Patent ID: 7491419

Claim:
A process for the production of a vehicle repair coating, comprising the following steps: I) applying a coating composition curable by means of UV radiation onto a vehicle or vehicle part, said vehicle or vehicle part having a blemished area to be repaired on the coated surface, whereas the coating composition comprises A) at least one free-radically polymerizable oligomeric and/or polymeric binder containing olefinically unsaturated groups, B) optionally, at least one free-radically polymerizable monomeric reactive diluent containing one or more olefinically unsaturated groups, C) at least one photoinitiator for free-radical polymerization, D) at least one metal compound selected from the group consisting of metal salt compounds containing a metal in the cation and/or anion of the compound, organometallic compounds, metal coordination compounds and mixtures thereof, wherein the metal is selected from the group consisting of titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, cerium, and a combination thereof, and E) optionally, water, organic solvents, pigments, fillers and/or conventional coating additives, and II) irradiating the resultant coating with UV radiation.