Abstract: The present invention provides a thermosetting liquid coating composition for an aluminum wheel comprising (A) a hydroxy- and carboxy-containing acrylic resin having a hydroxyl value of 90 to 150 mg KOH/g and an acid value of 1 to 30 mg KOH/g, the acrylic resin being obtained by copolymerizing a monomer mixture comprising 10 to 50 wt. % of a C6-18 alkyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid, 8 to 40 wt. % of a secondary hydroxy-containing unsaturated monomer, and a carboxy-containing unsaturated monomer; and (B) an amino resin. Also provided a method of coating an aluminum wheel using the composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composite powder coating composition obtained by granulating, with a liquid binder, a plurality of starting powder coating materials that are different from each other in hue and/or kind of base resin, and drying the granules, the liquid binder being a solution or dispersion of a binder compound having a softening temperature of 30 to 200° C. and containing a self-crosslinkable functional group or groups and/or a functional group or groups that complementarily react with functional groups of the starting powder coating materials, in a solvent that does not dissolve the starting powder coating materials; production process therefor; and a method for color-matching a composite powder coating composition, the method comprising the steps of dry blending, for color matching, a plurality of starting powder coating materials having different hues, granulating the resulting blend by adding the above-mentioned liquid binder, and drying the granules.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of forming a coating film on an aluminum substrate, comprising the steps of: (1) coating an aluminum substrate with a thermosetting polyester resin lustrous powder base coating composition (a) containing a lustrous material, and baking the resulting base coat layer; and (2) coating the base coat layer with a thermosetting acrylic resin clear powder coating composition (b), and baking the resulting clear coat layer to obtain a lustrous multilayer coating film.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composite powder coating composition obtained by granulating, with a liquid binder, a plurality of starting powder coating materials that are different from each other in hue and/or kind of base resin, and drying the granules, the liquid binder being a solution or dispersion of a binder compound having a softening temperature of 30 to 200° C. and containing a self-crosslinkable functional group or groups and/or a functional group or groups that complementarily react with functional groups of the starting powder coating materials, in a solvent that does not dissolve the starting powder coating materials; production process therefor; and a method for color-matching a composite powder coating composition, the method comprising the steps of dry blending, for color matching, a plurality of starting powder coating materials having different hues, granulating the resulting blend by adding the above-mentioned liquid binder, and drying the granules.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermosetting liquid coating composition for an aluminum wheel comprising (A) a hydroxy- and carboxy-containing acrylic resin having a hydroxyl value of 90 to 150 mg KOH/g and an acid value of 1 to 30 mg KOH/g, the acrylic resin being obtained by copolymerizing a monomer mixture comprising 10 to 50 wt. % of a C6-18 alkyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid, 8 to 40 wt. % of a secondary hydroxy-containing unsaturated monomer, and a carboxy-containing unsaturated monomer; and (B) an amino resin. Also provided a method of coating an aluminum wheel using the composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of forming a coating film on an aluminum substrate, comprising the steps of: (1) coating an aluminum substrate with a thermosetting polyester resin lustrous powder base coating composition (a) containing a lustrous material, and baking the resulting base coat layer; and (2) coating the base coat layer with a thermosetting acrylic resin clear powder coating composition (b), and baking the resulting clear coat layer to obtain a lustrous multilayer coating film.

Abstract: The present invention provides a powder paint excellent in productivity and cost, because the powder paints that are not adhered to the substrate can recovered and reused. And in case of using the powder paint of the present invention, coating efficiency is high and fine textured coated films excellent in attractiveness of appearance and water resistance can be obtained, because the base paint powder and the pigment particle thereof hardly separate. The powder paints of the present invention are characterized in that the pigment particles are bound to the base paint powders via shellac. The powder paints of the present invention not only allows uniform and firm binding of pigment particles to base paint powders by the action of shellac, but also provides the resulting coated films with excellent attractiveness of appearance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to metal object-coating method, which method comprises coating a primer composition (I) prepared by adding an inorganic anti-corrosive agent to at least one binder component selected from the group consisting of a binder component (A) containing an epoxy resin and ant least one of amino resin and phenol resin, a binder component (B) containing a polyester resin, epoxy resin and phenol resin, and a binder component (C) containing ?-olefin•?,?-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer resin onto the surface of a metal object coating substrate to form a primer coating film layer, followed by coating a topcoat coating composition consisting of a thermoplastic resin based coating composition (II) onto the primer coating film layer to form a topcoat coating film layer consisting of a thermoplastic resin coating film layer; and the primer composition used in the method.

Abstract: The present invention provides a granulated powder coating composition prepared by granulating a starting powder coating composition having an average particle size of 10 .mu.m or less to an average particle size suitable for powder coating; and a process for preparing a granulated powder coating composition, comprising granulating a starting powder coating composition having an average particle size of 10 .mu.m or less to an average particle size suitable for powder coating.

Abstract: The invention provides a thermosetting powder coating composition comprising (A) a vinyl copolymer having a number average molecular weight of 1,500 to 6,000, a molecular weight distribution of 1.0 to 1.5 as represented by a weight average molecular weight/a number average molecular weight and a glass transition temperature of 40 to 100.degree. C., the copolymer containing at least one species of functional group selected from the class consisting of epoxy group, carboxyl group and hydroxyl group, and (B) a curing agent. The thermosetting powder coating composition of the invention is superior in any of the finished appearance of coating film and the blocking resistance.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cationic electrodepositable coating composition comprising:?I! a polyurethane-modified epoxy resin-amine adduct obtained by a reaction of:(A) a polyurethane compound having one terminal isocyanate group in the molecule, obtained by a reaction of (a) a polyhydroxy compound having a number-average molecular weight of 50-8,000, (b) a polyisocyanate compound, and (c) a compound having one active hydrogen atom in the molecule,(B) a bisphenol type epoxy resin having at least two epoxy groups in the molecule, and(C) an active-hydrogen-containing amine compound, and ?II! a nonionic film-forming resin.This composition can form a coating film having excellent weathering resistance and corrosion resistance and, when used in combination with an aqueous base coating and a powder coating (a top coat), can provide a coating system which is simple to apply, which can give a coating film very superior in appearance, corrosion resistance, weathering resistance, chipping resistance, etc.

Abstract: A method for forming a multilayer paint film comprising the steps of forming an uncured film on a substrate with a cationically depositable paint on a substrate, further coating an aqueous paint on the uncured film of the electrodeposited film in a wet-on-wet manner, and then curing with heating the both films,wherein (i) the electrodeposited film of the cationically electrodepositable paint has a film weight reduction after curing with heating of 10% by weight or less; andwherein (ii) the aqueous paint is composed mainly of(a) a polyester resin optionally modified with a urethane and having an acid value within the range of 10 to 100 and a hydroxyl value within the range of 20 to 300; and(b) a water-soluble or -dispersible amino resin.

Abstract: A method for forming a multilayer paint film comprising the steps of forming an uncured film on a substrate with a cationically depositable paint on a substrate, further coating an aqueous paint on the uncured film of the electrodeposited film in a wet-on-wet manner, and then curing with heating the both films,wherein (i) the electrodeposited film of the cationically electrodepositable paint has a film weight reduction after curing with heating of 10% by weight or less; andwherein (ii) the aqueous paint is composed mainly of(a) a polyester resin optionally modified with a urethane and having an acid value within the range of 10 to 100 and a hydroxyl value within the range of 20 to 300; and(b) a water-soluble or -dispersible amino resin.

Abstract: A leg clamping device for a jack up platform having legs extending through the platform and a rack attached to each of the legs therealong and meshing with a drive pinion mounted on the platform. The leg clamping device comprises a plurality of clamp pieces engageable in the furrows of the rack, a bearing body fixedly mounted on the platform and supporting the clamp pieces individually movably toward or away from the rack, and locking means each provided for each of the clamp pieces individually for releasably locking the clamp piece in engagement with the rack furrow.