Non-aqueous polyurethane coating compositions

1. A non-aqueous coating composition comprising:

1) 75 to 99 wt. % of a hard unsaturated urethane(meth)acrylate polymer or oligomer; and

2) 1 to 25 wt. % of a soft unsaturated urethane(meth)acrylate polymer or oligomer containing allophanate groups;

wherein the total wt. % of components 1) and 2) add up to 100%.

2. The coating composition of claim 1 comprising 85 to 95 wt. % of component 1) and 5 to 15 wt. % of component 2).

3. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising 3) up to 500% by weight based on the total weight of components 1) and 2), of solvent(s) or a copolymerizable monomer(s) that does not contain urethane groups as reactive diluents.

4. A glass substrate coated with the non-aqueous coating composition of claim 1 .

5. The coating composition of claim 1 , wherein component 1) is prepared by reacting

i) one or more organic polyisocyanates, and

ii) one or more —NH or —OH functional compounds, and

iii) 1) from 0 to about 100% by weight, of a mono-, di-, tri- or poly-hydroxyl-C 1 -C 10 -aikyl or C 6 -C 10 -aryl (meth)acrylate;

2) from 0 to 100% by weight of an unsaturated (meth) acrylate polyol based on a compound selected from the group consisting of polyesters, polyethers, polythioethers, polyacetals, polycarbonates, dimer fatty alcohols and/or esteramides, in each case with number average molecular weights of from 400 to 8000 g/mol; or

3) the combination of iii) 1) and ii) 2), wherein the percents by weight of components iii) 1), iii) 2) are based on the total weight of components iii)]) and iii)2) and total 100%,

at an isocyanate to hydroxyl equivalent ratio of from about 0.9:1 to about 1:0.9.

6. The coating composition of claim 1 , wherein component 1) is prepared by reacting

i) one or more organic polyisocyanates, and

ii) one or more —NH or —OH functional compounds having a number average molecular weight of from about 60 to about 600, and

iii) 1) from 0 to about 100% by weight, of a mono-, di-, tri- or poly-hydroxyl-C 1 -C 10 -alkyl or C 6 -C 10 -aryl(meth)acrylate;

2) from 0 to 100% by weight of an unsaturated (meth)acrylate polyol based on a compound selected from the group consisting of polyesters, polyethers, polythioethers, polyacetals, polycarbonates, dimer fatty alcohols and/or esteramides, in each case with number average molecular weights of from 400 to 8 000 g/mol; or

3) the combination of iii) 1) and ii) 2), wherein the percents by weight of components iii)1), iii)2) are based on the total weight of components iii)1) and iii)2) and total 100%,

at an isocyanate to hydroxyl equivalent ratio of from about 0.9:1 to about 1:0.9.

7. The coating composition of claim 6 , wherein component i) is selected from the group consisting of butylene diisocyanate, hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI), isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI), 3(4)-isocyanatomethyl-methylcyclohexyl isocyanate (IMCI), trimethylhexamethylene diisocyanate (2,2,4 and/or 2,4,4-trimethyl-hexamethylene diisocyanate), the isomeric bis(4,4′-isocyanato-cyclohexyl)methanes (H 12 MDI), the isomeric bis(isocyanatomethyl)-methylcyclohexanes, isocyanatomethyl-1,8-octane diisocyanate, 1,4-cyclohexylene diisocyanate, 1,4-phenylene diisocyanate, 2,4- and/or 2,6-toluylene diisocyanate (TDI), 1,5-naphthylene diisocyanate, 2,4′- and/or 4,4′-diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), triphenylmethane-4,4′,4″-triisocyanate and mixtures thereof, their derivatives having a urethane, isocyanurate, allophanate, biuret, uretdione, iminooxadiazinedione structure and mixtures thereof.

8. The coating composition of claim 6 , wherein component ii) is selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol; diethylene glycol; triethylene glycol; propylene glycol; dipropylene glycol; butane diols; hexane diols; glycerin; trimethylolethane; trimethylolpropane; pentaerythritol; hexane triols; mannitol; sorbitol; glucose; fructose; mannose; sucrose; propoxylated and/or ethoxylated adducts of any of the above-noted hydroxy functional materials having number average molecular weights of up to about 600; ethylene diamine; 1,2-diaminopropane; 1,4-diaminobutane; 1,6-diaminohexane; 2,5-dimethylhexane; 2,2,4-and/or 2,4,4-trimethyl-1,6-diaminohexane; 1,11-diaminoundecane; 1,12-diaminododecane; 1-amino-3,3,5-trimethyl-5-aminomethyl-cyclohexane; 2,4- and/or 2,6-hexahydrotoluylene diamine; 2,4′- and/or 4,4′-diamino-dicyclohexyl methane; 3,3′-dimethyl-4,4′-diamino-dicyclohexyl methane; 2,4-and/or 2,6-diaminotoluene and 2,4′- and/or 4,4′-diaminodiphenyl methane.

9. The coating composition of claim 1 , wherein component 2) has a residual monomer content of less than 0.5% by weight and an NCO content of less than 1% by weight, and is prepared by reacting

A) compounds containing isocyanate groups,

B) hydroxy-functional compounds which contain groups which react, with polymerization, with ethylenically unsaturated compounds on exposure to actinic radiation (radiation-curing groups) and

C) optionally further compounds containing NCO-reactive groups

D) optionally in the presence of a catalyst are used to form NCO-group-containing urethanes having radiation-curing groups, which are subsequently reacted, without further addition of compounds containing isocyanate groups, in the presence of

E) an allophanatization catalyst, the ratio of NCO groups of the compounds from A) to the OH groups of the compounds from B) and, where used, C) being 1.45:1.0 to 1.1:1.0.

10. The composition of claim 9 , wherein component A) is selected from the group consisting of 2,4-/2,6-toluene diisocyanate (TDI), methylenediphenyl diisocyanate (MDI), triisocyanatononane (TIN), naphthyl diisocyanate (NDI), 4,4′-diisocyanatodicyclohexylmethane, 3-isocyanatomethyl-3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexyl isocyanate(isophorone diisocyanate=IPDI), tetramethylene diisocyanate, hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI), 2-methylpentamethylene diisocyanate, 2,2,4-trimethylhexamethylene diisocyanate (THDI), dodecamethylene diisocyanate, 1,4-diisocyanatocyclohexane, 4,4′-diisocyanato-3,3′-dimethyldicyclohexylmethane, 2,2-bis(4-isocyanatocyclohexyl)propane, 3-isocyanatomethyl-1-methyl-1-isocyanato-cyclohexane (MCI), 1,3-diisooctylcyanato-4-methylcyclohexane, 1,3-diisocyanato-2-methylcyclohexane and α,α,α′,α′-tetramethyl-m- or -p-xylylene diisocyanate (TMXDI), polyisocyanates containing uretdione or isocyanurate groups, isocyanate-terminated prepolymers and mixtures thereof.

11. The composition of claim 9 , wherein component B) is selected from the group consisting of 2-hydroxyethyl(meth)acrylate, polyethylene oxide mono(meth)acrylate, polypropylene oxide mono(meth)acrylate, polyalkylene oxide mono(meth)acrylate, poly(ε-caprolactone)mono(meth)acrylates, 2-hydroxypropyl(meth)acrylate, 4-hydroxybutyl(meth)acrylate, hydroxybutyl vinyl ether, 3-hydroxy-2,2-dimethylpropyl(meth)acrylate, glyceryl di(meth)acrylate, trimethylolpropane di(meth)acrylate, pentaerythritol tri(meth)acrylate or dipentaerythritol penta(meth)acrylate.

12. The composition of claim 9 , wherein component C) is selected from the group consisting of hydroxy polyethers, hydroxy polyesters, hydroxy polycarbonates and mixtures thereof.

13. The glass substrate of claim 12 , wherein the coating composition has an appearance selected, from the group consisting of transparent, pigmented, high gloss, matte, and frosted.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the actinic radiation is electron beam radiation.

15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising prior to, or simultaneous with step 1), pre-treating the glass substrate with an adhesion promoter.

16. A glass bottle coated with the non-aqueous coating composition of claim 1 .

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the actinic radiation is UV radiation.

18. A method of coating a glass substrate comprising:

1) applying the non-aqueous coating composition of claim 1 to at least a portion of a glass substrate; and

2) exposing the coating composition to a source of actinic radiation.