Described herein is an aqueous coating composition including at least one binder, at least one sustainable pigment selected from recycled carbon black or coffee grounds or tea, at least one solvent and optionally at least one crosslinking agent and/or at least one additive. The use of the sustainable pigments in the aqueous coating results in colored coatings on substrates, such as flexible foam substrates, having a high optical quality as well as good mechanical properties. Also described herein is a process for producing the aqueous coating composition and a method for coating a substate using the aqueous coating composition. Finally, described herein is a substrate bearing a coating produced by the method.

A coloring composition for decoration includes a compound having at least a structure represented by Formula 1 in a molecule, a compound having at least a structure represented by Formula 2 in a molecule, and a pigment. In the formulae, R.sup.a represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkoxy group, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group other than a vinyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group, and R.sup.b represents a halogen atom, an alkoxy group, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group. ##STR00001##

This invention pertains to aqueous inkjet inks containing self-dispersing pigments. The self-dispersing pigments are modified with multivalent cations.

This invention pertains to self-dispersing pigment dispersions. The self-dispersing pigments are modified with a multivalent cation and an anionic polymer.

Described are sealing primer compositions that can be used to reduce paint defects such as pops or vapor boil on painted plastic substrates, as well as related methods for sealing plastic substrates, and sealed plastic substrates. Sealing primer compositions of the invention include a functionalized polydiene polymer such as a hydroxylated or other functional-group-containing polybutadiene polymer.

A carbon black capable of floating on a surface of a pure water when the carbon black is shaken together with the pure water at 25? C., and settling from the surface of the pure water at 50? C. or higher when the temperature of the pure water is increased stepwise from 25? C. and the carbon black is shaken together with the pure water at each temperature.

Described are sealing primer compositions that can be used to reduce paint defects such as pops or vapor boil on painted plastic substrates, as well as related methods for sealing plastic substrates, and scaled plastic substrates. Sealing primer compositions of the invention include a functionalized polydiene polymer such as a hydroxylated or other functional-group-containing polybutadiene polymer.

The invention relates to aqueous, cationically stabilized primary dispersions comprising dispersed polymer particles that have a Z-average particle diameter of 5 to 500 nm and are obtainable by emulsion polymerization of at least one olefinically unsaturated monomer (A), wherein the emulsion polymerization takes place in the presence of one or more emulsifiers (E) having the following general formula: R.sup.1(R.sup.2)(R.sup.3), where: R is a moiety that contains at least one aromatic group and at least one aliphatic group, has 15 to 40 carbon atoms, and contains at least one functional group selected from hydroxy groups, thiol groups, and primary or secondary amino groups and/or comprises at least one carbon-carbon multiple bond; and R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 are, independently of each other, identical or different aliphatic moieties having 1 to 14 carbon atoms. The invention also relates to a method for producing the primary dispersions, coating agents comprising the primary dispersions, use of the primary dispersions to produce electrocoats, and conductive substrates that have been coated with the coating agent compositions.

The objective of the present invention is to provide a method for preparing a cationic electrodeposition coating composition that contains a bismuth compound and exhibits excellent coating material stability, curability, coating film appearance and the like. The present invention provides a method for preparing a cationic electrodeposition coating composition, which comprises a step for mixing a resin emulsion (i) and a pigment-dispersed paste, and wherein: the resin emulsion (i) contains an aminated resin (A) and a blocked isocyanate curing agent (B); the pigment-dispersed paste contains a bismuth mixture (C) that is obtained by mixing a bismuth compound (c1) and an organic acid (c2) in advance, a pigment-dispersed resin (D), an amine-modified epoxy resin emulsion (ii) that contains an amine-modified epoxy resin (E), and a pigment (F); the pigment-dispersed resin (D) has a hydroxyl number of 20-120 mgKOH/g; and the amine-modified epoxy resin (E) has a hydroxyl number of 150-650 mgKOH/g.

A particle dispersion (1) is disclosed that comprises a binder component (2) and a solvent component (3). The binder component (2) is dissolvable within the solvent component (3). The particle dispersion (1) also comprises a carbon based nano particle (4), wherein the carbon based nano particle (4) is uniformly dispersed within the binder (2).