Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous polyurethane-vinyl polymer hybrid dispersions comprising, as building blocks hydrophobically modified hydroxy-functional polyesters A, acids B that have further groups which react with isocyanates under formation of urethanes, ureas, or thiourethanes, compounds G having only one hydroxyl group, and one or more tertiary amino groups, olefinically unsaturated monomers H2 having a polymerisable ethylenic unsaturation and a further functional group which reacts with an isocyanate group under bond formation, olefinically unsaturated monomers H1 having at least one polymerisable ethylenic unsaturation and no further functional group which reacts with an isocyanate group, and multifunctional isocyanates I having at least two isocyanate groups per molecule, to a process of their preparation, and to a method of use thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueously dispersible polyurethane having a specific amount of substance of hydroxyl groups, —OH, of at least 0.6 mol/kg, and additionally satisfying at least two of the following conditions: a) a degree of branching measured as specific amount of substance of tertiary and/or quaternary aliphatic carbon atoms of from 0.01 mol/kg to 0.5 mol/kg, b) a specific amount of urea groups >N—CO—N< of from 0.8 mol/kg to 2 mol/kg, and c) a specific amount of substance of hydroxyl groups, —OH, of from 1 mol/kg to 4 mol/kg, wherein in each case the specific amount of substance is based on the mass of the polyurethane, a process for the preparation thereof, and a method of use thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous polyurethane-vinyl polymer hybrid dispersions comprising, as building blocks hydrophobically modified hydroxy-functional polyesters A, acids B that have further groups which react with isocyanates under formation of urethanes, ureas, or thiourethanes, compounds G having only one hydroxyl group, and one or more tertiary amino groups, olefinically unsaturated monomers H2 having a polymerisable ethylenic unsaturation and a further functional group which reacts with an isocyanate group under bond formation, olefinically unsaturated monomers H1 having at least one polymerisable ethylenic unsaturation and no further functional group which reacts with an isocyanate group, and multifunctional isocyanates I having at least two isocyanate groups per molecule, to a process of their preparation, and to a method of use thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous polyurethane-vinyl polymer hybrid dispersions comprising, as building blocks, hydrophobically modified hydroxy-functional polyesters A, acids B that have further groups which react with isocyanates under formation of urethanes, ureas, or thiourethanes, compounds G having only one hydroxyl group, and one or more tertiary amino groups, olefinically unsaturated monomers H2 having a polymerisable ethylenic unsaturation and a further functional group which reacts with an isocyanate group under bond formation, olefinically unsaturated monomers H1 having at least one polymerisable ethylenic unsaturation and no further functional group which reacts with an isocyanate group, and multifunctional isocyanates I having at least two isocyanate groups per molecule, to a process of their preparation, and to a method of use thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous polyurethane-vinyl polymer hybrid dispersions comprising, as building blocks, hydrophobically modified hydroxy-functional polyesters A, acids B that have further groups which react with isocyanates under formation of urethanes, ureas, or thiourethanes, compounds G having only one hydroxyl group, and one or more tertiary amino groups, olefinically unsaturated monomers H2 having a polymerisable ethylenic unsaturation and a further functional group which reacts with an isocyanate group under bond formation, olefinically unsaturated monomers H1 having at least one polymerisable ethylenic unsaturation and no further functional group which reacts with an isocyanate group, and multifunctional isocyanates I having at least two isocyanate groups per molecule, to a process of their preparation, and to a method of use thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a multi-layer coating film on an electrically conductive substrate, comprising the steps of electrodepositing on an electrically conductive substrate, a first coating composition to form an uncured electrodeposition coating film, applying an aqueous primer-surfacer coating composition to form an uncured intermediate coating film, and then simultaneously heating the substrate coated with the said coating films and curing both the uncured electrodeposition coating film and the uncured intermediate coating film to form a cured film, wherein the curing agent B is a capped isocyanate where the capping agents are selected from the group consisting of aliphatic linear or branched diols, hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylates and >NH functional heterocyclic aliphatic or aromatic compounds, to coating films made by this process, and to substrates covered with such coating films.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueously dispersible polyurethane having a specific amount of substance of hydroxyl groups, —OH, of at least 0.6 mol/kg, and additionally satisfying at least two of the following conditions: a) a degree of branching measured as specific amount of substance of tertiary and/or quaternary aliphatic carbon atoms of from 0.01 mol/kg to 0.5 mol/kg, b) a specific amount of urea groups >N—CO—N< of from 0.8 mol/kg to 2 mol/kg, and c) a specific amount of substance of hydroxyl groups, —OH, of from 1 mol/kg to 4 mol/kg, wherein in each case the specific amount of substance is based on the mass of the polyurethane, a process for the preparation thereof, and a method of use thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to water-borne coating binders ABC comprising a mixture of a curing agent C and a reaction product AB made by at least partial esterification of a hydroxyl group-containing polyester A and an acid groups-containing polyurethane B, characterised in that each of A and B comprise not more than 20% of the amount of substance of their educts A1, A2, B1, and B2, of molecules comprising aromatic structures, to a method of their preparation, and a method of use thereof to formulate primer-surfacer coating compositions.

Abstract: Coating composition especially for preparing automotive surfacers, comprising a condensation product A of a carboxyl-containing resin A1 and a hydroxyl-containing resin A2, a curing agent C which becomes active only at an elevated temperature of at least 80° C., and a high molecular mass polyurethane B.

Abstract: Aqueous binders comprising condensation products AB of carboxyl-containing resins A and hydroxyl group-containing resins B, hydroxyurethanes C, and curing agents D which are active even at temperatures starting at 120° C.

Abstract: Low molar mass polyester polyols having a weight average molar mass Mw of up to 3500 g/mol, hydroxyl numbers of from 80 to 280 mg/g and acid numbers of from 5 to 40 mg/g, comprising structural units derived from aliphatic monocyclic or polycyclic compounds containing at least two hydroxyl and/or epoxide groups and at least one heteroatom, aliphatic acyclic or cyclic polyhydroxy compounds containing three or more hydroxyl groups per molecule, linear or branched aliphatic dihydroxy compounds and aliphatic cyclic polycarboxylic acids, alone or in a mixture with low molar mass acrylate copolymers, may be processed to give coating materials which dry rapidly, and result in defect-free surfaces.

Abstract: Coating composition especially for preparing automotive surfacers, comprising a condensation product A of a carboxyl-containing resin A1 and a hydroxyl-containing resin A2, a curing agent C which becomes active only at an elevated temperature of at least 80 ° C.

Abstract: Aqueous two-component binder systems, its first component comprising a water-soluble polyester AB and its second component comprising a blocked polyfunctional isocyanate C, where the blocking agent C2 is selected from the group consisting of primary alcohols C21 having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, in which the carbon atom adjacent to the hydroxymethylene group carries a double bond, oximes C22 of linear, branched or cyclic aliphatic ketones having 3 to 15 carbon atoms, CH-acidic compounds C23, in which the carbon atom carrying the active hydrogen carries at least one further group selected from R1—CO—, R2—O—CO—, —NO2 and R3—SO2—, R1, R2 and R3 independently of one another may be linear, branched or cyclic alkyl groups having 1 to 18 carbon atoms or aryl groups having from 5 to 15 carbon atoms, and NH-acidic compounds C24.

Abstract: Two-component systems based on water-soluble polyesters and blocked isocyanates for aqueous baking varnishes Aqueous two-component binder systems, its first component comprising a water-soluble polyester AB and its second component comprising a blocked polyfunctional isocyanate C, where the blocking agent C2 is selected from the group consisting of primary alcohols C21 having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, in which the carbon atom adjacent to the hydroxymethylene group carries a double bond, oximes C22 of linear, branched or cyclic aliphatic ketones having 3 to 15 carbon atoms, CH-acidic compounds C23, in which the carbon atom carrying the active hydrogen carries at least one further group selected from R1-CO-, R2O-CO-, -NO2 and R3-SO2-, R1, R2 and R3 independently of one another may be linear, branched or cyclic alkyl groups having 1 to 18 carbon atoms or aryl groups having from 5 to 15 carbon atoms, and NH-acidic compounds C24.

Abstract: Coating composition especially for preparing automotive surfacers, comprising an anionically stabilized resin, preferably a condensation product A of a carboxyl group-containing resin A1 and a hydroxyl group-containing resin A2, and a curing agent C, which becomes active even at room temperature or slightly elevated temperature of up to not more than 120° C., and comprises a mixture of an unblocked isocyanate C1 and a hydrophilic partially etherified amino resin C2.

Abstract: Low molar mass polyester polyols having a weight average molar mass Mw of up to 3500 g/mol, hydroxyl numbers of from 80 to 280 mg/g and acid numbers of from 5 to 40 mg/g, comprising structural units derived from aliphatic monocyclic or polycyclic compounds containing at least two hydroxyl and/or epoxide groups and at least one heteroatom, aliphatic acyclic or cyclic polyhydroxy compounds containing three or more hydroxyl groups per molecule, linear or branched aliphatic dihydroxy compounds and aliphatic cyclic polycarboxylic acids, alone or in a mixture with low molar mass acrylate copolymers, may be processed to give coating materials which dry rapidly, and result in defect-free surfaces.

Abstract: Radiation curable polyester composition AB, capable of forming solutions or dispersions in water of high solid content which can be produced by mixing or pre-condensing a water soluble, radiation-curable emulsifying resin A which contains ester and acid groups and has an acid number from 20 to 300 mg/g and water-insoluble, radiation-curable polymer B containing ester and/or ether groups, wherein resin A is a reaction product of an alkoxylated polyol A1 having at least 3 hydroxyl groups and 3 to 10 oxyalkylene units per molecule, these oxyalkylene units containing 2 to 4 carbon atoms each, with an &agr;, &bgr;-unsaturated carboxylic acid A2 having each a free carboxyl group per molecule, and a carboxylic acid A3 which is at least tri-functional and wherein polymer B is a reaction product of aliphatic, linear, branched or cyclic alcohols B1 with compounds B2, selected from alkylene oxides B21, dicarboxylic acids B22 and aliphatic lactones B23 having 4 to 12 carbon atoms as well as compounds B3 selected from &ag

Abstract: Low molar mass polyester polyols having a weight-average molar mass M, of not more than 2000 g/mol, with hydroxyl numbers of from 80 to 300 mg/g and acid numbers of from 5 to 35 mg/g, comprising the stated mole fractions (in %=mol/100 mol) of structural units derived from: a) from 1 to 45% of aliphatic polycyclic polyhydroxy compounds having at least two hydroxyl groups per molecule, b) from 5 to 50% of branched aliphatic acyclic dihydroxy compounds, c) from 30 to 50% of aliphatic cyclic polycarboxylic acids, d) from 0 to 30% of aliphatic acyclic or monocyclic polyhydroxy compounds having three or more hydroxyl groups per molecule, and e) from 0 to 10% of polyfunctional compounds selected from aliphatic linear and monocyclic dihydroxy compounds, aliphatic linear and branched dicarboxylic acids, aromatic dicarboxylic acids and polycaboxylic acids having three or more carboxyl groups per molecule, and also f) from 0 to 10% of monofunctional units selected from monocarboxylic acids and monoalcohols,

Abstract: Coating composition especially for preparing automotive surfacers, comprising an anionically stabilized resin, preferably a condensation product A of a carboxyl group-containing resin A1 and a hydroxyl group-containing resin A2, and a curing agent C, which becomes active even at room temperature or slightly elevated temperature of up to not more than 120° C., and comprises a mixture of an unblocked isocyanate C1 and a hydrophilic partially etherified amino resin C2.

Abstract: Mixtures of low molar mass polyester polyols having a weight-average molar mass Mw of not more than 2000 g/mol, with hydroxyl numbers of from 80 to 300 mg/g and acid numbers of from 5 to 35 mg/g, comprising structural units derived from aliphatic polycyclic polyhydroxy compounds having at least two hydroxyl groups per molecule, branched aliphatic acyclic dihydroxy compounds, aliphatic cyclic polycarboxylic acids, aliphatic acyclic or monocyclic polyhydroxy compounds having three or more hydroxyl groups per molecule, and polyfunctional compounds selected from aliphatic linear and monocyclic dihydroxy compounds, aliphatic linear and branched dicarboxylic acids, aromatic dicarboxylic acids and polycarboxylic acids having three or more carboxyl groups per molecule, and also monofunctional units selected from monocarboxylic acids and monoalcohols, and acrylic copolymers made by radically initiated polymerisation in the presence of cyclic compounds that can react with hydroxy or acid functional comonomers can be us