Patent ID: 8048970

Claim:
A coating composition comprising i) a melamine polyol comprising the reaction product of: (a) at least one melamine aldehyde resin having the formula (I) wherein R 1 to R 6 are each selected from —H, —CH 2 OH, —CH 2 OR 7 , and may be the same or different, wherein R 7 is a C 1 to C 5 alkyl group (b) at least one α,γ-diol, wherein the α,γ-diol is 2-butyl-2-ethyl-1,3-propane diol wherein the diol (b) and the resin (a) are reacted in such relative amounts that the ratio of the number of hydroxyl groups from diol (b) to the total number of R 1 to R 6 groups from resin (a) is in the range of 1.25 to 2.25, and ii) a crosslinker which is a blocked or unblocked polyisocyanate.