Tackified acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive and composite article

Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape comprising a foam or foamlike core having a thickness of at least 0.3 mm and a dense, pressure-sensitive adhesive surface layer which is thinner than the core, the pressure-sensitive adhesive of the surface layer comprising a blend of (1) a copolymer of by weight

• (a) acrylic acid ester of nontertiary alkyl alcohol, the alkyl groups of which have an average of about 4 to 14 carbon atoms, said acrylic acid ester being per se polymerizable to a sticky, stretchable, elastic adhesive mass, and
• (b) at least one of N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone and N-vinyl-caprolactam in an amount comprising from 10 to 40 parts of the total monomers (a) and (b), and
• (2) tackifier resin selected from at least one of poly(isobornylmethacrylate), pentaerythritol ester of rosin, and mixed-aliphatic/aromatic polymeric tackifier resin in an amount from about 5 to 50 parts per hundred parts of the copolymer (1), said copolymer having a monomer conversion factor exceeding 95% and being crosslinked as evidenced by at least 50% gel in THF, the tackifying resin enhancing permanent adhesion of the pressure-sensitive adhesive to high-solids automotive paint systems.

Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape comprising a flexible backing carrying a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising a blend of (1) an acrylic copolymer of by weight

• (a) acrylic acid ester of nontertiary alkyl alcohol, the alkyl groups of which have an average of about 4 to 14 carbon atoms, said acrylic acid ester being per se polymerizable to a sticky, stretchable, elastic adhesive mass, and
• (b) N-vinyl-lactam in an amount comprising from 10 to 40 parts of the total monomers (a) and (b), and
• (2) tackifier resin selected from at least one of poly(isobornylmethacrylate), pentaerythritol ester of rosin, and mixed-aliphatic/aromatic polymeric tackifier resin and in an amount from about 5 to 50 parts per hundred parts of the acrylic copolymer (1), said copolymer having a monomer conversion factor exceeding 95% and being crosslinked as evidenced by at least 50% gel in THF, the tackifier resin enhancing permanent adhesion of the pressure-sensitive adhesive to high-solids automotive paint systems.

Decorative or protective article having a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising a blend of (1) an acrylic copolymer of by weight

• (a) acrylic acid ester of nontertiary alkyl alcohol, the alkyl groups of which have an average of about 4 to 14 carbon atoms, said acrylic acid ester being per se polymerizable to a sticky, stretchable, elastic adhesive mass, and
• (b) N-vinyl-lactam in an amount comprising from 10 to 40 parts of the total monomers (a) and (b), and
• (2) tackifier resin selected from at least one of poly(isobornylmethacrylate), pentaerythritol ester of rosin, and mixed-aliphatic/aromatic polymeric tackifier resin and in an amount from about 5 to 50 parts per hundred parts of the acrylic copolymer (1), said copolymer having a monomer conversion factor exceeding 95% and being crosslinked as evidenced by at least 50% gel in THF, the tackifier resin enhancing permanent adhesion of the pressure-sensitive adhesive to high solids automotive paint systems.