Aqueous polymer compositions

Abstract

Aqueous polymer compositions which contain a polymer having ureido groups and a polyaldehyde compound are suitable for the production of coatings having high adhesion to substrate and having high cohesion.

Description

Claims

1. An aqueous polymer composition containing

A) at least one polymer A dissolved or dispersed in an aqueous medium and composed of polymerized monomers having at least one ethylenically unsaturated carbon-carbon bond, with the proviso that the polymer A has at least one group of the formula I ##STR1## where X is O or S and

R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl or both together form a bridging C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkylene group which may be monosubstituted or disubstituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy and/or by hydroxyl,

B) at least one chemical compound B having at least two unprotected and/or reversibly protected aldehyde groups, with the proviso that the molar ratio R of the total amount of groups I contained in the aqueous polymer composition to the total molar amount of unprotected and/or reversibly protected aldehyde groups contained in said composition in the form of compounds B is from 0.1:1 to 10:1,

and

C) no hydrazide.

2. An aqueous polymer composition as claimed in claim 1, whose polymer A contains, as group I, a group of the formula ##STR2## where each of the two substituents R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 may be hydrogen, hydroxyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy.

3. An aqueous polymer composition as claimed in claim 1, whose polymer A contains monomers having groups I, in polymerized form, in amounts of from 0.1 to 30% by weight, based on the total amount of the monomers polymerized in A.

4. An aqueous polymer composition as claimed in claim 1, containing glyoxal as chemical compound B.

5. An aqueous polymer composition as claimed in claim 1, containing a polymer A as chemical compound B.

6. A process for the preparation of an aqueous polymer composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein a monomer mixture which comprises monomers which have a group I is polymerized by the free radical aqueous emulsion polymerization method, and a chemical compound B is stirred into the resulting aqueous polymer dispersion.

7. An aqueous polymer composition as claimed in claim 1, containing

from 5 to 50% by weight of polymer A,

from 5 to 75% by weight of inorganic fillers or pigments,

from 0 to 15% by weight of conventional coating assistants,

at least one chemical compound B in an amount such that R is from 0.1:1 to 10:1 and

water.