Claims
- 1. A process for coating vehicle bodies, comprising the steps of
- (1) applying to a substrate an electro-dipping primer and baking the primer
- (2) optionally, applying an intermediate primer, resistant to damage by stone chips and baking separately or together with the filler coat applied in stage (3)
- (3) applying a filler and baking the filler and
- (4) applying a single- or multi-layer top coating and baking,
- in which the intermediate primer and/or filler-coat employed is an aqueous stoving enamel containing as the binder a combination of
- (A) a water-dilutable polyurethane resin,
- (B) a water-dilutable polyester resin and
- (C) an aminoplast resin,
- in which component (A) has an acid number from 10 to 60 and a number-average molecular weight of 4000 to 25,000 and is prepared by reacting
- (a) a polyester- and/or polyether-polyol having a number-average molecular weight of 400 to 5000, or a mixture of such polyester- and/or polyether-polyols,
- (b) a polyisocyanate, or a mixture of polyisocyanates,
- (c) a compound which contains in the molecule at least one group which is reactive towards isocyanate groups and at least one group which is capable of anion formation, or a mixture of each compounds, and optionally
- (d) an organic compound which contains hydroxyl and/or amino groups and has a molecular weight of 40 to 400, or a mixture of such compounds,
- with one another and at least partly neutralizing the reaction product formed, wherein component (A) is employed in an amount of 40 to 70% by weight, component (B) in an amount of 15 to 40% by weight and component (C) in an amount of 8 to 35% by weight, in which the percentage by weight data are based on (A)+(B)+(C)=100% by weight, and component (B) is a water-dilutable polyester resin which has an acid number of 20 to 100, preferably 25 to 45, and a hydroxyl number of 40 to 150, preferably 50 to 80, and can be prepared by reacting
- (i) an organic compound containing at least three functional groups, in which at least one of the functional groups is a carboxyl group and the other functional groups are selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, amino, carboxyl, acid anhydride groups, and mixtures thereof, where an acid anhydride group is counted as two functional groups, and mixtures of such organic compounds,
- (ii) a cyclic dicarboxylic acid, or a mixture of cyclic dlcarboxylic acids,
- (iii) optionally an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, or a mixture of aliphatic dicarboxylic acids,
- (iv) a polyol in which at least one .alpha.-C atom is a secondary or tertiary C atom or a member in a carbon-containing ring system, or a mixture of such polyols, and
- (v) optionally a polyol other than (iv), or a mixture of such polyols,
- with one another, the carboxylic acid components ((i)+(ii)+(iii)) and the polyol components ((iv)+(v)) being employed in a molar ratio of 3:4 to 7:8, the molar ratio between (i)+(ii) and (iii) being 50:50 to 100:0, and the molar ratio between (iv) and (v) being 40:60 to 100:0, and at least partly neutralizing the reaction product formed.
- 2. A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein (A) is present in an amount of between 50% and 65% by weight, (B) is present in an amount between 20 to 35% by weight, and (C) is present in an amount between 10 to 25% by weight.
- 3. A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein component (A) has an acid number of 20 to 35 and a number average molecular weight of 8000 to 15,000.
- 4. A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein component (i) is selected from the group consisting of trimellitic acid, trimellitic anhydride, pyromellitic acid and pyromellitic anhydride, and mixtures thereof.
- 5. A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein component (ii) is selected from the group consisting of phthalic acid, isophthalic acid, terephthalic acid, tetrahydrophthalic acid, hexahydrophthalic acid, anhydrides of these acids, and mixtures thereof.
- 6. A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein component (iii) is selected from the group consisting of adipic acid, azelaic acid, sebacic acid, anhydrides of these acids, and mixtures thereof.
- 7. A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein component (iv) is selected from the group consisting of neopentyl glycol, 2-ethyl-2-butylpropane-1,3-diol, neopentyl glycol hydroxy-pivalate and mixtures thereof.
- 8. An aqueous coating, comprising as the binder a combination of
- (A) a water-dilutable polyurethane resin,
- (B) a water-dilutable polyester resin and
- (C) an aminoplast resin,
- in which component (A) has an acid number from 10 to 60 and a number-average molecular weight of 4000 to 25,000 and is prepared by reacting
- (a) a polyester- and/or polyether-polyol having a number-average molecular weight of 400 to 5000, or a mixture of such polyester- and/or polyether-polyols,
- (b) a polyisocyanate, or a mixture of polyisocyanates,
- (c) a compound which contains in the molecule at least one group which is reactive towards isocyanate groups and at least one group which is capable of anion formation, or a mixture of such compounds, and optionally
- (d) an organic compound which contains hydroxyl and/or amino groups and has a molecular weight of 40 to 400, or a mixture of such compounds,
- with one another and at least partly neutralizing the reaction product formed, wherein component (A) is employed in an amount of 40 to 70% by weight, component (B) in an amount of 15 to 40% by weight and component (C) in an amount of 8 to 35% by weight, in which the percentage by weight data are based on (A)+(B)+(C)=100% by weight, and component (B) is a water-dilutable polyester resin which has an acid number of 20 to 100, and a hydroxyl number of 40 to 150, and is prepared by reacting
- (i) an organic compound containing at least three functional groups, in which at least one of the functional groups must be a carboxyl group and the other functional groups are selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, amino, carboxyl, acid anhydride groups, and mixtures thereof, where an acid anhydride group is counted as two functional groups, and mixtures of such organic compounds,
- (ii) a cyclic dicarboxylic acid, or a mixture of cyclic dicarboxylic acids,
- (iii) optionally an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, or a mixture of aliphatic dicarboxylic acids,
- (iv) a polyol in which at least one .alpha.-C atom is a secondary or tertiary C atom or a member in a carbon-containing ring system, or a mixture of such polyols, and
- (v) optionally a polyol other than (iv), or a mixture of such polyols,
- with one another, the carboxylic acid components ((i)+(ii)+(iii)) and the polyol components ((iv)+(v)) being employed in a molar ratio of 3:4 to 7:8, the molar ratio between (i)+(ii) and (iii) being 50:50 to 100:0, preferably 75:25, and the molar ratio between (iv) and (v) being 40:60 to 100:0, preferably 60:40 to 100:0, and at least partly neutralizing the reaction product formed.
- 9. A process as claimed in claim 8 wherein (A) is present in an amount of between 50% and 65% by weight, (B) is present in an amount between 20 to 35% by weight, and (C) is present in an amount between 10 to 25% by weight.
- 10. A process as claimed in claim 8 wherein component (A) has an acid number of 20 to 35 and a number average molecular weight of 8000 to 15,000.
- 11. A process as claimed in claim 8 wherein component (i) is selected from the group consisting of trimellitic acid, trimellitic anhydride, pyromellitic acid and pyromellitic anhydride, and mixtures thereof.
- 12. A process as claimed in claim 8 wherein component (ii) is selected from the group consisting of phthalic acid, isophthalic acid, terephthalic acid, tetrahydrophthalic acid, hexahydrophthalic acid, anhydrides of these acids, and mixtures thereof.
- 13. A process as claimed in claim 8 wherein component (iii) is selected from the group consisting of adipic acid, azelaic acid, sebacic acid, anhydrides of these acids, and mixtures thereof.
- 14. A process as claimed in claim 8 wherein component (iv) is selected from the group consisting of neopentyl glycol, 2-ethyl-2-butylpropane-1,3-diol, neopentyl glycol hydroxy-pivalate and mixtures thereof.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a Continuation of application Ser. No. 07/934,624 filed Oct. 21, 1992, now abandoned.
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