilane which possesses an OH-reactive functional group, the sum of the weight percentage fractions of all additives of the invention being 0.5 to 10 wt %, based on the total amount of the solventborne clearcoat material. The present invention further relates to a process for producing multicoat paint systems, and to multicoat paint systems producible by means of said process. The invention further relates to the use of the above-identified additive in solventborne clearcoat materials for the purpose of improving adhesion.

Abstract: Coating compositions comprising at least one hydroxyl-containing compound (A), at least one isocyanato-containing compound (B) and at least one urea-group-containing compound (H) different from (B), compound (H) comprising at least one structural unit selected from the group consisting of a structural unit (I) a structural unit (II) a structural unit (III) —NR??—C(O)—N(X—SiR?x(OR?)3-x)n(X?—SiR?y(OR?)3-y)m, and combinations of two or more of the foregoing, compound (H) being obtained by reacting an isocyanato-containing compound (HG) with amino-containing compounds, wherein in compound (H) more than 90 mol % of the isocyanate groups originally present in (HG) have undergone reaction to form the structural units (I), (II), (III), or combinations thereof, where R?, R??=hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl; R, R?=alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl; X, X?=linear and/or branched alkyl or cycloalkyl radical; x, y, n, m=0 to 2; and m+n=2.

Abstract: Disclosed are coating compositions comprising at least one hydroxyl-containing compound (A) and at least one isocyanato-containing compound (B), wherein one or more of the constituents of the coating composition comprise between 2.5 and 97.5 mol %, based on the entirety of structural units (I) and (II), of at least one structural unit of the formula (I) —N(X—SiR?x(OR?)3-x)n(X?—SiR?y(OR?)3-y)m??(I) and between 2.5 and 97.5 mol %, based on the entirety of structural units (I) and (II), of at least one structural unit of the formula (II) —Z—(X—SiR?x(OR?)3-x)??(II).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating composition comprising (a) at least one hydroxyl-containing compound (A), (b) at least one compound (B) having free and/or blocked isocyanate groups, and (c) at least one catalyst (C) for the crosslinking of silane groups, one or more constituents of the coating composition containing hydrolyzable silane groups, wherein the coating composition contains a water scavenger as further constituent (D).

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of partly silanized compounds based on polyisocyanate as crosslinking agents with heightened refractive index in curable coating compositions, more particularly in clearcoat materials for automotive finishing. The invention likewise relates to a coating composition which comprises these compounds as crosslinking agents, and to the use of the coating composition to produce a coating.

Abstract: Disclosed are aqueous coating compositions comprising at least one hydroxyl-containing compound (A), at least one compound (B) having isocyanate groups and also having hydrolyzable silane groups, and at least one catalyst (C) wherein the compound (B) has 10 mol % to less than 90 mol % of at least one structural unit (I) —N(X—SiR?x(OR?)3-x)n(X?—SiR?y(OR?)3-y)m??(I) Where R?=hydrogen, alkyl or cycloalkyl, X, X?=linear and/or branched alkylene or cycloalkylene radical having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R?=alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl, n=0 to 2, m=0 to 2, m+n=2, and x, y=0 to 2, and more than 10 to 90 mol % of at least one structural unit (II) —Z—(X—SiR?x(OR?)3-x) (II), where Z=—NH—, —NR—, —O— or —S—, where R=alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl, and x, X, R? and R? have the definition indicated for formula (I).

Abstract: Disclosed are coating compositions comprising (a) at least one hydroxyl-containing compound (A), (b) at least one compound (B) having isocyanate groups, and (c) at least one catalyst (D) for the crosslinking of silane groups, said catalyst (D) comprising phosphorus. It is an aspect of the disclosed coating compositions that (i) one or more constituents of the coating composition contain hydrolyzable silane groups and (ii) the coating composition can be finally cured to a coating which has statistically distributed regions of an Si—O—Si network.

Abstract: Disclosed are coating compositions comprising (a) at least one hydroxyl-containing compound (A), (b) at least one compound (B) having isocyanate groups, and (c) at least one catalyst (D) for the crosslinking of silane groups, said catalyst (D) comprising phosphorus. It is an aspect of the disclosed coating compositions that (i) one or more constituents of the coating composition contain hydrolyzable silane groups and (ii) the coating composition can be finally cured to a coating which has statistically distributed regions of an Si—O—Si network.

Abstract: Coating compositions comprising at least one hydroxyl-containing compound (A), at least one isocyanato-containing compound (B) and at least one urea-group-containing compound (H) different from (B), compound (H) comprising at least one structural unit selected from the group consisting of a structural unit (I) a structural unit (II) a structural unit (III) —NR??—C(O)—N(X—SiR?x(OR?)3-x)n(X?—SiR?y(OR?)3-y)m, and combinations of two or more of the foregoing, compound (H) being obtained by reacting an isocyanato-containing compound (HG) with amino-containing compounds, wherein in compound (H) more than 90 mol % of the isocyanate groups originally present in (HG) have undergone reaction to form the structural units (I), (II), (III), or combinations thereof, where R?, R??=hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl; R, R?=alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl; X, X?=linear and/or branched alkyl or cycloalkyl radical; x, y, n, m=0 to 2; and m+n=2.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of partly silanized compounds based on polyisocyanate as crosslinking agents with heightened refractive index in curable coating compositions, more particularly in clearcoat materials for automotive finishing. The invention likewise relates to a coating composition which comprises these compounds as crosslinking agents, and to the use of the coating composition to produce a coating.

Abstract: Hydrolysates and/or condensates of epoxy- and silane-functional oligomers and polymers, prepared by hydrolyzing and/or condensing at least one oligomer and/or polymer (A) containing at least one epoxide group (a1) and at least one hydrolyzable silane group (a2); and also (meth)acrylate copolymers (A) containing lateral and/or terminal epoxide groups (a1) and lateral and/or terminal hydrolyzable silane groups (a2), in a molar ratio (a1): (a2) of from 15:1 to 1: 1.5, processes for preparing them, and their use.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a silane-functional mixture, comprising at least one phosphonic diester (A), at least one diphosphonic diester (A), or at least one phosphonic diester and one diphosphonic diester (A), and at least one compound (B) comprising at least two condensable silane groups.