Claims
- 1. A liquid or paste composition comprising:
- I. -- from 5 to 35 weight percent of a melamine/formaldehyde resin or urea/formaldehyde resin,
- Ii.-- from 40 to 90 weight percent of an acrylate or methacrylate ester of an epoxidized fatty oil, said ester having vicinal hydroxyl groups and an average of at least two acrylate or methacrylate groups per mole thereof,
- Iii. -- from 5 to 55 weight percent of a different hydroxyl-containing polyacrylate or polymethacrylate ester having an average of more than one functional acrylate or methacrylate group in the molecule,
- Iv. -- a catalytic amount of a condensation catalyst sufficient to catalyze the condensation polymerization, and
- V. -- from 0 to 20 weight percent of a photoinitiator;
- said liquid or paste composition having a viscosity of from W to greater than Z on the Gardner-Holdt Scale.
- 2. A composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein (I) is present at a concentration of from 10 to 25 weight percent.
- 3. A composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein (II) is present at a concentration of from 50 to 80 weight percent.
- 4. A composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein (III) is present at a concentration of from 10 to 40 weight percent.
- 5. A composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein (I) is hexamethoxymethyl melamine.
- 6. A composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein (II) is the acrylate ester of epoxidized soybean oil.
- 7. A composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein (II) is the acrylate ester of epoxidized linseed oil.
- 8. A composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein (III) is a mixture of the acrylate esters of pentaerythritol having an average of 2.8 to 3.8 acrylate groups per mole.
- 9. A composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein (I) is hexamethoxymethyl melamine, (II) is the acrylate ester of epoxidized soybean oil, and (II) is pentaerythritol triacrylate.
- 10. A composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein (I) is hexamethoxymethyl melamine, (II) is the acrylate ester of epoxidized linseed oil, and (III) is pentaerythritol triacrylate.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 205,855, filed Dec. 8, 1971, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,935,330, issued Jan. 27, 1976.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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