Colored gel coat composition and article
OwnerThomas Melnyk, Brian A. Robertsoninventors
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Gel coat compositions and/or components thereof that have low viscosity characteristics while also incorporating relatively high molecular weight resin material. In representative embodiments, this is achieved by using a curable polyester resin with low polydispersity in the gel coat compositions and/or one or more components thereof. In preferred embodiments, such resin material is used to prepare one or more color components that can be readily blended with one or more other gel coat resin components to form gel coat compositions. These compositions can be cured to form gel coats. By blending the components according to recipes, a wide range of different gel coat compositions with custom color or other visual appearance can be prepared on demand from a limited inventory of color components.
A system for providing a colored, curable coating composition on demand, comprising:
A colored component of a gel coat composition comprising:
A composite panel comprising a coating on a substrate, said coating being derived from a curable coating composition comprising a colorant and a curable polyester resin having a polydispersity of less than about 3.
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