Patent ID: 8143341

Claim:
An aqueous coating composition comprising (a) water, (b) coloring agent, (c) a film-forming polymer containing functional groups, (d) a curing agent for (c) having functional groups that are reactive with the functional groups of (c), and (e) a linear adjuvant resin having hydroxyl groups reactive with the functional groups of (d), wherein the hydroxyl groups are located at the terminal ends of the adjuvant resin; and wherein the adjuvant resin further comprises a hydrocarbon moiety comprising from 16 to 40 contiguous carbon atoms positioned between the hydroxyl groups; and wherein the hydroxyl groups are derived from a polyol and the hydrocarbon moiety is derived from a linear dicarboxylic acid; the adjuvant resin having a hydroxyl group equivalent weight of from 100 to 500 and an acid value less than 5.