The present invention is directed to an electrodepositable coating composition comprising an ionic salt group-containing film-forming polymer comprising active hydrogen functional groups; a blocked polyisocyanate curing agent comprising blocking groups, wherein at least 30% of the blocking groups comprise a 1,2-polyol as a blocking agent, based upon the total number of blocking groups; and a bismuth catalyst. Also disclosed are coatings, coated substrates, and methods of coating a substrate.

Described herein are aqueous electrocoating materials including a silane-containing crosslinking agent, a process to produce an electrocoated substrate, an at least partly coated substrate obtained from said process, as well as a component including said at least partly coated substrate.

An electrocoat system for electrodeposition is described. The system includes an inorganic bismuth-containing compound or a mixture of inorganic and organic bismuth-containing compounds. The system demonstrates a high degree of crosslinking and produces a cured coating with optimal crosslinking and corrosion resistance.

The present technology relates generally to aqueous dispersion or emulsion compositions that include a polymeric binder resin and an ether amine. Specifically, the polymeric binder resin includes acid functional groups, at least a portion of which are neutralized by the ether amine such that the polymeric binder resin is dissolved or dispersed in the water, provided that the polymeric binder resin is not a polyurethane and the ether amine is a compound of formula I: wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently C.sup.1-C.sup.4 alkyl or C.sup.3-C.sup.4 cycloalkyl group; or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, together with the nitrogen to which they are attached, form a C.sup.4-C.sup.5 membered heterocycloalkyl ring; A is a C.sup.1-C.sup.6 alkylene or C.sup.1-C.sup.6 cycloalkylene ring; and R.sup.3 is C.sup.1-C.sup.4 alkyl or C.sup.3-C.sup.4 cycloalkyl group; provided that the compound of formula I contains no more than 10 carbons. ##STR00001##

A cationic electrodeposition paint composition comprising a cationic base-containing resin (A), a blocked polyisocyanate compound (B), and a modified imidazole (C) having a specific structure, wherein the cationic base-containing resin (A) is a cationic base-containing epoxy resin and/or a cationic base-containing acrylic resin.

An epoxy resin, which is obtained by reacting at least a compound having one or more epoxy groups and a compound having a functional group that reacts with the epoxy groups, satisfies conditions (I) and/or (II): (I) the compound having a functional group that reacts with the epoxy groups includes a trihydric or higher phenol compound and/or a compound including a trifunctional or higher polyisocyanate; (II) the epoxy resin has an average degree of polyfunctionalization (X1) per molecule, as expressed by Formula (1), of 0.30 or more:

Average degree of polyfunctionalization (X1)=number of ends per molecule of epoxy resin−2.  Formula (1):

An electrocoat system for electrodeposition is described. The system includes an inorganic bismuth-containing compound or a mixture of inorganic and organic bismuth-containing compounds. The system demonstrates a high degree of crosslinking and produces a cured coating with optimal crosslinking and corrosion resistance.

The present invention relates to aqueous binder dispersions for cationic electrocoat materials, comprising as binders amine-modified, hydroxy-functional epoxy resins and comprising as crosslinker at least one fully blocked polyisocyanate blocked at least partly with 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane-4-methanol, and also to the use of such cationic electrocoat materials for producing coating systems and to the use of crosslinkers based on polyisocyanates blocked with 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane-4-methanol in aqueous binder dispersions.

An electrocoating composition and a coating formed from the composition are described herein. The electrocoating composition includes at least an epoxy resin component, an isocyanate-functional component and a silica-based additive. The coating shows about 40 to 70% reduction in edge corrosion relative to a conventional coating.

An object of the present invention is to find a method for producing a cationic electrodeposition coating composition that is excellent in storage stability, low-temperature curability, finished appearance, and corrosion resistance, and to provide a coated article excellent in these properties. The method for producing a cationic electrodeposition coating composition comprises mixing three components, i.e., an aqueous dispersion of an amino group-containing epoxy resin (A), an aqueous dispersion of a blocked polyisocyanate compound (B), and a pigment dispersion paste (C), wherein the aqueous dispersion of a blocked polyisocyanate compound (B) comprises a blocked polyisocyanate compound (b) and an emulsifier.