Patent ID: 8198348

Claim:
A method of making a coating composition, comprising reacting the following components to form a coating composition: (1) a first component A, comprising: about 20 wt % to about 90 wt %, based on the total weight of the composition, of an unsaturated polyester resin, wherein the unsaturated polyester comprises allyl ether functionality, about 1 wt % to about 50 wt % of: an alkoxy (meth)acrylic functional monomer, wherein the functional monomer is selected from di and tri(meth)acrylic functional compounds with about 8 to about 16 ethoxy or propoxy groups along a backbone and a thermoplastic compound containing active hydrogen groups, wherein the thermoplastic compound is selected from cellulose resins and cellulose derivatized resins; and about 0.1 wt % to about 3 wt % of least one metal drier, wherein the metal drier is a metal salt of an organic acid, and wherein the metal comprises Co, Mn, Pb, Ce, Zr, Ca, Zn, Bi, Cu, Cr, Li, K, Ni, Mg and mixtures and combinations thereof, and (2) a second component B, comprising about 0.5 wt % to about 5 wt % of at least one organic peroxide; wherein the coating composition is substantially free of any of formaldehyde, isocyanate and styrene.