Kansai Paint Company, Ltd.

Kazutoshi Sugiura

Yoshizumi Matsuno

Hiromi Katoh

Kenichi Nagai

Kazuhiro Masuda

The present invention provides a thermosetting and photocurable coating composition comprising: (A) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of radical-polymerizable unsaturated monomers, resins containing radical-polymerizable unsaturated groups, and resins containing radical-polymerizable unsaturated groups and thermosetting functional groups; (B) a hydroxyl-containing polyester resin produced by esterifying a polybasic acid (a) and a polyhydric alcohol (b), wherein an alicyclic polybasic acid (a1) and/or an alicyclic polyhydric alcohol (b1) are included in a ratio of 20% or more based on the total weight of polybasic acid (a) and polyhydric alcohol (b); (C) a crosslinking agent; and (D) a photopolymerization initiator; and a method of forming a coating film using the coating composition.

Coating compositions and method of forming coating film

The present invention provides a thermosetting and photocurable coating composition obtained by incorporating a copolymer of a maleimide group-containing monomer with other monomer(s) or a specific maleimide compound into a composition comprising a hydroxyl-containing resin and a curing agent and optionally containing an unsaturated compound; and a method of forming a coating film using the coating composition.

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Hiratsuka, Japan

Kazutoshi Sugiura