Photo-assisted solidification method for coating material

• Main Author: D. A. BOSS,W. D. EMONS,S. S. EDWAZ
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.08.2007
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR; APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; CHEMISTRY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES ORLACQUERS; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; CORRECTING FLUIDS; DYES; ELECTROGRAPHY; FILLING PASTES; HOLOGRAPHY; INKS; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVINGCARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS; MATERIALS THEREFOR; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; PAINTS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES,e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTORDEVICES; PHYSICS; POLISHES; PROCESSES FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TRANSPORTING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR; WOODSTAINS

A process of preparing a coating for application to substrates which are exposed to ultraviolet light is described which comprises mixing a vinyl polymer having acetoacetyl functional groups with an amount of ammonia or primary amine sufficient to convert the acetoacetyl groups to enamine, storing the mixture for a period sufficient to allow the reactants to equilibrate, adding a sufficient amount of ammonia or primary amine to raise the pH to about 9, and maintaining the pH at about 9 until the coating is applied to the substrate.