Process for forming a coated film in water

Claim 1

A process for forming a coated film which comprises: coating a substrate with an acrylic resin composition, which is curable upon irradiation by active rays, comprising a photopolymerization initiator and a resin component consisting of a combination of A. an acrylic polymer obtained by polymerization of an acrylic monomer of formula I: ##STR8## wherein R 1 represents hydrogen atom or methyl group, R 2 represents hydrogen atom, an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted cycloalkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or an aryl group; B. an ethylenically unsaturated diacrylate of formula (II) or (III): ##STR9## wherein R 1 is as defined above; R 3 represents a divalent aliphatic or cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon residue having 2 to 10 carbon atoms or a polyalkylene glycol residue having 1 to 10 ether bonds in the molecule; R 4 represents a carboxyl eliminated divalent fatty acid residue having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or an aromatic or an aliphatic hydrocarbon residue; each of R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , and R 8 represents hydrogen atom, a substituted alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group or an aryl group; each of R 9 , R 10 , R 11 and R 12 represents hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group or an aryl group; n represents an integer of 1 to 10; and each of k, l, m, j, p and q represents an integer of 0 to 5; providing the coated layer with a water layer and subjecting said combined layers to irradiation from a source of active rays to cure the coated film.