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.

A foam-forming composition for producing a rigid polyurethane foam including: (a) at least one isocyanate component; and (b) at least one isocyanate-reactive composition including: (bi) a rigid polyol compound; and (bii) a flexible polyol compound; (c) a catalyst package including at least one latent gelling catalyst; and (d) at least one blowing agent.

The present invention relates to a crosslinkable composition comprising a polyol, a polyisocyanate crosslinker, a catalyst for catalysing the reaction between —OH groups of said polyol and —NCO groups of said crosslinker, a tertiary acid of formula RR′R″CCOOH (I), wherein each R, R′ and R″ group, independently, is an alkyl, alkenyl, aryl or aralkyl group containing at least one carbon atom, with the proviso that two or three of the R, R′ and R″ groups can be linked to form a ring structure and wherein the R, R′ and/or R″ groups can be substituted, and optionally, a complexing agent containing at least one —SH group, as well as its use for making coatings having improved application properties.

A description is given of the use of compounds having n 2-oxo-1,3-dioxolane-4-carboxamide units as a reactive component in 2-component adhesives, especially for preparing hydroxypolyurethanes or hydroxypolycarbonates for adhesives applications, where n is a number greater than or equal to 2. A description is also given of corresponding two-component adhesives and adhesive bonding methods. Employed preferably as a second component of the two-component adhesive is a polyfunctional curing agent compound which is preferably selected from polyamines which have two or more amine groups and polyols which have two or more alcoholic hydroxyl groups.

Polyurethane foams are made by curing a reaction mixture that contains an aromatic polyisocyanate, at least one isocyanate-reactive material having an average functionality of at least 2 and an equivalent weight of at least 200 per isocyanate-reactive group, at least one blowing agent, at least one surfactant and at least one catalyst, at least one cyclic 1,3-diketone compound, at least one aminoalcohol or alkylhydroxylamine and an alkali metal, phosphonium or ammonium sulfite. Foams so produced emit low levels of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acrolein and propionaldehyde.

The present invention relates to novel solvent-free, blocked isocyanate prepolymers curing at room temperature, and to a method for the production thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of said blocked isocyanate prepolymers for producing solvent-free reactive systems and to their use for producing adhesives, sealing compounds, casting compounds, molded parts or coatings, which are curing at room temperature.

The present invention relates to novel solvent-free, blocked isocyanate prepolymers curing at room temperature, and to a method for the production thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of said blocked isocyanate prepolymers for producing solvent-free reactive systems and to their use for producing adhesives, sealing compounds, casting compounds, molded parts or coatings, which are curing at room temperature.

Disclosed herein is a clearcoat coating material composition including an OH-functional (meth)acrylic copolymer (A1), a branched OH-functional polyester (A2) in an amount in the range of from 1.0 wt.-% to 15.0 wt.-%, based on the total solids content of the coating material composition, and at least one crosslinking agent (B1), which is different from both constituents (A1) and (A2) and which contains crosslinkable functional groups, which can be crosslinked with OH-functional groups. Further disclosed herein are a method of coating a substrate including applying to an optionally pre-coated substrate the inventive clearcoat coating material composition, a coated substrate, which is obtainable by the disclosed method, and a method of using the branched OH-functional polyester (A2) as flow enhancer in a clearcoat coating material application for spray applying said clearcoat coating material application onto an optionally pre-coated substrate and/or as levelling agent.

Disclosed herein are a recoatable coating composition suitable for use in in-mold coating processes, methods of coating substrates with such compositions, and coated substrates obtained by said method.

A composition for use as a drier in auto-oxidizable coatings or as an accelerator in unsaturated polyester resins comprises 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.