Coating compositions for coil coating, methods for making such coating compositions and coil coating methods are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a coating composition includes an organic solvent carrier and a film-forming binder dispersed in the organic solvent carrier. The film-forming binder contains an epoxy-amine adduct and a blocked or unblocked polyisocyanate crosslinking agent. The film-forming binder has associated amine groups until subjected to a temperature of at least about 165.5 C. (330 F.). The coating composition also contains a pigment and a grinding resin. The coating composition has a solids content of at least about 50 wt. % based on a total weight of the coating composition.

A particle material that has high dispersibility in a dispersion medium such as toluene having high hydrophobicity, and a slurry composition in which the particle material is used, are provided for solving the problem. A surface-modified particle material of the present invention includes: a particle material formed of an inorganic material; and a surface treatment agent formed of a silane compound having a first functional group that has any of C, N, and O atoms away over five or more atoms from Si to which an alkoxide is bound, the surface treatment agent allowing surface treatment of the particle material in such an amount that a degree of hydrophobicity becomes not less than 30%. Dispersibility is enhanced also in a dispersion medium having high hydrophobicity in a case where a functional group having a predetermined structure is introduced so as to impart predetermined or higher hydrophobicity.

The invention provides dispersed inorganic mixed metal oxide pigment compositions utilizing a carboxylic acid, containing dispersant and a mixed metal oxide pigment. The metal oxide pigment is of the type used to color ceramic or glass articles. The dispersant, in addition to at least one carboxylic acid group, comprises at least one 300-3000 g/mole solubilizing chain of repeating units from hydrocarbylene or repeating units from C3 or C4 alkylene ethers or mixtures of said ethers. A milling process using beads is also described to reduce the mixed metal oxide particle size to the desired range. A method of using the mixed metal oxide dispersion to digitally print an image on a ceramic or glass article using the dispersion jetted through a nozzle and firing the colored article is also described.

A dispersing resin for conventional solventborne pigment preparations having a low to very low proportion of volatile organic substances is provided. Further provided are solventborne coating materials containing the dispersing resin. Uses include paints, varnishes, adhesives, inks or printing inks, and compositions for coloring of plastics. The pigment preparations produced with these resins are free of yellowing, stable to weathering, of low viscosity and intensely colored.

An object is to provide phthalocyanine pigment compositions that have good transparency, gloss, and suitability in the initial viscosity after production as well as outstanding storage stability when used in liquid ink. A copper phthalocyanine pigment composition containing copper phthalocyanine, a rosin compound, copper phthalocyanine sulfonic acid or its salt, and an aliphatic amine with the calcium content of the pigment composition being 200 ppm or less has good transparency, gloss, and suitability in the initial viscosity after production as well as outstanding storage stability when used in liquid ink.

A solventborne pigment dispersion having a volatile organic chemical (VOC) content that is less than 250 g/L for tinting solvent-based surface coatings is formulated using a vegetable oil-derived solvent component that is one or more methyl esters of vegetable oils, an acrylic resin containing at least 60% solids, one or more highly concentrated surfactants containing up to 100% by weight of active constituents and that contains no PMA or free aromatic moieties, and one or more organic pigments or one or more inorganic pigment, or a combination thereof.

A polymer comprises at least one functional group of the formula (I) bound to one of the termini and/or to the backbone of the polymer, or a salt thereof. # indicates the point of attachment to the terminus and/or to the polymer backbone; A is a chemical bond or a divalent moiety selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylene, O(C.sub.2-C.sub.6 alkylene), C(O)O(C.sub.2-C.sub.6 alkylene), NR.sup.3(C.sub.2-C.sub.6 alkylene) and C(O)NR.sup.3(C.sub.2-C.sub.6 alkylene), where the C.sub.2-C.sub.6 alkylene part is attached to Q; Q is a divalent moiety selected from the group consisting of O, NH and S; and X is a divalent moiety selected from the group consisting of linear C.sub.1-C.sub.10 alkylene, linear C.sub.2-C.sub.6 alkenylene, C.sub.4-C.sub.7 cycloalkylene, arylene and alkarylene, wherein the linear C.sub.1-C.sub.10 alkylene, the linear C.sub.2-C.sub.6 alkenylene, the C.sub.4-C.sub.7 cycloalkylene, the arylene and the alkarylene may be substituted. ##STR00001##

The invention provides dispersed inorganic mixed metal oxide pigment compositions utilizing a carboxylic acid, containing dispersant and a mixed metal oxide pigment. The metal oxide pigment is of the type used to colour ceramic or glass articles. The dispersant, in addition to at least one carboxylic acid group, comprises at least one 300-3000 g/mole solubilizing chain of repeating units from hydrocarbylene or repeating units from C3 or C4 alkylene ethers or mixtures of said ethers. A milling process using beads is also described to reduce the mixed metal oxide particle size to the desired range. A method of using the mixed metal oxide dispersion to digitally print an image on a ceramic or glass article using the dispersion jetted through a nozzle and firing the coloured article is also described.

A low VOC universal colorant composition for both solvent-based and water-based paints and coatings is provided. The composition includes a colorant component, a universal surfactant package; and a carrier. The colorant composition shows excellent stability with respect to viscosity, pH, and Hegman grind over time. The colorant composition is used to tint a base paint formulation which, after tinting, shows a desirable rheological profile and optimal block and tack resistance relative to base paints tinted using standard colorant lines.

The present invention relates to a stable aqueous pigment dispersion including: an aqueous medium, pigment particles, and from 0.1% to 15%, by weight based on the weight of pigment, of a certain first water-soluble polymer; and 2) a certain second water-soluble polymer; wherein the dispersant comprises a proportion of the first polymer to the second polymer of from 0.1:1 to 10:1 on a solids basis, and the first polymer and the second polymer are miscible in those proportions; and wherein the dispersant is substantially free of structural units of phosphorus acid monomers and their salts. The invention also relates to a method for forming the stable aqueous dispersion and a dry coating formed from the aqueous dispersion. The stable aqueous dispersion is useful, inter alia, for forming certain composite particles.