Thickening agent for physically drying coatings and process for its preparation

Abstract

Abstract 1. A thickener for physically drying paints and coating compositions which are based on binders which are soluble in mineral spirit, wherein the thickener is a copolymer which forms gels in mineral spirit and which contains, as copolymerized units, a) 5-50% by weight of esters of acrylic acid and/or of methacrylic acid with monoalkanols of 8 to 18 carbon atoms, b) 0.01-2% by weight of an olefinically poly-unsaturated organic compound which is copolymerizable with a), from the group acrylic acid esters of dihydric alcohols of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, which may or may not contain ether groups, vinyl ethers of polyhydric alcohols, divinylbenzene, divinyl esters of dicarboxylic acids, diallyl esters of dicarboxylic acids, triallyl isocyanurate and/or reaction products of diisocyanates and polyisocyanates with hydroxyalkyl acrylates, c) 0-60% by weight of styrene and/or vinyltoluene, d) 0-80% by weight of one or more (meth)acrylic acid esters of monoalkanols of 4 to 7 carbon atoms and e) 0-30% by weight of other copolymerizable olefinically unsaturated organic compounds not already listed under a) to d), with the proviso that the sum of the percentages under a) to e) is 100.

Inventors

• 👤 Gerhard Dr. Neubert
• 👤 Eckehardt Dr. Wistuba

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