Patent ID: 8241739

Claim:
A resin paste for the application in a sheet molding compound, a thick molding compound, or a bulk molding compound, said resin paste comprising: (a) 40 to 70 wt %, based on the overall resin paste, of at least one epoxidized triglyceride having at least two epoxy groups, (b) 25 to 45 wt %, based on the overall resin paste, of at least one anhydride of a polycarboxylic acid, (c) 0.01 to 10 wt %, based on the overall resin paste, of a polycarboxylic acid, (d) 0.1 to 20 wt %, based on the overall resin paste, of at least one terminal, cycloaliphatic or heterocyclic epoxy compound, and (e) an optional component comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of quaternary ammonium compounds, primary amines, secondary amines, carboxamides, N-substituted carboxamides, epoxidized alkoxysilanes, C—H-acidic compounds and mixtures thereof.