Claims
- 1. A method of electrocoating an electrically conductive surface serving as a cathode in an electrical circuit comprising said cathode and an anode immersed in an aqueous resinous dispersion, comprising passing electric current between the anode and the cathode to cause a coating to deposit on the cathode, wherein the aqueous resinous dispersion contains from:
- (A) 0.5 to 40 percent by weight of an ungelled resin formed from reacting:
- (i) a polyepoxide with
- (ii) a polyoxyalkylenepolyamine; the ratio of equivalents of active hydrogens in (ii), with primary amine groups being considered monofunctional, to equivalents of epoxy in (i) being within the range of 1.20 to 1.70:1;
- the reaction product being at least partially neutralized with acid to provide cationic groups,
- (B) 60 to 99.5 percent by weight of an additional cationic resin different from (A) and which is electrodepositable on a cathode;
- the percentages by weight being based on total weight of (A) plus (B).
- 2. The method of claim 1 in which the aqueous dispersion contains from 5 to 25 percent resin solids.
- 3. An article coated by the method of claim 1.
- 4. The method of claim 1 wherein the polyepoxide is a polyglycidyl ether of a cyclic polyol.
- 5. The method of claim 4 wherein the cyclic polyol is a diol.
- 6. The method of claim 5 wherein the polyglycidyl ether of the cyclic polyol is a polyglycidyl ether of bisphenol A or hydrogenated bisphenol A having a molecular weight within the range of 340 to 2000.
- 7. The method of claim 1 in which the polyoxyalkylenepolyamine is a polyoxypropylenepolyamine.
- 8. The method of claim 7 in which the polyoxypropylenepolyamine is a diamine.
- 9. The method of claim 1 in which the polyoxyalkylenepolyamine has a molecular weight within the range of 137 to 3600.
- 10. The method of claim 9 in which the polyoxyalkylenepolyamine has an amine equivalent weight of about 69 to 1800.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 284,865, filed July 20, 1981 now abandoned.
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