WATER-BORNE BINDERS FOR PRIMER-SURFACER COATING COMPOSITIONS

1 - 12 . (canceled)

13 . A water-borne coating binder ABC comprising a mixture of a curing agent C selected from the group consisting of capped isocyanates C1 based on aliphatic isocyanates, and aminoplast curing agents C2, and a reaction product AB made by at least partial esterification of a hydroxyl group-containing polyester A and an acid groups-containing polyurethane B, wherein the polyesters A are made by polyesterification of aliphatic linear branched or cyclic alcohols A1 which are at least difunctional, and of aliphatic linear branched or cyclic carboxylic acids A2 which are at least difunctional, wherein the amounts of A1 and A2 subjected to polyesterification are chosen in a way that the sum n(OH) of the amounts of substance of alcoholic hydroxyl groups in A1 and the sum n(H) of the amounts of substance of acidic hydrogen groups in the acids A2 are in a ratio n(OH):n(H) of from 1.08 to 1.01, and wherein the polyurethane B is made by polyaddition of isocyanate-functional compounds B1 having an average isocyanate functionality of more than one, and of hydroxy functional compounds B2 having an average hydroxyl functionality of more than 1, and wherein at least a mass fraction of 20% of the compounds B2 are such compounds B21 which have at least one acid group that is less reactive towards isocyanate groups than the hydroxyl groups of the said compounds B21, wherein each of A and B comprise not more than 20% of the amount of substance of their educts A1, A2, B1, and B2, of molecules comprising aromatic structures.

14 . The water-borne coating binder of claim 13 , wherein the polyester A has a hydroxyl number of from 100 mg/g to 500 mg/g, and an acid number of from 15 mg/g to 50 mg/g.

15 . The water-borne coating binder of claim 13 , wherein the polyurethane B has an acid number of from 50 mg/g to 180 mg/g.

16 . The water-borne coating binder of claim 13 , wherein the alcohols A1 are aliphatic linear branched or cyclic alcohols having two hydroxyl groups and from 2 to 10 carbon atoms.

17 . The water-borne coating binder of claim 13 , wherein the carboxylic acids A2 are aliphatic linear branched or cyclic dicarboxylic acids having from 3 to 10 carbon atoms.

18 . The water-borne coating binder of claim 13 , wherein in the condensation of the polyesters A, linear, branched or cyclic hydroxycarboxylic acids A12 are also used, selected from the group consisting of hydroxyacetic acid, 2-hydroxypropionic acid, 3-hydroxypropionic acid, 4-hydroxybutyric acid, 5-hydroxyvaleric acid, 6-hydroxycaproic acid, their chain-branched methylated and ethylated homologues, and 2-, 3- and 4-hydroxymethyl cyclohexanecarboxylic acids.

19 . The water-borne coating binder of claim 13 , wherein in the synthesis of the polyurethane B, the compounds B21 are dihydroxycarboxylic acids having from 4 to 12 carbon atoms and one or two carboxylic acid groups.

20 . The water-borne coating binder of claim 19 , wherein the compounds B21 are selected from the group consisting of dimethylol acetic acid, dimethylol propionic acid, and dimethylol butyric acid.

21 . The water-borne coating binder of claim 13 , wherein the isocyanate-functional compounds B1 are selected from the group consisting of tetramethylene-1,4-diisocyanate, hexamethylene-1,6-diisocyanate, 1,4-diisocyanatocycloxane, bis-(4-isocyanatocyclohexyl)-methane, isophorone diisocyanate, bis(4-isocyanatocyclohexyl)methane, and bis(4-isocyanato-methyl)cyclohexane.

22 . A process to make the water-borne coating binder of claim 13 , wherein in separate reactions,

preparing a hydroxyl group-containing polyester A by polyesterification of aliphatic linear branched or cyclic alcohols A1 which are at least difunctional, and of aliphatic linear branched or cyclic carboxylic acids A2 which are at least difunctional, wherein the amounts of A1 and A2 subjected to polyesterification are chosen in a way that the sum n(OH) of the amounts of substance of alcoholic hydroxyl groups in A1 and the sum n(H) of the amounts of substance of acidic hydrogen groups in the acids A2 are in a ratio n(OH):n(H) of from 1.08 to 1.01, and

making an acid groups-containing polyurethane B by polyaddition of isocyanate-functional compounds B1 having an average isocyanate functionality of more than one, and of hydroxy functional compounds B2 having an average hydroxyl functionality of more than 1, and wherein at least a mass fraction of 20% of the compounds B2 are such compounds B21 which have at least one acid group that is less reactive towards isocyanate groups than the hydroxyl groups of the said compounds B21,

and in a further step, subjecting the hydroxyl group-containing polyester A and the acid groups-containing polyurethane B to a condensation step under esterifying conditions.

23 . The process of claim 22 wherein the esterification reaction is conducted until the reaction product AB has an acid number of from 30 mg/g to 50 mg/g.

24 . A method of use of the water-borne coating binders of claim 13 to prepare a primer-surface coating composition comprising mixing the condensation products AB with a curing agent C selected from the group consisting of capped aliphatic isocyanates and aminoplast curing agents, neutralising the resulting mixture, adding thereto at least one of fillers, wetting agents, and pigments, homogenising this mixture, and completing the coating composition by addition of further binder of claim 13 , and water.