The invention concerns a composition for use as drier in auto-oxidizable coatings or as accelerator in unsaturated polyester resins, comprising a manganese-bearing polymer having a manganese dicarboxylate repeating unit and at least one nitrogen-containing donor ligand. Such compositions offer excellent drying performances. They ensure a strongly reduced leachability of manganese compared to that of known manganese-bearing driers.

Provided is a water-borne coating composition capable of forming a metallic coating film having high-design, and further capable of forming a coating film that exhibits good coating film properties. A water-borne coating composition set for forming a multilayer coating film, containing a first base coating composition that forms a first base coating film and a second base coating composition that forms a second base coating film, wherein the first base coating composition contains a first coating film-forming resin, a first curing agent, a first inorganic brightener, and a first hydrophobic association rheology control agent, the first inorganic brightener contains one or more species selected from the group consisting of silica, talc, calcium carbonate, kaolin, barium sulfate, and diatomaceous earth, the second base coating composition contains a second coating film-forming resin, a second curing agent, a second luster material, a second inorganic rheology control agent, a second hydrophobic association rheology control agent, and a second dispersant, and the second inorganic rheology control agent contains a layered material having a stacked structure of a large number of inorganic crystal layers stacked.

A crosslinking agent composition for water-compatible resins which comprises a hydrophobic crosslinking agent, a water-soluble organic compound, one or more oily media selected from among hydrocarbon-based solvents and ketone-based solvents having a solubility parameter of 9.0 (cal/cm.sup.−3).sup.1/2 or less, and an aqueous medium. The crosslinking agent composition can improve the storage stability of a water-compatible resin composition. The water-compatible resin composition which contains this crosslinking agent composition can give cured objects satisfactory in terms of water resistance and solvent resistance and is suitable also for use in wet-on-wet coating.

This application relates to flame-retardant coatings, and more particularly to an aminated phosphorene-based flame-retardant waterborne polyurethane coating and a preparation method thereof. The aminated phosphorene-based flame-retardant waterborne polyurethane coating is prepared from a diisocyanate-terminated prepolymer, a neutralizer and an aminated phosphorene, where the diisocyanate-terminated prepolymer is prepared from polymeric diol with water-dispersible groups, aliphatic diisocyanate and carboxylic acid type hydrophilic diol under the catalysis of a catalyst for synthesizing waterborne polyurethane.

The present invention relates to a porous membrane, process for the manufacture thereof and uses thereof.

The present invention relates to a porous membrane, process for the manufacture thereof and uses thereof.

Methods of coating a substrate are disclosed. The methods comprise applying shear force to a coating composition either before or during application of the coating composition to the substrate. The coating composition comprises a water-borne or solvent-borne film-forming resin and a catalyst associated with a carrier, wherein at least some of the catalyst can be released from the carrier upon application of the shear force. Also provided are coated articles prepared by the methods.

Methods of coating a substrate are disclosed. The methods comprise applying shear force to a coating composition either before or during application of the coating composition to the substrate. The coating composition comprises a water-borne or solvent-borne film-forming resin and a catalyst associated with a carrier, wherein at least some of the catalyst can be released from the carrier upon application of the shear force. Also provided are coated articles prepared by the methods.

The present invention provides multilayer coated substrates, prepared using primer and/or sealer compositions comprising waterborne curable film-forming compositions, in turn comprising: a) an aqueous dispersion of a pigment and i) polymeric urethane-shell particles having a care-shell morphology and having hydroxyl functional groups, wherein the core is prepared from a monomer mixture comprising hydrophobic, ethylenically unsaturated monomers and the shell comprises a polyurethane or polyurethane-urea polymer; or ii) polymeric acrylic-shell particles having a core-shell morphology and having hydroxyl functional groups, wherein the core is prepared from a monomer mixture comprising hydrophobic, ethylenically unsaturated monomers and the shell is prepared from a monomer mixture comprising hydrophilic, ethylenically unsaturated monomers; b) a polyisocyanate crosslinking agent; and optionally c) a hydroxyl functional, water dispersible acrylic polymer.

The present invention provides multilayer coated substrates, prepared using primer and/or sealer compositions comprising waterborne curable film-forming compositions, in turn comprising: a) an aqueous dispersion of a pigment and i) polymeric urethane-shell particles having a care-shell morphology and having hydroxyl functional groups, wherein the core is prepared from a monomer mixture comprising hydrophobic, ethylenically unsaturated monomers and the shell comprises a polyurethane or polyurethane-urea polymer; or ii) polymeric acrylic-shell particles having a core-shell morphology and having hydroxyl functional groups, wherein the core is prepared from a monomer mixture comprising hydrophobic, ethylenically unsaturated monomers and the shell is prepared from a monomer mixture comprising hydrophilic, ethylenically unsaturated monomers; b) a polyisocyanate crosslinking agent; and optionally c) a hydroxyl functional, water dispersible acrylic polymer.