Thermosetting powder coating compositions and processes for making the thermosetting powder coating compositions and processes for coating an article with the thermosetting powder coating compositions are disclosed. Cured thermosetting powder coating compositions are obtained by curing of the thermosetting powder coating compositions of the invention. Articles are provided having coated thereon the thermosetting powder coating compositions as well as to articles having coated and cured thereon the thermosetting powder coating compositions. The thermosetting powder coating compositions exhibit a substantially lower T.sub.chalk-free, that is a ΔT.sub.chalk-free which is in the range of from and including 5 up to and not including 10° C., wherein ΔT.sub.chalk-free=T.sub.chalk-free.sup.REF−T.sub.chalk-free.sup.A where T.sub.chalk-free.sup.A is the T.sub.chalk-free of a thermosetting powder coating composition according to the invention (TPCC-A) and T.sub.chalk-free.sup.REF is the T.sub.chalk-free of a thermosetting powder coating composition not according to the invention (TPCC-REF) that is comparable to TPCC-A.

Thermosetting powder coating compositions and processes for making the thermosetting powder coating compositions and processes for coating an article with the thermosetting powder coating compositions are disclosed. Cured thermosetting powder coating compositions are obtained by curing of the thermosetting powder coating compositions of the invention. Articles are provided having coated thereon the thermosetting powder coating compositions as well as to articles having coated and cured thereon the thermosetting powder coating compositions. The thermosetting powder coating compositions exhibit a substantially lower T.sub.chalk-free, that is a ΔT.sub.chalk-free which is in the range of from and including 5 up to and not including 10° C., wherein ΔT.sub.chalk-free=T.sub.chalk-free.sup.REF−T.sub.chalk-free.sup.A where T.sub.chalk-free.sup.A is the T.sub.chalk-free of a thermosetting powder coating composition according to the invention (TPCC-A) and T.sub.chalk-free.sup.REF is the T.sub.chalk-free of a thermosetting powder coating composition not according to the invention (TPCC-REF) that is comparable to TPCC-A.

An anti-settling agent composition for aqueous coating materials, comprising [A] a polyamide which is obtained by polymerizing a diamine having 2-12 carbon atoms and an excess amount, relative to diamine, of either a dicarboxylic acid having 4-36 carbon atoms or a mixture of a dicarboxylic acid having 4-36 carbon atoms and a monocarboxylic acid having 2-22 carbon atoms, and [B] a hydrophobic organic compound which is a hydrocarbon modified with 1-3 hydroxyl groups and/or carboxyl groups and having 10-54 carbon atoms, and which has a freezing point of 20° C. or less or does not have a definite freezing point. The anti-settling agent is able to be easily dispersed in a coating material even if directly added into the coating material without being diluted when added into the coating material, and which imparts the coating material with excellent anti-settling properties.

A laminated multilayer polymer containing film (P) comprises at least one layer comprising at least one copolyamide wherein the copolyamide is prepared by polymerizing the following components: (A) 15% to 84% by weight of at least one lactam, (B) 16% to 85% by weight of a monomer mixture (M) comprising the following components: (B1) at least one C32-C40 dimer acid and (B2) at least one C4-C12 diamine, where the percentages by weight of components (A) and (B) are each based on the sum total of the percentages by weight of components (A) and (B) and wherein the laminated multilayer polymer containing film (P) comprises at least one further layer, where the at least one further layer is selected from the group consisting of (i) at least one further polymer (FP) selected from the group consisting of polyolefins, poly(ethylene-vinyl alcohols), poly(ethylene-vinyl acetates), polyethylene terephthalates, polyvinylidene chlorides, maleic anhydride-grafted polyolefins, polyesters and ionomers and (ii) aluminum metal and/or tin metal.

A laminated multilayer polymer containing film (P) comprises at least one layer comprising at least one copolyamide wherein the copolyamide is prepared by polymerizing the following components: (A) 15% to 84% by weight of at least one lactam, (B) 16% to 85% by weight of a monomer mixture (M) comprising the following components: (B1) at least one C32-C40 dimer acid and (B2) at least one C4-C12 diamine, where the percentages by weight of components (A) and (B) are each based on the sum total of the percentages by weight of components (A) and (B) and wherein the laminated multilayer polymer containing film (P) comprises at least one further layer, where the at least one further layer is selected from the group consisting of (i) at least one further polymer (FP) selected from the group consisting of polyolefins, poly(ethylene-vinyl alcohols), poly(ethylene-vinyl acetates), polyethylene terephthalates, polyvinylidene chlorides, maleic anhydride-grafted polyolefins, polyesters and ionomers and (ii) aluminum metal and/or tin metal.

The invention relates to a use of at least one condensation product (A) in the form of the free compound or in the form of a salt of at least one acid as a thixotropy-increasing additive, which condensation product can be obtained by reacting at least one polymerized fatty acid or at least one reaction product (U) of at least two polymerized fatty acids and at least one polyamine having at least two primary amino groups as component (a1) with at least one polyalkylene polyamine, which is capable of forming at least one imidazoline and/or tetrahydropyrimidine unit and which has at least two primary amino groups or at least one primary and at least one secondary amino group, a composition containing at least one such condensation product (A) and at least one thixotropic agent (B), and a use of said composition, which additionally comprises at least one binder (C), as an adhesive, sealant, paint, coating agent, adhesive resin, casting resin, artificial marble, floor covering, polymer concrete, or fiber composite material.

The invention relates to a use of at least one condensation product (A) in the form of the free compound or in the form of a salt of at least one acid as a thixotropy-increasing additive, which condensation product can be obtained by reacting at least one polymerized fatty acid or at least one reaction product (U) of at least two polymerized fatty acids and at least one polyamine having at least two primary amino groups as component (a1) with at least one polyalkylene polyamine, which is capable of forming at least one imidazoline and/or tetrahydropyrimidine unit and which has at least two primary amino groups or at least one primary and at least one secondary amino group, a composition containing at least one such condensation product (A) and at least one thixotropic agent (B), and a use of said composition, which additionally comprises at least one binder (C), as an adhesive, sealant, paint, coating agent, adhesive resin, casting resin, artificial marble, floor covering, polymer concrete, or fiber composite material.

The present invention relates to an aqueous coating composition comprising at least one binder (A) comprising at least one polymeric resin (A1), at least one pigment (B), and an aqueous dispersion of at least one thickener (C), where (C) is obtainable by a method comprising at least the steps (1), (2), (3), and (4), namely preparing a dispersion or solution of at least one polyurethane as a polymeric resin (C2) in at least one organic solvent (step (1)), preparing a mixture of the dispersion or solution obtained by step (1) and of a melt or solution of at least one polyamide as at least one polymeric resin (C1) having an acid number in a range from 1 to 200 mg of KOH per g of (C1) (step (2)), adding water to the mixture obtained by step (2) (step (3)), and removing the organic solvent from the mixture obtained by step (3), to give the aqueous dispersion of (C) (step (4)), to the use thereof for at least partly coating an optionally coated substrate with a basecoat film, to a coating method of this kind, and to a substrate coated accordingly.

The present invention relates to an aqueous coating composition comprising at least one binder (A) comprising at least one polymeric resin (A1), at least one pigment (B), and an aqueous dispersion of at least one thickener (C), where (C) is obtainable by a method comprising at least the steps (1), (2), (3), and (4), namely preparing a dispersion or solution of at least one polyurethane as a polymeric resin (C2) in at least one organic solvent (step (1)), preparing a mixture of the dispersion or solution obtained by step (1) and of a melt or solution of at least one polyamide as at least one polymeric resin (C1) having an acid number in a range from 1 to 200 mg of KOH per g of (C1) (step (2)), adding water to the mixture obtained by step (2) (step (3)), and removing the organic solvent from the mixture obtained by step (3), to give the aqueous dispersion of (C) (step (4)), to the use thereof for at least partly coating an optionally coated substrate with a basecoat film, to a coating method of this kind, and to a substrate coated accordingly.

The present invention relates to an aqueous dispersion (P) comprising at least one polymeric resin (P1) and at least one polymeric resin (P2) different therefrom, where the polymeric resin (P1) is a polyamide and the polymeric resin (P2) is a polyester which is at least obtainable by reaction of at least one polymerized aliphatic C.sub.12-C.sub.24 monocarboxylic acid with at least one diol and/or polyol, (P) being obtainable by dispersing of (P1) in water or an aqueous medium in the presence of (P2), and where (P1) has an acid number <10 mg of KOH per g of polyamide, and (P) contains at most 25 wt %, based on the total weight of (P), of one or more organic solvents, and also to an aqueous coating composition comprising (P), at least one binder (A) comprising at least one polymeric resin (A1), which is different from the polymeric resins (P1) and (P2), and at least one pigment (B) for at least partly coating a substrate with a basecoat film.