CA1219693A - In-mold coating composition - Google Patents

In-mold coating composition

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CA1219693A
CA1219693A CA000466081A CA466081A CA1219693A CA 1219693 A CA1219693 A CA 1219693A CA 000466081 A CA000466081 A CA 000466081A CA 466081 A CA466081 A CA 466081A CA 1219693 A CA1219693 A CA 1219693A
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Abstract

Abstract Of The Disclosure An FRP molding can be in-mold coated using a free radical peroxide initiated thermosetting composition of at least one polymerizable epoxy based oligomer having at least two acrylate groups, at least one copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer, at least one copolymerizable monoethylenically unsaturated compound having a -CO- group and a -NH2, -NH-and/or -OH group, carboxylated polyvinyl acetate, at least one zinc salt of a fatty acid, at least one calcium salt of a fatty acid, at least one copolymerizable tri or tetra acrylate, at least one accelerator for a peroxide initiator, conductive carbon black, a filler such as talc and at least one polyoxyalkylene glycol oligomer having two acrylate groups.

Description

Lo This invention relates to a thermosetting in-mold coating composition useful for in-mold coating a molded fiberglass reinforced thermoses plastic such as a polyester resin or a vinyl ester resin (FRY) molding or part that usually does not require the combining of two or more components immediately prior to use.
A major deficiency of compression molded thermoses glass fiber reinforced polyester (FRY) moldings is surface imperfections such as pits, pores, surface cracks, waviness and sink marks. The in-mold coating process of U.S. Patent 4,081,578 generally overcomes these imperfections by molding a low viscosity thermoses on top of the FRY in a second molding operation. The composition described in U.S. Patent 4,081,578 contains free hydroxyl as well as isn't groups that erupt at room temperature, resulting in a limited (about one-half hour) pot life. In practice, the reactive ingredients are kept apart, and combined only immediately prior to application. This necessitates dual pumping equipment and an accurate metering device, which increase the cost and complexity of the system. A single component coating would thus offer a significant advantage. Moreover, conductive carbon black does not dispense well in isn't based in-mold coating compositions, and it is difficult to obtain after in-mold coating and subsequent electrostatic painting, a paint layer which is even.
Therefore, it is an object of this invention to avoid the difficulties alluded to and to provide a process for in-mold coating an FRY molding with a one-eomponent coating composition.

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Another object of this invention is to provide a composition suitable for in-mold coating an FRY molding.
A further object of this invention is to provide d cleared mulled FRY molding or part with an arrant coating infold '; kowtow with a one componer1t in-mol(l costing composition.
These end other objects and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent to those skilled in the art -from the following detailed description and working examples.
Summary Of The Invention lo According to the present invention a FRY molding can be in-rnold coated using a one-component free radical initiated thermosetting composition of (a) loo parts by weight of at least one polymerizdble epoxy based oligomer having at least two acrylate groups and a weight average molecular weight of from about 500 to 1,500, (b) from about 80 to 160 parts by weight o-f at least one copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer, (c) from about lo to 120 parts by weight of at least one copolymerizable monoethylenically unsaturated compound having a -CO- group and a -NH2, -NH- and/or -OH
group, (d) from about 20 to 90 parts by weight of carboxylated polyvinyl acetate having an acid number of from about lo to 4, (e) from about 0.2 to 5 parts by weight of at least one zinc salt of a fatty acid having at least lo carbon atoms, (F) from about Oily to lo part by weight of at least one accelerator -for a peroxide initiator, (g) -from about S to 30 parts by weigh-t of conductive carbon black, (h) from about 50 to l55 parts by weight of a filler, s .
'`' i93 (i) a copolymerizable or cocurable diacrylate compound having a weight average molecular weight of from about 250 to 5,000 and being at least one polyoxyalkylene glycol based oliyomer having two acryla.te croups, (j) at least one copolymerizable in or twitter acrylate having an average molecular weight of from about 250 to 1,000, the total of (i) and (j) being from about 5 to 120 parts by weight and the weight ratio of (i) to (j) being from about 10:1 to 1:10 and (k) at least one calcium salt of a fatty acid having at least 10 carbon atoms in an amount of from about 0.2 to 5 parts by weight.
Another aspect of the invention provides a method which comprises in-mold coating a molded thermoses polyester resin or thermoses vinyl ester resin glass fiber composition containing from about 10 to 75% by weight of glass fibers with the thermosetting in-mold coating composition under pressure, at a temperature and for a period of time sufficient to cure said in-mold coating composition to form an adherent thermoses coating on said molded thermoses resin glass fiber composition, said in-mold coating composition further comprising at least one organic free radical peroxide initiator in an amount of up to about 5% by weight based on the weight of the polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated materials.
Still a further aspect of the invention provides a laminate comprising an adherent, thermoses in-mold coating composition in-mold coated onto a molded thermoses polyester . ,~, r, I
-pa-resin or thermoses vinyl ester resin glass fiber composition containing from about 10 to 75~ by weight o-f glass fibers, said in-mold coating composition comprising the reaction product owe 100 parts by weight of at least one polymerizable epoxy based oligomer having at least two acrylate groups and a weight average molecular weight of from about 500 to 1,500, from about 80 to 160 parts by weight of at least one copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer, from about 10 to 120 parts by weight of at least one copolymerizable monoethylenically unsaturated compound having a -CO- group and a -NH2, -NH- and/or -OH group, (I) a copolymerizable or cocurable diacrylate compound having a weight average molecular weight of from about 250 to 5,000 and being at least one polyoxyalkylene glycol oligomer having two acrylate groups, (II) at least one copolymerizable in or twitter acrylate having an average molecular weight of from about 250 to 1,000, the total of (I) and (II) being from about 5 to 120 parts by weight and the weight ratio of (I) to (II) being from about 10:1 to 1:10, in admixture with from about 20 to 90 parts by weight of carboxylated polyvinyl acetate having an acid number of from about 1.5 to 4, from about 0.2 to 5 parts by weight of at least one zinc salt of a fatty acid having at least lo carbon atoms, at least one calcium salt of a fatty acid having at least 10 carbon atoms in an amount of from about 0.2 to 5 parts by weight, from about 5 to 30 parts by weight of conductive carbon black and from about 50 to 155 parts by weight of a filler.

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3b~ 93 An organic free radical peroxide initiator is used in the composition in an amount of up to about 5%, preferably up to I
by weight based on the weight of the polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated materials.
The composition flows well and is stable for about a week even when containing the peroxide. It can be molded in a short period of time. The resulting thermoses coating exhibits good adhesion to different FRY substrates and will accept many paint finishes obviating the need for a primer.
Also, the carbon black disperses well throughout the composition to provide on curing an in-mold coating which can be spray painted electrostatically to provide an even paint coating or film. The present coating, moreover, thus generally eliminates any subsequent step of priming the in-mold coating with a conductive primer before electrostatic painting.
The present in-mold coating composition gives improved hardness and resistance to solvents as compared to that shown in U.S. Patent No. 4,414,173 mentioned swooper.
Discussion of Details And Preferred Embodiments (a) The polymerizable epoxy based oligomer having at least two acrylate (or methacrylate or ethacrylate) groups is pro-pared by reacting acrylic acid, methacrylic acid or ethacrylic acid and L9~93 so forth with an epoxy based oligomer or resin such as a Bisphenol A epoxy, a tetrdbromo Bisphenol A epoxy, finlike novolak epoxy, tetraphenylolethane epoxy, dicycloaliphatic epoxy and so forth. Mixtures of` these epoxy based oligomers may be used. Of these materials it is preferred to use a diacrylate terminated Bisphenol A epoxy oligomer. They have weight average molecular weights of from about 500 to 1,500. These materials are well known. For more information on these materials see "Heat Resistant Vinyl Ester Resin," M. I. Linctus, Technical Bulletin, SKYE, Shell Chemical Company, June, 1976 and Shell Chemical Company Technical Bulletins SKYE and SKYE.
(b) A copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer is used to copolymerize with and to cross link the polymerizable oligomers and includes styrenes (preferred), alpha methyl styrenes vinyl Tulane, t-butyl styrenes chlorostyrene, methyl methacrylate, Delilah ph-thalate (with styrenes or methyl methacrylate and the like), triallyl sonority, triallyl isocyanurate, divinely Bunsen, methyl acrylate and so forth and mixtures thereof. The unsaturated monomer is used in an amount of from about 80 to 1~0 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the polymerizable epoxy based oligomer.
(c) For further copolymerization and cross linking and to improve hardness of the resulting coating there is used in the in-mold coating composition a monoethylenically unsaturated compound having a -C- group and having a -NH2, -NH- and/or -OH
group. Examples of such monomeric compounds are hydroxyl propel methacrylate (preferred), hydroxyethyl methacrylate, hydroxy ethyl acrylate, hydroxy ethyl crotonate, hydroxypropyl acrylate, hydroxy polyoxypropylene acrylate, hydroxy polyoxypropylene methacrylate~ hydroxy polyoxyethylene methacrylate, acrylamide, methacrylamide, N-hydroxymethyl acrylamide, N-hydroxymethyl methacrylamide and so forth and mixtures of the same. These compounds are used in an amount of from about 10 to 120 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the polymerizable epoxy based of i goner .
(d) Carboxylated polyvinyl acetate is employed in the in-mol(l composition to improve print adhesion and hardness of the in-molcl coating to the substrate. The carboxylate(l polyvinyl acetate has an acid number of from about 1.5 to Thea carboxylated polyvinyl acetate is employed in an amount of from about 20 to 90 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the epoxy based polymerizable oligomer.
(e) A zinc salt of a fatty acid having at least 10 carbon atoms, also, is employed in the in-mold coating composition and appears to function as a mold release agent and as a secondary accelerator for the cure. Fatty acids are well known. See "Organic Chemistry," Fuzzier and Fuzzier, DO Heath and Company, lo Boston, 19~, pages 88, 381-390, 398 and ~01 and "Hocus Chemical Dictionary," Grant, McGraw Hill Book Company, New York, 1969, page 261. Mixtures of zinc salts of the fatty acids can be used. Examples of some zinc salts are zinc palpitate, zinc Stewart, zinc ricinoleate and the like. It is preferred to use the zinc salt of a saturated fatty acid such as zinc Stewart.
See, also, "Whittington's Dictionary Of Plastics," Whittington, Technomic Publishing Co., Inc., Stamford, Corn., 1968, pages 35, 102 and 261. The zinc salt is used in an amount from about 0.2 to 5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the polymerizable epoxy based oligomer.
(f) An accelerator is used for the peroxide initiator and is a material such as a drier, e.g., cobalt octet (preferred).
Other materials which may be used are zinc naphthenate, lead naphthenate, cobalt naphthenate and manganese naphthenate.
30 Soluble Co, My and Pub salts of linoleic acid, also, may be used. I
Mixtures of accelerators may be used. The accelerator is used in an amount of from about 0.01 to 1 part by weight per 100 parts by weigh-t of the polymerizable epoxy based oligomer.

~Z~69~3 (g) Conductive carbon black is used in the in-mold coating composition in an amount o-f from about 5 to 30 parts by weight per lo parts by weight of the polylnerizable epoxy based oligomer.
(h) A filler is used in the in-mold coating composition in an amount of from about 50 to loss parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the polymerizable epoxy based oligomer. Examples of fillers are clay, Moo, Mg(0~l)27 Cook, silica, calcium silicate, mica, aluminum hydroxide, barium sulfate, talc, hydrated silica, magnesium carbonate and mixtures of the same.
The fillers should be finely divided. Of these fillers it is preferred to use talc. Fillers can afford the desired viscosity and flow to the in-mold composition for molding and contribute to the desired physical properties in the resulting thermoses in-mold coating. Fillers, also, may improve adhesion. However, care should be exercised in the use of high filler contents as this may give high viscosities and result in flow and handling difficulties.
(i) Inhere further is employed in the in-mold coating composition a copolymerizable or cocurdble diacryldte compound hiving a weight average molecular weight of from about 250 to 5,000 and being at least one polyoxyalkylene glycol based oligomer having two acrylate groups. Examples of said diacryldte compounds include triethylene glycol diacrylate, tetraethylene glycol diacrylate, tetraethylene glycol dimethacrylate, polyethylene glycol diacryldte, polypropylene glycol diacrylate, polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate or polyoxyethylene glycol dimethacryldte (preferred), polypropylene glycol dimethacryldte, polyethylene propylene glycol diacryldte, and so forth and mixtures thereof. These acryldtes are made by reacting polyoxyalkylene glycols such do polypropylene ether glycol with acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and the like or by ester interchange.
(j) There, also, is employed in the in-mold composition to improve hardness without adversely affecting paint adhesion a copolymerizable in or twitter acrylate such as the reaction r 6~33 product of acrylic and/or methdcrylic acids with trios or petrols like glycerol, trinlethylnl propane Hun trio pentaerythritoi and the like. These materials also, may he obtailled by ester interch(lntJe, for example, by reaction of ethyl acrylate and the polyols. Other polyols may be use like the ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide adduces of these ~olyols ` such as try (2-hydroxy-propoxy) propane ("CP-2fiQ~' my of to about 260, Dow Chemical Co.), "Pluracol~ PEP 650 (propylene oxide adduce of pentaerythritol, equivalent weight of about 148.1, BASS
Wyandotte, "Pluracol" TO 340 (propylene oxide adduce of trimethylol propane, equivalent weight of about 101.1, BASS
Wyandotte) and so forth and mixtures thereof. Examples of some of these acrylates are trimethylolpropane triacrylate, pentaerythritol triacrylate, pentaerythritol tetraacrylate, trimethylol propane trimethacrylate (preferred) and so forth.
Mixtures of these in and twitter acrylates can be used. These acrylates have average molecular weights of from about 250 to 1 ,000.
The total of (i) and (j) is from about S to 120 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the polymerizable epoxy based oligomer and the weight ratio of (i) to (j) is from about 10:1 to 1 : 1 0 .
Since some of these reactive polyacrylates may be made by reacting unsaturated acids and alcohols, they may contain some OH
and/or COO groups.
The acrylate compounds above, appear to improve the hardness of and reduce the brittleness of the in-mold coating.
(k) A calcium salt of a fatty acid having at least 10 carbon atoms in an amount of from about 0.2 to 5 parts by weight of calcium salt per 100 parts by weight of the polymerizable epoxy based oligomer is used in the in-mold coating composition as a mold release agent and to control the rate of the cure.
Fatty acids are well known, see above. Mixtures of calcium salts of the fatty acids can be used. Examples of some calcium salts try I

Lo 3 are calcium Stewart, calciunl palpitate, calcium owlet and the like It is preferred to use the calciunl salt of a saturdtecl fatty acid like calciuln Stewart.
An organic free-radicdl or free radical generating initiator (catalyst) such as a peroxide is used to catalyze the polymerization, copolymerization and/or cross linking of the ethylenically unsaturated oligomers and the other ethylenically unsaturated materials. Examples of free-radical initiators include tertiary bottle perbenzoate, tertiary bottle peroctoate in Delilah phthalate, dustily peroxide in dim ethyl phthalate, dibenzoyl peroxide, di(p-chlorobenzoyl) peroxide in dibutyl phthalate, di(2,4-dichlorobenzoyl) peroxide with dibutyl phthalate, dilauroyl peroxide, methyl ethyl kitten peroxide, cyclohexanone peroxide in dibutyl phthalate, 3,5-dihydroxy-3,4-dimethyl-1,2-dioxacyclopentane, t-butylperoxy(2-ethyl hexanoate), caprylyl peroxide, 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-di(benzoyl proxy) hexane, l-hydroxy cyclohexyl hydroperoxide~l, t-butyl proxy (2-ethyl bitterroot), 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-bis(t-butyl proxy) hexane, cumuli hydroperoxide, dustily peroxide, t-butyl hydroperoxide, ditertiary bottle peroxide, 3,5-dihydroxy-3,5-dimethyl-1,2-oxacyclopentane, and l,l-bis(t-butyl peroxy)-3,3,5-trimethyl cyclohexane and the like and mixtures thereof. It is desirable sometimes to use mixtures of initiators to take advantage of their different decomposition rates and times at different temperatures and so forth. A preferred initiator to use is tertiary bottle perbenzoate. The peroxide initiator should be used in an amount sufficient to overcome the effect of the inhibitor and to cause cross linking or curing of the ethylenically unsaturated materials. In general the peroxide initiator is used in an amount of up to about 5%, preferably up to about 2%, by weight based on the weight of the ethylenically unsaturated materials employed in the in-mold coating composition.
The unsaturated materials mentioned above, thus, are used in an amount sufficient to provide on cure (e.g., polymerization, copolymerization and/or cross linking) a thermoses composition.

To prevent premature gelatin of the ethylenically unsaturated materials and to provide for improved shelf lo or storage ability inhibitors are added in the desired amount to the composition or are provided in the raw materials before use.
S Exan1ples of inhibitors are hydroquinone, benzoquinone, p-t-butyl catcall and the like and mixture thereof.
The in-mold composition additionally optionally may be compounded with other mold release agents, antidegradants, U-V
absorbers, paraffin wax, solid glass or resin micro-spheres, thickening agents, low shrink additives and the like. These compounding ingredients should be used in amounts sufficient to provide satisfactory results. It is not desirable to use in the in-mold composition of this invention materials like buta(liene-s-tyrene block copolymers or fatty alcohol phosphates.
lo For ease in handling, materials like carboxylated polyvinyl acetate may be dissolved in a reactive monomer like styrenes The viscosity of the oligomers may be reduced by dilution with styrenes and the like. The ingredients of the in-mold composition should be readily mixed and handled at ambient or room temperature or temperatures below the polymerization temperature so that they may be readily pumped to the mold and injected into the same. The ingredients may be warmed or heated before or during mixing and mixed in steps to facilitate -thorough mixing, dispersion and solution of the same.
Also, the bulk of the ingredients can be thoroughly mixed and the remainder including the catalyst separately mixed and then both can be pumped to a mixing head to be mixed together and then injected into the mold.
With the peroxide initiator or catalyst the in-mold composition exhibits a shelf-life at room temperature (about 25C) of about a week, and without the initiator it exhibits a shelf life of several months at room temperature. The initiator is preferably added to the composition and thoroughly mixed therewith just before molding.
All of the ingredients of the in-mold coating composition should be kept dry or have a minimal amount of moisture or the ~LZ~9~93 water content should be controlled to obtain reprodllcible results and to prevent pore Formation.
Mixing of the ingredients of the in-nlold composition should he thorough. Injection or compression transfer molding, or oiler molcl-illg apparatlls or machines can be used for the in-mold coating. lolling apparatus and methods may be found in lJ.S~
Patents Nos. 4,076,780; 4,076,7~; 4,081,578; 4,082,4S6;
4,1B9,517; 4,222,929; 4,245,006; 4,239,796; 4,239,~308 and 4,331,735. Please see, also, "Proceedings of the Thirty-Second Annual Conference Reinforced Plastics/Composites Institute," SPIT
Washington, February, 1977, Griffith et at, Section 2-C, pages 1-3 and "33rd Annual Technical Conference, 1978 Reinforced Plastics/Composites Institute The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc.," SPIT Ongena, Section 14-B, pages 1-7. The in-mold coating composition can be applied to the substrate and cured at a temperature of from about 290 to 310F. and at a pressure of about 1000 pi For from about 0.5 to 3 minutes.
The processes and products of the present invention can be used in the manufacture of automobile parts such as grille and headlamp assemblies, deck hoods, fenders, door panels and roofs as well as in the manufacture of food trays, appliance and electrical components, furniture, machine covers and guards, bathroom components, structural panels and so forth. The glass fiber reinforced thermoses plastic (FRY) such as the polyester resin or vinyl ester resin and glass fiber composition substrate to which the in-mold composition is applied can be a sheet molding compound (SAC) or a bulk molding compound (BMC), or other thermosetting FRY material as well as a high strength molding compound (HMC) or a thick molding compound. The FRY substrate can have from about 10 to 75% by weight of glass fibers. The SAC
compound usually contains from about 25 to 30% by weight of glass fibers while the HMC compound may contain from about 55 to 60% by weight of glass fibers. The glass fiber reinforced thermoses plastic (FRY) substrate can be rigid or semirigid (may contain a flexibilizing moiety such as an adipate group in the polyester).
The substrate, also, may contain other flexibilizing polymers the elastoll1ers and plaston1ers, such do the styrene-butd-liene block copolymers. Unsatllrated plaster glass fiber thermoses are known as shown by Modern Plastics Encyclopedia," 1975-1976, October, 1975, Vol. 52, No. loan McGra\~-Hill, Inc., New York, pages 61, 62 and 105 to 107; "Modern Plastics Encyclopedia,"
1979-1980, October, 1979, Volume 56, Number loan pages 55, I
58, 147 and 148 and "Modern Plastics Encyclopedia," 19~0-81, October, 1930, Volume 57, Number loan pages 59, 60, and 151 to 153, McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, NAY. For information on vinyl ester resins see the Shell Chemical Company Technical Bulletins mentioned above.
The compositions of the present invention can exhibit good pump ability and flow in the mold. They can give rapid cures as low as 50 to 90 seconds at 300F. They, also, show good adhesion to paints and can be used not only as an in-mold coating to cover blemishes but as a good conductive coating for electrostatic painting and as a primer for most paint finish systems such as soluble acrylic lacquers, acrylic dispersion lacquers, water borne acrylic enamels, high solids solution acrylic enamels, acrylic non-aqueous dispersions and urethanes.
The following example will serve to illustrate the present invention with more particularity to those skilled in the art.
In the example, the parts are parts by weight unless otherwise indicated.

Example In-Mold Coating Composition Parts By Mdteridl Weight __ __ ___ . _ LP-40A 75.0 Styrenes 32.0 Hydroxypropylmethacrylate 30.0 Trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate 12.0 Polyoxyethylene glycol 600 dimeth- 3.0 acrylate, molecular weight of about 770~ C36H6617
2% benzoquinone in styrenes 8.0 A. All of the above were mixed well Zinc Stewart 0.90 15 Calcium Stewart 1.35 Cobalt octet (12% as Co in 0.12 mineral oil) B. The Zen, Cay and Co materials were aided Jo A. and mixed well 20 CargiIl Resin 1570 (non-volatile diacrylate 85.0 ester of a liquid Bisphenol A epoxy resin, Car gill Corp.) C. Added 1570 to A. and B. and mixed well D. Blended with A. B. and C were 25 VULCAN CRY (N472, Conductive furnace 10 carbon black, Cabot Corp.) and MIX I ~RSC Talc (Hydrous magnesium 80 silicate, Cyprus Industrial Minerals Corp.) Brook field Viscosity of the in-mold coating composition at 86F, #7 spindle 100 rum was 14,800 cups.
Gel times on total in-mold coating composition at 230F, minutes/peak temp. DO
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i 1 part TBPB/100 parts in-mold coating composition 13.1/374F
1.5 parts TBPB/100 parts in-mold coating composition 8.3/358F
IBPB (Tertiary bottle perbenzoate) LP-40A - BOOKLET -okay% by weight carboxylated polyvinyl I acetate, acid No. 2.3-2.7, in styrenes viscosity of 5,000 centipoises at 25C, specific gravity at 25/25C of 0.997, solidification temperature of -30C, storage stability of ~30 days at 120F, Union Carbide Corp.
When the in-mold composition was cured on an SAC (FRY) substrate in a mold for 60 seconds at 300F and 1000 psi, the following properties were obtained on testing the coating (1.5 mix thickness):
Hardness pencil* at cay 75F F to H
Hardness pencil* at 290-300F 3B
Solvent Resistance (rub test, to rub off coating) methyl ethyl kitten good ethylene chloride good Ransberg meter reading (top of scale) 165~
In comparison a similar in-mold coating composition in which polyvinyl acetate was used in place of the carboxylated polyvinyl acetate and in which all of the trimethylol propane trimethacrylate was replaced with an equal amount of polyoxyethylene glycol 600 dimethacrylate gave after in-mold coating on an SAC (FRY) substrate the following results:
25 Hardness pencil* at cay 75F F
Hardness pencil* at 290-300F 6B
Solvent resistance (rub test) methyl ethyl kitten Fair ethylene chloride Poor 30 Ransberg meter reading (conductivity) 165+
*ASTM D3363-74 (Reproved 1980) Softer Harder or Jo

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Claims
1. A composition useful as a thermosetting coating composition comprising (a) 100 parts by weight of at least one polymerizable epoxy based oligomer having at least two acrylate groups and a weight average molecular weight of from about 500 to 1,500, (b) from about 80 to 160 parts by weight of at least one copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer, (c) from about 10 to 120 parts by weight of at least one copolymerizable monoethylenically unsaturated compound having a -CO- group and a -NH2, -NH- and/or -OH
group, (d) from about 20 to 90 parts by weight of carboxylated polyvinyl acetate having an acid number of from about 1.5 to 4, (e) from about 0.2 to 5 parts by weight of at least one zinc salt of a fatty acid having at least 10 carbon atoms, (f) from about 0.01 to 1.0 part by weight of at least one accelerator for a peroxide initiator, (g) from about 5 to 30 parts by weight of conductive carbon black, (h) from about 50 to 155 parts by weight of a filler, (i) a copolymerizable or cocurable diacrylate compound having a weight average molecular weight of from about 250 to 5,000 and being at least one polyoxyalkylene glycol oligomer having two acrylate groups and (j) at least one copolymerizable tri or tetra acrylate having an average molecular weight of from about 250 to 1,000, the total of (i) and (j) being from about 5 to 120 parts by weight and the weight ratio of (i) to (j) being from about 10:1 to 1:10 and (k) at least one calcium salt of a fatty acid having at least 10 carbon atoms in an amount of from about 0.2 to 5 parts by weight.
2. A composition according to claim 1 containing additionally at least one organic free radical peroxide initiator in an amount of up to about 5% by weight based on the weight of the polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated materials.
3. A composition according to claim 1 where (h) comprises talc.
4. A composition according to claim 1 where (a) is a diacrylate ester of a liquid Bisphenol A
epoxy resin, (b) is styrene, (c) is hydroxypropyl methacrylate, (e) is zinc stearate, (f) is cobalt octoate, (h) is talc, (i) is polyoxyethylene glycol dimethacrylate having a molecular weight of about 770, (j) is trimethylol propane trimethacrylate and (k) is calcium stearate.
5. A method which comprises in-mold coating a molded thermoset polyester resin or thermoset vinyl ester resin glass fiber composition containing from about 10 to 75% by weight of glass fibers with a thermosetting in-mold coating composition under pressure, at a temperature and for a period of time sufficient to cure said in-mold coating composition to form an adherent thermoset coating on said molded thermoset resin glass fiber composition, said in-mold coating composition comprising (a) 100 parts by weight of at least one polymerizable epoxy based oligomer having at least two acrylate groups and a weight average molecular weight of from about 500 to 1,500, (b) from about 80 to 160 parts by weight of at least one copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer, (c) From about 10 to 120 parts by weight of at least one copolymerizable monoethylenically unsaturated compound having a -CO- group and a -NH2, -NH- and/or -OH
group, (d) from about 20 to 90 parts by weight of carboxylated polyvinyl acetate having an acid number of from about 1.5 to 4, (e) from about 0.2 to 5 parts by weight of at least one zinc salt of a fatty acid having at least 10 carbon atoms, (f) from about 0.01 to 1.0 part by weight of at least one accelerator for a peroxide initiator, (g) from about 5 to 30 parts by weight of conductive carbon black, (h) from about 50 to 155 parts by weight of a filler, (i) a copolymerizable or cocurable diacrylate compound having a weight average molecular weight of from about 250 to 5,000 and being at least one polyoxyalkylene glycol oligomer having two acrylate groups, (j) at least one copolymerizable tri or tetra acrylate having an average molecular weight of from about 250 to 1,000, the total of (i) and (j) being from about 5 to 120 parts by weight and the weight ratio of (i) to (j) being from about 10:1 to 1:10, (k) at least one calcium salt of a fatty acid having at least 10 carbon atoms in an amount of from about 0.2 to 5 parts by weight and at least one organic free radical peroxide initiator in an amount of up to about 5% by weight based on the weight of the polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated materials.
6. A method according to claim 5 where (h) comprises talc.
7. A method according to claim 5 where (a) is a diacrylate ester of a liquid Bisphenol A
epoxy resin, (b) is styrene, (c) is hydroxypropyl methacrylate, (e) is zinc stearate, (f) is cobalt octoate, (h) is talc, (i) is polyoxyethylene glycol dimethacrylate having a molecular weight of about 770 (j) is trimethylol propane trimethacrylate, (k) is calcium stearate and said initiator is tertiary butyl perbenzoate.
8. A laminate comprising an adherent, thermoset in-mold coating composition in-mold coated onto a molded thermoset polyester resin or thermoset vinyl ester resin glass fiber composition containing from about 10 to 75% by weight of glass fibers, said in-mold coating composition comprising the reaction product of 100 parts by weight of at least one polymerizable epoxy based oligomer having at least two acrylate groups and a weight average molecular weight of from about 500 to 1,500, from about 80 to 160 parts by weight of at least one copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer, from about 10 to 120 parts by weight of at least one copolymerizable monoethylenically unsaturated compound having a -CO- group and a -NH2, -NH-and/or -OH group, (I) a copolymerizable or cocurable diacrylate compound having a weight average molecular weight of from about 250 to 5,000 and being at least one polyoxyalkylene glycol oligomer having two acrylate groups, (II) at least one copolymerizable tri or tetra acrylate having an average molecular weight of from about 250 to 1,000, the total of (I) and (II) being from about 5 to 120 parts by weight and the weight ratio of (I) to (II) being from about 10:1 to 1:10, in admixture with from about 20 to 90 parts by weight of carboxylated polyvinyl acetate having an acid number of from about 1.5 to 4, from about 0.2 to 5 parts by weight of at least one zinc salt of a fatty acid having at least 10 carbon atoms, at least one calcium salt of a fatty acid having at least 10 carbon atoms in an amount of from about 0.2 to 5 parts by weight, from about 5 to 30 parts by weight of conductive carbon black and from about 50 to 155 parts by weight of a filler.
9. A laminate according to claim 8 in which in said in-mold coating composition said filler comprises talc.
10. A laminate according to claim 8 in which in said in-mold coating composition said epoxy based oligomer is a diacrylate ester of a liquid Bisphenol A epoxy resin, said ethylenically unsaturated monomer is styrene, said monoethylenically unsaturated compound is hydroxy propyl methacrylate, said (I) copolymerizable or cocurable diacrylate compound is polyoxyethylene glycol dimethacrylate having a molecular weight of about 770, said (II) tri or tetra acrylate is trimethylol propane trimethacrylate, said filler comprises talc, said zinc salt is zinc stearate and said calcium salt is calcium stearate.
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