Radiation cured microvoid coatings

摘要

This invention provides a process for preparing self-pigmented ultraviolet cured coating compositions, which involves preparing a dispersion of water in certain polyunsaturated ultraviolet curable monomers at a solids level of about 35 to about 85 weight percent, applying the dispersion as a coating on a substrate and curing the substrate coating by exposure to ultraviolet light. These cured compositions have utility as self-pigmented protective coatings.