Patent ID: 7790011

Claim:
A method of producing an aqueous coating composition comprising: forming a solid resin-crosslinker mixture by a method comprising: providing a resin and a curing agent, wherein the resin is ionizable and has pendant amino groups; blending said resin and said curing agent until homogenous at a temperature wherein said resin and said curing agent are molten; and cooling the blended resin and curing agent until solid; thereby producing said solid resin-crosslinker mixture; shipping said solid resin-crosslinker mixture to a coating completion site; and dispersing the solid resin-crosslinker mixture in water, wherein dispersing further includes adding an acidic salting agent; thereby producing said aqueous coating composition, wherein the resin in said aqueous coating composition is neutralized by the acidic salting agent, rendering the resin water-dispersible and the aqueous coating composition cathodically electrodepositable.