Paint stripping composition

M.1 Lane and D. Braun, assignors Mount Olive, N.J.

10 BASF Corp.,

A multilayer coating composition comprising a basecoat layer containing binder and pigment; a clear intermediate barrier coat layer comprising at least one polymer, oligomer. or combination thereof in a carrier composition. and a low volatile organic content clearcoat containing reactive diluents and having a volatile organic content of 0.1 to 3.5 pounds per gallon, and wherein the clearcoat is applied over the basecoat and the clear intermediate layer.

Radiation-Curable Composition

Paint Stripping

Coating

Composition

A liquid composition comprising 2 to 20% by weight of a solvent; 4 to 50% of a cosolvent; 2 to 40% of an alkanol; 0 to 5% of a surfactant; and 7 to 56% water, said composition being a single phase.

Paint Stripper

U.S. Patent 5,744,438. Apr. 28, 1998 J. Disfaso. assignor to Elf Atochem North Inc., Philadelphia

A coating composition. which is curable by UV radiation and contains 0 to 95 parts by weight of at least one binder curable by radiation and containing maleate, fumai-ate, and/or acryloyl groups; 5 to 100 parts by weight of a mixture of 20 to 80 parts by weight of at least one polyester resin, 20 to 80 parts by weight of at least one com-

groups,

U.S. Pafent 5,744,437.Apr. 28, 1998 E.A. Rowe et al, assignors to Occidental Chemical Corp., Niagara Falls, N.Y

Benzyl Alcohol

U.S. Patent 5,744,248. Apr. 28, 1998 J. Meixner et al, assignors to Bayer AG Leverkusen, Germany

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pound containing (meth)acryloyl and 0.5 to 10% of a photoinitiator.

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A paint stripping composition comprising a continuous benzyl alcohol organic phase containing an emulsifying agent and a predominant amount of benzyl alcohol sufficient to form the continuous phase, a discrete water phase dispersed in the continuous organic phase containing water and an ammonium compound selected from the group consisting of ammonium carbamate. ammonium bicarbonate. ammonium carbamate acid carbon-

ate, and combinations thereof, where the ammonium compound is present in an amount sufficient to activate the paint stripping activity of the composition.

Cathodic Electrodeposition Paint with Improved Surface Smoothness U.S. Patent 5,744,521.Apr. 28, 1998 h’. Takasakiand M. Yamada,assignors to Nippon Paint Co. Lfd., Osaka,Japan In a cathodic electrodeposition paint composition comprising a cationically modified epoxy resin and a crosslinker dispersed in an aqueous medium containing a neutralizing acid, the improvement wherein the paint composition comprises a cured film surface smoothness improving amount of the addition polymerization product of a t-alkyphenol novolac resin having an average number of nuclei from 3 to 8 with from 2 to IO moles per phenolic hydroxyl group of ethylene oxide. propylene oxide, or a mixture thereof. or a reaction product thereof with a half blocked diisocyanate

electroplating equipment

Single and multi-strand Reel to Reel plating machines Selective plating modules for the following needs: *Wheel Plating Control Depth * Spot Plating Stripe Plating Brush Plating * Custom Design 202Highland Pkwy, Roselle, NJ 07203 (908) 241-3900 Fax (908) 241-4268 l

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