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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
May. 08, 2001
Emerson Keith Colyer, Waterville, OH (US);
Henry J. Stateczny, Whitehouse, OH (US);
BASF Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A refinish basecoat composition includes an alkyd resin, at least one pigment dispersed by resin comprising the alkyd resin, and an hydroxyl-functional acrylic polymer. The acrylic polymer has a number average molecular weight of at least about 6000 and is polymerized using at least about 45% by weight cycloaliphatic monomer, based on total monomer weight polymerized. A mixer system that can be used to prepare the refinish basecoat has a plurality of color components, each independently including at least one pigment dispersed by resin including an alkyd resin, and a pigment-free component containing the hydroxyl-functional acrylic polymer.