Blocked polyisocyanate and method

Claim 2

A process for producing a blocked polyisocyanate comprising the steps: 1. Reacting isophorone diisocyanate with a blocking agent and interrupting the reaction prior to completion by allowing about 45-50% of the charged isocyanate to react thereby blocking about 90-100% of the more reactive isocyanato group; 2. Reacting the product of Step 1 with a polyfunctional agent, which agent is an internal plasticizing agent for a polymerized resin having isocyanate reactive functionality after curing of the resin and an external plasticizing agent prior to curing of the resin wherein said polyfunctional agent is a compound containing at least four carbon atoms and the functional groups are hydroxyl groups which are separated from each other by at least one carbon atom; wherein the number of isocyanato groups of the product of Step 1 is in excess of the number of hydroxyl groups present in the plasticizing agent; 3. Determining the free isocyanate content of the product of Step 2; and 4. Then reacting an amount of said polyfunctional agent sufficient to react with the unreacted isocyanato groups.

Claim 3

The method of claim 1 wherein the blocking agent is an oxime.

Claim 4

The method of claim 2 wherein the oxime is a dialkylketoxime, wherein each alkyl group has from 1 to 6 carbon atoms.

Claim 5

The product of the method of claim 1.

Claim 6

The process of claim 1 wherein the plasticizing agent is a polyhydric hydantoin or a polyhydric methylene-bis hydantoin.

Claim 7

The method of claim 1 wherein the plasticizing agent is a polyhydric alkane having up to 12 carbon atoms in the molecule.

Claim 8

A coating composition comprising a hydroxy containing acrylic resin and the product of claim 4.

Claim 9

A composition comprising: A. from 30-75% by weight of an acrylic resin which is the polymerization product of reacting one part by weight of acrylic acid, one part by weight of ethylhexylacrylate, six parts by weight of ethylhexylmethacrylate, twenty parts by weight of methylmethacrylate and five parts by weight hydroxy propyl methacrylate; and B. from 10-25% by weight of a cross-linking agent which is a blocked polyisocyanate produced comprising the steps: 1. Reacting isophorone diisocyanate with a blocking agent and interrupting the reaction prior to completion by allowing about 45-50% of the charged isocyanate to react thereby blocking about 90-100% of the more reactive isocyanato group; 2. Reacting the product of Step 1 with a polyfunctional agent, which agent is an internal plasticizing agent for the polymerized resin having isocyanate reactive functionality after curing of the resin and an external plasticizing agent prior to curing of the resin wherein said polyfunctional agent is a compound containing at least four carbon atoms and the functional groups are hydroxyl groups which are separated from each other by at least one carbon atom; wherein the number of isocyanato groups of the product of Step 1 is in excess of the number of hydroxyl groups present in the plasticizing agent; 3. Determining the free isocyanate content of the product of Step 2; and 4. Then reacting an amount of said polyfunctional agent sufficieint to react with the unreacted isocyanato groups.

Claim 10

A composition comprising: A. from 30-75% by weight of an acrylic resin which is the polymerization product of reacting one part by weight of acrylic acid, one part by weight of ethylhexylacrylate, six parts by weight of ethylhexylmethacrylate, twenty parts by weight of methylmethacrylate and five parts by weight hydroxy propyl methacrylate; and B. from 10-25% by weight of a cross-linking agent which is a blocked polyisocyanate produced comprising the steps: 1. Reacting isophorone diisocyanate with a blocking agent and interrupting the reaction prior to completion by allowing about 45-50% of the charged isocyanate to react thereby blocking about 90-100% of the more reactive isocyanato group; 2. Reacting the product of Step 1 with a polyfunctional agent, which agent is an internal plasticizing agent for the polymerized resin having isocyanate reactive functionality after curing of the resin and an external plasticizing agent prior to curing of the resin wherein said polyfunctional agent is a compound containing at least four carbon atoms and the functional groups are hydroxyl groups which are separated from each other by at least one carbon atom; wherein the number of isocyanato groups of the product of Step 1 is in excess of the number of hydroxyl groups present in the plasticizing agent; 3. Determining the free isocyanate content of the product of Step 2; and 4. Then reacting an amount of said polyfunctional agent sufficieint to react with the unreacted isocyanato groups.