Abstract:
SURFACE COATINGS BASED ON A DISPERSION OF A COPOLYMER (I) WHICH CONTAINS UNITS OF (A) 50 TO 95% BY WEIGHT OF A COPOLYMERIZABLE ESTER OF A MONOOLEFINICALLY UNSATURATED CARBOXYLIC ACID HAVING THREE TO FIVE CARBON ATOMS AND AN ALCOHOL HAVING ONE TO EIGHT CARBON ATOMS; (B) 0.75 TO 25% BY WEIGHT OF AN N-METHYLOLAMIDE OF A COPOLYMERIZABLE OLEFINICALLY UNSATURATED CARBOXYLIC ACID HAVING THREE TO FIVE CARBON ATOMS WHICH HAS BEEN ETHERIFIED WITH AN ALCOHOL HAVING ONE TO EIGHT CARBON ATOMS; AND (D) 0 TO 40% BY WEIGHT OF AT LEAST ONE OTHER COPOLYMERIZABLE MONOOLEFINICALLY UNSATURATED MONOMER. COPOLYMER I IS PREPARED BY POLYMERIZING THE SAID MONOMERS IN AN ORGANIC LIQUID IN WHICH THE COPOLYMER (I) IS INSOLUBLE, IN THE PRESENCE OF A POLYMER (II) OR POLYCONDENSATES (II) OR A MIXTURE OF BOTH WHICH IS DISSOLVED IN THE ORGANIC LIQUID USING A CONVENTIONAL POLYMERIZATION INITIATOR.