Thermosetting powder paints
AssigneeSCM Corporation
InventorEdward T. Turpin
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Abstract
The invention pertains to thermosetting powder paints adapted to fuse and thermoset upon exposure to heat. The powder paint is based upon a two-component binder system comprising a polymeric glycoluril adapted to cross-link a matrix polymer having reactive hydroxyl, carboxyl, or amide groups.
Claims10
A thermosetting powder coating composition adapted to be applied to a substrate as a powder and heat fused to provide a cross-linked thermoset continuous surface coating, comprising on a weight basis:
- between 30% and 90% of a reactive matrix polymer having reactive groups selected from hydroxyl, carboxyl, and amide groups;
- between 10% and 70% of a polymeric glycoluril having reactive methylol and/or alkoxy methyl groups for cross-linking with said reactive groups on said matrix polymer upon exposure to heat, said polymeric glycoluril having a molecular weight between about 500 and 5000 and being a condensation polymer of tetra-alkoxy-methyl glycoluril and/or tetra-methylol glycoluril containing at least 3 polymeric units selected from a self-condensate glycouril polymer containing at least 3 glycoluril units or a diol condensate polymer containing at least 2 glycoluril units condensed with diol;
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- said powder coating having a tack temperature greater tha 70.degree. C.
In a process of producing a thermosetting powder paint composition containing a reactive matrix polymer having reactive groups of hydroxy, carboxy, or amide adapted to be cross-linked upon heat fusing the powder paint, the improvement consisting of the step:
- providing in said powder paint composition a cross-linking polymer for cross-linking with the reactive groups of said matrix polymer, said cross-linking polymer produced by condensation polymerization of a glycoluril selected from tetra-alkoxy-methyl glycoluril or a tetra-methylol glycoluril to produce a polymeric glycoluril having a molecular weight between about 500 and 5000 and containing by weight between 4% and 40% alkoxy-methyl and/or methylol groups for cross-linking with the reactive groups on said matrix polymer, said polymeric glycol containing at least 3 polymeric units selected from a self-condensate glycoluril polymer containing at least 3 glycoluril units or a diol condensate polymer containing at least 2 glycoluril units condensed with diol.
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