Ready-mixed aluminum coating compositions and articles coated therewith

Claim 1

A READY-MIXED ALUMINIZED LIQUID COATING COMPOSITION CHARACTERIZED BY PACKAGE STABILITY DURING LENGTHY STORAGE AND RETENTION OF LEAFING VALUE DURING SAID STORAGE, COMPRISING AN OLEORESINOUS ESTERIFIED POLYETHER RESIN, FINE PARTICLE SIZE LEAFING-TYPE ALUMINUM PIGMENT IN THE PROPORTION OF 30 TO 100 PARTS FOR EACH 100 PARTS OF SAID ESTERIFIED POLYETHER RESIN, AND A VOLATILE HYDROCARBON SOLVENT FOR SAID ESTERIFIED POLYETHER RESIN, SAID ALUMINUM PIGMENT HAVING A FINENESS CORRESPONDING TO AT LEAST 99.9% PASSAGE THROUGH A 325 MESH SCREEN AND AT LEAST 98% PASSAGE THROUGH A 400 MESH SCREEN AND FURTHER CHARACTERIZED BY AN AVERAGE LEAFING VALUE OF T LEAST 65% MEASURED WITH A 1.5 GRAM SAMPLE OF PIGMENT PASTE HAVING A NON-VOLATILE CONTENT OF 65% AND AT LEAST 60% WHEN MEASURED WITH A 1 GRAM SAMPLE OF DRY ALUMINUM POWDER, SAID OLEORESINOUS ESTERIFIED POLYETHER RESIN COMPRISING THE ESTERIFICATION PRODUCT OF A MIXTURE OF HIGHER FATTY ACIDS CONTAINING PREPONDERANCE OF POLYETHENOID HIGHER FATTY ACIDS, ROSIN ACIDS AND AN ESTERIFIABLE POLYETHER RESIN, SAID POLYETHER RESIN COMPRISING THE CONDENSATION PRODUCT OF A CHLOROHYDRIN REACTED WITH A BIS (4 HYDROXYPHENYL) ALKANE, SAID CHLOROHYDRIN BEING A MEMBER OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF EPICHLOROHYDRIN AND GLYCEROLDICHLOROHYDRIN.