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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2024
Axalta Coating Systems Ip Co., Llc, Wilmington, DE (US);
Shih-Wa Wang, Glen Mills, PA (US);
Petra Stoffel, Cologne, DE;
Michael S. Wolfe, Wilmington, DE (US);
Matthias Baltrusch, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE;
Michael R. Koerner, Media, PA (US);
AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS IP CO., LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A method of preparing a coated article is disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate bearing a partially-dehydrated aqueous coating layer. The method further includes providing a coating composition to a high transfer efficiency applicator, the high transfer efficiency applicator comprising a plurality of nozzles each being configured to apply a stream of the coating composition to a substrate substantially without atomization. The coating composition is a waterborne fluid that exhibits a near-Newtonian viscosity profile, and comprises a binder, a crosslinker, and a thickener. The method further includes applying the coating composition to the substrate with the high transfer efficiency applicator via disposing a plurality of lines of the coating composition onto the partially-dehydrated aqueous coating layer of the substrate via the plurality of nozzles, thereby forming an overspray free coating layer thereon.