Thermosetting acrylic copolymer compositions

摘要

Thermosetting acrylic copolymer compositions useful in coating applications are disclosed. The acrylic polymer has a weight average molecular weight of about 15,000 to 100,000 and contains from about 2 to 20 percent by weight of an alkyl ester of an unsaturated carboxylic acid containing from 14 to 20 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, for example, stearyl methacrylate. The compositions are particularly useful as water-based exterior coatings for automobiles and trucks.