Stable, aged, coating composition

A stable, aged composition suitable for depositing a coating by electrophoresis comprising:

• an aqueous dispersion of a mixture of from about 2% to about 60%, by weight, of (A) a polymeric, water insoluble, substantially fully etherified polymethylol melamine or guanamine, said polymeric material having at least 70% of its molecular weight above about 1,000 and at least 40% of its molecular weight above about 3,000 by weight, and correspondingly from about 98% to about 40% of (B) a water dispersible non-gelled polymeric material carrying an ionic charge which polymeric material contains at least one class of reactive groups selected from the group consisting of carboxyl groups, alcoholic hydroxy groups and amide groups wherein the amount of said groups is at least about 3%, by weight, and not more than about 30%, by weight, based on the total weight of said polymeric material;
• wherein said groups are heat reactive with (A) and wherein said percentages of (A) and (B), by weight, total 100% and are based on the total solids weight of (A) and (B).