Patent GB-1455459-A (GB)
Title: Coatings
IPC: C09D133/04
Filed: 1973-11-28
Abstract: 1455459 Synthetic resin lacquer compositions ROHM & HAAS CO 28 Nov 1973 [15 Dec 1972] 55140/73 Headings C3R and C3P A lacquer composition comprises a blend of (1) a transparent coating resin which is free of drying types of unsaturation and of chlorine and bromine, and (2) a compatible transparent water-insoluble linear condensation resin of formaldehyde, with or without another aldehyde having up to 5 carbon atoms, and a phenol of the formula wherein R, R<SP>1</SP> and R<SP>11</SP> each represent alkyl, substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, aryl and substituted aryl, and R and R<SP>11</SP> can also represent hydrogen or halogen, the methylene groups in the condensation resin being in the ortho, ortho<SP>1</SP> position with respect to the OH group, the condensation resin being in oxidized or unoxidized form, with the proviso that when the said resin is unoxidized the composition also contains at least one oxidation catalyst, the condensate in its oxidized form, or the oxidation catalyst, being such that at least some of the methylene groups connected to phenol rings have been or are converted to carbonyl groups, the amount of resin (II) being from 5% to less than 50% wt. based on the combined weight of the resins, whereby the oxidized resin (II) protects the coating resin (I) from oxidation or degradation by actinic light. The oxidation of the methylene groups may take place before or after the coating has been applied to a substrate optionally in the presence of metallic driers such as the linoleates, naphenates of Co, Mn, Ce, Pb, Cr, Zr, Fe, Ni, U or Zn. Suitable condensates (II) have number average M.Wt. of from 300-10,000 and a phenol/ aldehyde molar ratio of from 1 : 0À8 to 1 : 8. The coating resin I may be non-drying alkyds; cellulose esters such as cellulose acetate butyrate or propionate, or cellulose acetate; nylons; epoxies such as epoxy acrylates; polysulphides; acetal polymers; polycarbonates; polysulphones; polyimides; silicones; polyolefins such as polyethylene, polypropylene or polystryene; hard or soft acrylics such as copolymers of methyl methacrylate with another acrylic or methacrylic acid ester and optionally another ethylenically unsaturated monomer; polyhaloolefins such as; polyvinyl fluoride and polyvinylidene fluoride; copolymers of vinyl fluoride with vinyl acetate, vinylidene fluoride and/or vinyl butyral; polyesters such as polyethylene terephthalate or the one derived from maleic anhydride, phthalic anhydride and ethylene glycol optionally reacted with styrene. The lacquer may be applied as an aqueous or non- aqueous dispersion or a non-aqueous solution. The coating compositions formed of copolymers may be modified by adding urea-formaldehyde, N,N<SP>1</SP>-ethyleneurea-formaldehyde or amino-triazine-formaldehyde condensates and an acidic catalyst. Optional lacquer components include a water-soluble thickening agent, e.g. gum tragacanth, cellulose ether, polyvinyl alcohol or acetate, or acrylic polymers; a base, e.g. sodium acetate or carbonate, morpholine, triethyl amine and NH 3 ; an antifreeze agent, e.g. ethylene glycol; emulsifiers; fungicides, e.g. borax, pentachlorophenols and phenyl mercury oleate; plasticizers, e.g. tricresyl phosphate, dibutyl phthalate, polyesters and alkyds; antifoaming agents; humectants, sequestering agents; dispersing agents; corrosion inhibiting agents; and U.V. light absorbers, e.g. 2,21- dihydroxy - 4,4<SP>1</SP> - dimethoxybenzophenone, 2 - (21 - hydroxy - 5<SP>1</SP> - methylphenyl)benzotriazole, 2 - hydroxy - 4 - n - octoxybenzophenone, 2 - ethoxyethyl - p - methoxy cinnamate, ethyl - 2 - cyano - 3,31 - diphenyl acrylate. 2,4 - dihydroxybenzophenone and 2 - hydroxy - 4 - methoxy - benzophenone; agents to impart thermosetting qualities to the composition, e.g. an aldehyde, an aminoplast or phenoplast, poly(vic-epoxides) and alkyd resins. The compositions may be cured in air at room temperature or by heating. In examples 1-3 lacquers are prepared either from (1) an acrylic solution polymer of methyl methacrylate, ethyl acrylate and methacrylic acid in toluol, and either an alkali-condensed or acid-condensed p-octylphenol-HCHO resin in Cellosolve acetate (R.T.M.); or from (2) an emulsion copolymer latex of methyl methacrylate, methacrylic acid and butyl acrylate and an alkali condensed p-octylphenol-HCHO resin in butyl Cellosolve and aqueous NH 3 . The lacquers are either cast on to glass plates, dried in air and then heated or coated on to cedar wood and exposed to sunlight. In Examples 4 and 5 p-octyl phenol-HCHO resin and p-butylphenol- HCHO resin are each oxidized by casting on to glass organic solutions thereof in the presence and absence of oxidation promoters such as a Mn drier or t-butyl peracetate and then baking in air. The oxidized resins are redissolved in isooctane or dioxane. In Example 6 lacquers prepared from a free-radical initiated acrylic solution polymer of butyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate and methacrylic acid and either a preoxidized or unoxidized p-octylphenol- HCHO resin are coated on to a red fluorescent pigmented acrylic lacquer applied over a titanium dioxide white acrylic lacquer base coat.