Method of producing coating composition and coating composition made therefrom

A method of producing a coating composition wherein a coating from said composition upon cure has improved chip resistance, said method comprising:

• contacting organic fibers with a medium comprising a liquid component and a solid component;
• agitating said medium and said organic fibers to transform said organic fibers into a micropulp dispersed in said medium;
• separating said solid component from said medium to form a slurry;
• and
• adding the slurry or an aliquot thereof to the coating composition.

A method of producing a slurry, said method comprising:

• contacting organic fibers with a medium comprising a liquid component and a solid component;
• agitating said medium and said organic fibers to transform said organic fibers into a micropulp dispersed in said medium;
• and
• separating said solid component from said medium to form said slurry.

A method of producing a coating composition wherein a coating from said composition upon cure has improved chip resistance, said method comprising:

• contacting first organic fibers with a first medium comprising a first liquid component and a first solid component, wherein said first liquid component comprises a first aqueous liquid, one or more first liquid polymers, first organic solvent or a mixture thereof;
• agitating said first medium and said first organic fibers to transform said first organic fibers into a first micropulp dispersed in said first medium;
• contacting said first medium with second organic fibers and a second medium to form a blend, said second medium comprising a second liquid component and a second solid component, wherein said second liquid component comprises one or more second liquid polymers and a second aqueous liquid, second organic solvent or a mixture thereof;
• agitating said blend to transform said second organic fibers into second micropulp dispersed in said blend;
• separating said first and said second solid component from said blend to form a slurry;
• and
• adding the slurry, or an aliquot thereof, to a binder component of said sprayable, rollable, brushable coating composition.

A method of producing a coating composition wherein a coating from said composition upon cure has improved chip resistance, said method comprising:

• contacting first organic fibers with a first medium comprising a first liquid component and a first solid component wherein said first liquid component comprises a first liquid polymer, first aqueous liquid, first organic solvent or a mixture thereof;
• agitating said first medium to transform said first organic fibers into first micropulp dispersed in said first medium;
• separating said first solid component from said first liquid medium containing said first micropulp;
• contacting said first medium with second organic fibers and a second medium to form a blend, said second medium comprising a second liquid component and a second solid component, wherein said second liquid component comprises one or more second liquid polymers and a second aqueous liquid, second organic solvent or a mixture thereof;
• agitating said blend to transform said second organic fibers into second micropulp dispersed in said blend;
• separating said second solid component from said blend to form a slurry;
• and
• adding the slurry, or an aliquot thereof, to a binder component of said coating composition.

A method of producing a coating on a substrate comprising:

• applying over said substrate a layer of a coating composition comprising micropulp having an average surface area ranging from 25 to 500 square meters per gram and an average length ranging from 0.01 micrometers to 100 micrometers;
• drying said layer;
• and
• curing said dried layer into said coating.