Patent ID: 7288282

Claim:
A method of applying a coating composition to an automobile or truck body, said coating composition containing about 45-90% by weight of film forming binder and 10-55% by weight of an organic liquid carrier; wherein the binder comprises: (A) about 10 to 90% by weight, based on the weight of the binder, of a film-forming fluorinated organosilane polymer consisting essentially of about 5 to 98% by weight, based on the weight of the polymer, of polymerized ethylenically unsaturated monomers which do not contain a silane or a fluorine functionality, about 1.5 to 70% by weight, based on the weight of the polymer, of ethylenically unsaturated monomers which contain a silane functionality, and about 0.5-25% by weight, based on the weight of the polymer, of polymerized ethylenically unsaturated monomers which contain a fluorine functionality, (B) about 0 to 60%, based on the weight of the binder, of a non-aqueous dispersed polymer, and (C) about 10 to 90% by weight, based on the weight of the binder, of an crosslinking agent selected from one or both of an organic polyisocyanate and melamine crosslinking agent wherein said method comprises applying said coating composition to an automobile or truck body as a top coat, wherein said topcoat is applied (i) over a basecoat, or (ii) as a clearcoat, wherein said clearcoat is formulated as a one-package system.