Coating composition comprising a polyamide and a phenol-formaldehyde resin dissolved in an aqueous alcohol solution

Claim 1

A COMPOSITION OF MATTER SUITABLE FOR USE IN THE FORMULATION OF CLEAR AND PIGMENTED COATING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A MIXTURE OF (A) A POLYMERIC AMIDE SOLUTION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A MIXTURE OF (1) A SOLUTION OF A POLYMERIC AMIDE OF AN ALKYLENE DIAMINE OF FROM 2 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS AND A POLYBASIC SATURATED ALIPHATIC ACID OF FROM 2 TO 8 CARBON ATOMS IN AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF A WATER SOLUBLE ALIPHATIC ALCOHOL AND CONTAINING FROM 10% TO 20% SOLIDS AND (2) A STABILIZER SOLUTION AMOUNTING TO FROM 5% TO 30% BY WEIGHT OF THE POLYMERIC AMIDE SOLUTION, SAID STABILIZER BEING A NORMALLY LIQUID HALOGENATED SATURATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON OF FROM 1 TO 7 CARBON ATOMS; AND CONTAINING A PLURALITY OF HALOGEN ATOMS; AND (B) A 40%-60% AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF A PARTIALLY CURED, ACID CURING PHENOL ALDEHYDE RESIN, SAID COMPONENTS (A) AND (B) BEING IN INTERMIXTURE IN A WEIGHT RATIO OF FROM 40:60 TO 60:40, RESPECTIVELY, CALCULATED AS THE SOLUTIONS.