Multi-component composite coating composition and coated substrate

A multi-component composite coating composition comprising a basecoat deposited from a pigmented basecoat film-forming composition and an outer coating applied over the basecoat in which the outer coating is deposited from a film-forming composition, the film-forming composition comprising:

• (a) a crosslinkable, non-gelled acrylic polymer which is the reaction product of the following monomers:
• (i) a polyoxyalkylene acrylate monomer comprising a terminal alkoxy group containing about 1 to about 6 carbon atoms;
• and
• (ii) a copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer different from the polyoxyalkylene acrylate monomer (i);
• and
• (b) a crosslinking material capable of reacting with the acrylic polymer to form a crosslinked transparent topcoat,
• wherein the crosslinkable, non-gelled acrylic polymer is characterized in that it comprises between 1 and 10 weight percent of (i), the polyoxyalkylene acrylate monomer, based on the total combined weight of resin solids (i) and (ii).

A substrate having on at least a portion of a surface thereof a multi-component composite coating composition comprising a basecoat deposited from a pigmented basecoat film-forming composition and an outer coating applied over the basecoat in which the outer coating is deposited from a film-forming composition, the film-forming composition comprising:

• (a) a crosslinkable, non-gelled acrylic polymer which is the reaction product of the following monomers:
• (i) a polyoxyalkylene acrylate monomer comprising a terminal alkoxy group containing about 1 to about 6 carbon atoms;
• and
• (ii) a copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer different from the polyoxyalkylene acrylate monomer (i);
• and
• (b) a crosslinking material capable of reacting with the acrylic polymer to form a crosslinked outer coating,
• wherein the crosslinkable, non-gelled acrylic polymer is characterized in that it comprises between 1 and 10 weight percent of (i), the polyoxyalkylene acrylate monomer, based on the total combined weight of resin solids (i) and (ii).