M.1 Lane and D. Braun, assignors 10 BASF Corp., Mount Olive, N.J.

A multilayer coating composition com- prising a basecoat layer containing binder and pigment; a clear intermediate barrier coat layer comprising at least one polymer, oligomer. or combination thereof in a car- rier composition. and a low volatile organic content clearcoat containing reactive dilu- ents 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 Coating Composition U.S. Patent 5,744,248. Apr. 28, 1998 J. Meixner et al, assignors to Bayer AG Leverkusen, Germany

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

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

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

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.

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

A paint stripping composition comprising a continuous benzyl alcohol organic phase containing an emulsifying agent and a pre- dominant 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 bicar-

ate, and combinations thereof, where the am- monium compound is present in an amount sufficient to activate the paint stripping activ- ity of the composition.

Cathodic Electrodeposition Paint with Improved Surface Smoothness U.S. Patent 5,744,521. Apr. 28, 1998 h’. Takasaki and 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 dis- persed 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. propy- lene oxide, or a mixture thereof. or a reac- tion product thereof with a half blocked

80 parts by weight of at least one com- bonate. ammonium carbamate acid carbon- diisocyanate

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