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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2005
Gregory Bryant Hayes, Bowling Green, KY (US);
Thomas John Melnyk, Greenfield, MN (US);
Gregory Bryant Hayes, Bowling Green, KY (US);
Thomas John Melnyk, Greenfield, MN (US);
Valspar Sourcing, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A high reflectivity coated substrate and coating composition employing a binder containing a polyester resin that includes a cycloaliphatic group and has a number average molecular weight from about 1,000 to 40,000. The binder contains less than 40 weight percent aromatic group containing compound and the weight ratio of pigment to binder is greater than 0.9:1. When the binder is blended with rutile TiOat a solids loading of 50 weight percent and coated to a dried film thickness of 0.00254 cm, the coating exhibits a Y-value of at least 85.5.