Abstract:
A method of producing an article with a color-plus-clear composite coating is described. The method comprises the steps of applying a colored coating composition to a substrate, and applying a clear coating composition over the colored coating composition, wherein the clear coating composition is a curable coating composition comprising:
(a) a first component comprising a polymer backbone having appended thereto at least one carbamate functional group, and (b) a second component comprising a compound having a plurality of functional groups that are reactive with said carbamate group.
Abstract:
A method of preparing a carbamate-functional acrylic polymer is described, comprising the steps of:
(A) preparing a mixture comprising:
(1) one or more acrylic monomers comprising hydroxy-functional groups or groups that can be converted to hydroxy functional groups, (2) optionally, one or more other addition polymerizable monomers, and (3) a carbamate compound, and
(B) heating said mixture in the presence of a free radical initiator and an esterification catalyst, thereby forming a carbamate-functional acrylic polymer.
Abstract:
A method for reducing the molecular weight of aminoplast compounds, the aminoplast compounds obtained thereby, and coating compositions containing said aminoplast compounds are provided. The reduced molecular weight aminoplasts are obtained by reacting (a) an aminoplast compound, having a total number (y) of reactive substituents on the amino nitrogens of the aminoplast, where y= (E x M) and E = equivalents per mole of aminoplast and M= total number of moles of aminoplast, wherein the reactive substituents are selected from the group consisting of -NH, alkylol, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, and mixtures thereof and (b) at least one carbamate compound selected from the group consisting of unsubstituted and substituted primary carbamate compounds, unsubstituted and substituted secondary carbamate compounds and mixtures thereof, in the presence of primary or secondary alcohols, at temperatures under 150°C, and at pressures ranging between atmospheric pressure and 20 atm pressure, to form a functionalized aminoplast compound, wherein at least one and up to (y-1) of the amino substituents on the aminoplast are substituted with the carbamate functionality.
Abstract:
A method of preparing a carbamate-functional acrylic polymer is described, comprising the steps of: (A) preparing a mixture comprising: (1) one or more acrylic monomers comprising hydroxy-functional groups or groups that can be converted to hydroxy functional groups, (2) optionally, one or more other addition polymerizable monomers, and (3) a carbamate compound, and (B) heating said mixture in the presence of a free radical initiator and an esterification catalyst, thereby forming a carbamate-functional acrylic polymer.
Abstract:
A curable composition is disclosed comprising:
(a) a first component comprising a carbamate group-containing polymer according to the formula: wherein R₁ represents H or CH₃, R₂ represents H, alkyl, or cycloalkyl, L represents a divalent linking group, A represents repeat units derived from one or more other ethylenically-unsaturated monomers, x represents 10 to 90 weight percent, and y represents 90 to 10 weight percent with x + y equal to 100 weight percent, and (b) a second component comprising a compound having a plurality of functional groups that are reactive with said carbamate group.