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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1999
Dennis L. Faler, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Djurdjica Glas, Stuttgart, DE;
Hans-Dieter Hille, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Michael Jäger, Bornheim, DE;
Walter Metzger, Denkendorf, DE;
Kurt G. Olson, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Edward S. Pagac, Portersville, PA (US);
Daniel E. Rardon, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Shanti Swarup, Allison Park, PA (US);
PPG Industries Ohio, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
An aqueous coating composition is provided which includes crosslinkable film-forming resin and about 0.01 to about 25 weight percent on a basis of total resin solids of an amphiphilic adjuvant having an acid value of less than 30, a water-soluble polar end including at least one terminal hydroxyl group and a water-insoluble hydrocarbon end including at least seven contiguous carbon atoms. The coating composition is useful as a monocoat or primer, basecoat or clearcoat in a multi-component composite coating composition for automotive applications.