Controlled film build epoxy coatings using glycidyl ethers of oxyalkylated aromatic and cycloaliphatic diols

A blend comprising

• (I) an advanced epoxy-based cationic resin prepared by reacting in the presence of a suitable catalyst
• (A) a composition comprising
• (1) from about 20 to 100 weight percent of a diglycidyl ether of (a) an oxyalkylated aromatic diol or (b) an oxyalkylated cycloaliphatic diol or (c) a combination of such diols, which diols are represented by the following formulae III or IV:
• ##STR10## wherein each R is independently hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to about 4 carbon atoms;
• R" is hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms;
• each m is independently an integer from 1 to 15:
• and Z or Z.sup.1 is a group represented by the following formulas A, B, C, D, E, F or G:
• ##STR11## wherein A is a divalent hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, --S--, --S--S--, --SO.sub.2 --, --SO--, --CO--, --O--CO--O--, or --O--;
• A' is a divalent hydrocarbon group having from 1 to about 6 carbon atoms;
• each R is independently hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms;
• each R' is independently hydrogen, a hydrocarbyl or hydrocarbyloxy group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a halogen;
• R.sup.a is a divalent hydrocarbon group having from 1 to about 6 carbon atoms;
• n has a value of zero or 1;
• n' has a value from zero to 10;
• and
• (2) from zero to about 80 weight percent of a diglycidyl ether of a dihydric phenol;
• with
• (B) at least one dihydric phenol;
• and optionally,
• (C) a monofunctional capping agent;
• wherein components (A) and (B) are employed in such quantities that the resultant advanced epoxy resin has an average epoxide equivalent weight of from about 350 to about 10,000, whereby there is formed an advanced epoxy resin having terminal oxirane groups;
• and component (C) is present in an amount of from about zero to about 0.7 equivalent of phenolic hydroxyl groups per equivalent of epoxide which would remain after reaction of substantially all of the phenolic groups of the dihydric phenol of component (B);
• and subsequently converting at least some of the oxirane groups to cationic groups;
• and
• (II) a different epoxy-based cathodic electro- deposition resin;
• and
• wherein components (I) and (II) are employed in amounts of from about 10 to about 90 percent of component (I) and from about 90 to about 10 percent of component (II) by weight.