The present invention provides a system for monitoring and controlling an industrial paint operation, where a five-sided intermodal shipping container is painted with a water-based coating composition. The system includes a paint application system, a drying system with a chamber configured to handle one or more intermodal shipping containers, and modules for monitoring and controlling the application of paint and the drying of the applied paint.

Provided herein is a method of curing a waterborne coating comprising: (1) preparing a waterborne coating comprising: (a) at least one photoinitiator and (b) at least one pigment, wherein the pigment volume concentration of the waterborne coating is 2.0% to 68.7%; (2) curing the waterborne coating using UV radiation; and (3) curing the waterborne coating using EB. The method may further comprise the step of drying the waterborne coating prior to curing the waterborne coating using UV radiation. Also described is a waterborne coating prepared from the method described herein and an article to which the waterborne coating is applied.

Disclosed is a method for treating a grained material. A nonlimiting example of the method includes the operations of providing a workpiece having grains, exasperating a surface of the workpiece to open the grains, applying at least one coat of a base paint to the exasperated surface, applying at least one layer of clear coat on the base paint, applying at least one of a glaze and a paint on the clear coat, and surface treating to reveal grains of the workpiece. Disclosed also are items of furniture and sheet materials treated by the aforementioned process.

Liquid jet or aerosol jet coating compositions, coated coil substrates, and methods of coating a coil substrate are disclosed. The method may include directing a liquid jet or aerosol jet coating composition to at least a portion of the coil substrate. The liquid jet or aerosol jet coating composition may include polymer particles and a liquid carrier including water in a major amount of the liquid carrier. The method may include providing conditions effective for the liquid jet or aerosol jet coating composition to form a hardened continuous adherent coating on at least a portion of the coil substrate.

Disclosed is a method for treating a grained material. A nonlimiting example of the method includes the operations of providing a workpiece having grains, exasperating a surface of the workpiece to open the grains, applying at least one coat of a base paint to the exasperated surface, applying at least one layer of clear coat on the base paint, applying at least one of a glaze and a paint on the clear coat, and surface treating to reveal grains of the workpiece. Disclosed also are items of furniture and sheet materials treated by the aforementioned process.

Disclosed is a method for treating a grained material. A nonlimiting example of the method includes the operations of providing a workpiece having grains, exasperating a surface of the workpiece to open the grains, applying at least one coat of a base paint to the exasperated surface, applying at least one layer of clear coat on the base paint, applying at least one of a glaze and a paint on the clear coat, and surface treating to reveal grains of the workpiece. Disclosed also are items of furniture and sheet materials treated by the aforementioned process.

The present invention provides a water-based coating and/or coating system that can be used to form sag resistant wet layers or coatings on a wide range of substrates. The coating system is particularly effective for protecting metal-containing substrates, such as intermodal cargo containers, against corrosion. As an overview, the present invention provides water-based compositions suitable to form primer coats on substrates. Desirably, the primer incorporates a high level of one or more CAS agents for excellent sag resistance while drying in a broad range of relative humidity environments. Alternatively, modifications can be made to control temperature and humidity during spray application and drying as a way to increase sag resistance of the coating.

This invention relates to a multilayer coating system derived from Titanium dioxide free aqueous coating compositions. The multilayer coating system comprises at least two layers including a layer of base coating which provides good hiding function for substrates and a second layer of clear top coating which provides surface protection functions for the coating system. The base coating composition comprises an opaque (co)polymer having at least one void per (co)polymer particle. The top coating composition comprises a duller (co)polymer chosen from a multi-stage (co)polymer, a single stage crosslinked (co)polymer, and mixtures thereof.

The present invention provides water-based energy curable compositions that are useful as primers on metallized substrates. The compositions comprise energy-curable monomers and oligomers, inert polyurethane dispersions, and phosphoric acid. The compositions exhibit improved adhesion to metallized substrates, compared to compositions that do not contain phosphoric acid. In addition, the compositions provide improved adhesion to overprinted energy-curable inks when the compositions of the invention are used as primers on metallized substrates.

Described herein is a polyester-polyurethane-poly(meth)acrylic hybrid dispersion obtainable by esterifying at least one polyurethane containing carboxyl groups, the at least one polyurethane having an acid number of more than 200 mg KOH/g to 400 mg KOH/g and at least one or more terminal carboxyl groups; with at least one polyester containing hydroxyl groups, the polyester having a hydroxyl number of 50 mg KOH/g to 300 mg KOH/g, to obtain a polyester-polyurethane; followed by polymerizing ethylenically unsaturated monomers at least including (meth)acrylic monomers by radical polymerization in the presence of the polyester-polyurethane where one or more solvents are present and/or employed, thereby obtaining the polyester-polyurethane-poly(meth)acrylic hybrid dispersion.