12 December 2019

Setalux XCS 1518 BA-45

- A new CPO acrylic adhesion promoter resin for plastic coatings

Distributor meeting, December 2019.

Jack van den Berge

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 Introduction

• Plastic parts are increasingly used in car manufacturing.

- Estimation is 13 kg plastic for every car produced.
- Consequently, coating of plastic substrates becomes increasingly important as well.
- Poly Propylene (PP) is one of the substrate types and mostly used for “bumper”.

• Drawback of especially PP is the direct adhesion of paint on untreated PP due to:

- Low surface tension.
- Inert (no polar anchor groups).
- Non porous.

Substrate Surface energy (dynes / cm)

Glass 70
Stainless steel 64
Aluminium 59
Pretreated steel 45
Thermoplastic polyolefins (TPO) 30.5

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Introduction

• Adhesion can be improved by

- Physical activation – Power - and manual washing.
- Chemical activation – Flaming, plasma- and corona treatment.
- Chlorinated Poly Olefine (CPO) primer – common adhesion promotor for PP.
• Drawbacks
- Activation.
- Extra process step.
- Not always sufficient to achieve good adhesion.
- CPO primer.
- Extra paint layer.
- Very low solids (5 – 7%) with no hiding power.
- Film thickness control
- Thin film : insufficient coverage possible.
- Thick film : delamination.
- Cold blend of CPO with acrylic resin (2nd generation)
- Resin – and Paint stability issue.
• 3rd Generation
- CPO modified acrylic resin: Setalux XCS 1518 BA - 45.

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CPO modified acrylic resin: SETALUX® XCS 1518 BA-45

• Resin Properties.
OH value (on resin solids) 26.4 mg KOH / g
OH value (as supplied) 11.9 mg KOH / g
Solid content 45 %
Solvent Butyl acetate
Viscosity (at 23 ⁰C) 3 – 10 Pa.s
Acid value (on resin solids) 6 – 12 mg KOH / g

- Stable, turbid resin.

- No changes in viscosity or particle fineness when stored at 40 °C or -10 °C for 15 days.
- High compatibility with standard paint resins, solvents and additives.
- Apart from 1K - , also 2K formulations possible due to presence of OH.
4 60
Resin viscosity in time: stable 58 Primer viscosity in time: stable
3.5 56
3 54
Vis. Sec. Din-4
Vis. , Pa.s

52
2.5 50
2 48
46
1.5 44
42
1
0 5 10 15
40
0 5 10 15
Days @40℃ Days @40℃
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CPO modified acrylic resin: SETALUX® XCS 1518 BA-45

- Although the best solvent for PP, use of toluene is avoided for HSE reasons.
Solvent % swelling of TPO
ethanol 2
MEK 4
Butyl acetate 5
Aromatic 100 16
Xylene 17
Heptane 17
Toluene 18

- Elimination of paint layers possible with economic advantages

Clear coat (40 – 50 µm) Clear coat (40 – 50 µm) Topcoat + CPO acrylic(40 – 50 µm)

Basecoat (10 – 20 µm) Basecoat + CPO acrylic (10 – 20 µm) Plastic substrate

Primer (≈ 30 µm) Plastic substrate

CPO adhesion promotor (≈ 10 µm)

Plastic substrate

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1K white Topcoat direct on PP - Formulation

Weight Function Supplier

SETALUX® XCS 1518 BA-45 439 CPO mod. acrylic polyol allnex
ADDITOL® VXL 6212N 5 Dispersing agent allnex
Bentone SD-2 2 Anti-settling agent Elementis
Xylene 150
Ti-pure R-706 183 Pigment Chemours

Grind to < 10 µm, and add

Methyl isobutyl ketone 50

Xylene 169
MODAFLOW® 9200 2 Levelling agent allnex

Total 1000

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1K white Topcoat direct on PP - Results

Tack-free time (RT, 90 µm wet) (h:mm) 0:08

Dry-through time (RT, 90 µm wet) (h:mm) 0:18
Sprayability Good

When cured at 60 ⁰C, 15 min, 8 – 15 µm

Gloss - 20⁰ 6
Gloss - 60⁰ 43
Adhesion on PP Very good
Appearance Very good

Sprayed on PP as primer with basecoat and clearcoat on top

Adhesion Excellent
Wet adhesion – 10 d @ 40 ⁰C immersion Very good – no blisters
Wet adhesion – 2 h @ 100 ⁰C immersion Very good
Wet adhesion – appearance No whitening
Wet adhesion – gloss retention 100%
Recoatability Very good
Flexibility – 2 h @ -5 ⁰C Very good

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2K Topcoat direct on PP - Formulation

• Similar formulation as 1K Topcoat.

• Addition of isocyanate (NCO : OH = 2.6 : 1).
• 30 µm dry layer thickness.
• Drying at room temperature.

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1K and 2K Topcoat direct on PP – Dry Times

Dry Times
60

50

40

30

20

10

0
Set-to-touch Tack-Free Dry-Hard Dry-Through

1K White Monocoat 2K White Monocoat

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1K and 2K Topcoat direct on PP – Solvent Resistance

Solvent Resistance

2K White Monocoat

1K White Monocoat

0 100 200 300 400 500 600

Xylene double Rubs MEK double Rubs

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1K and 2K Topcoat direct on PP – Water Resistance

1K white monocoat 2K white monocoat

Wet adhesion (7 d immersion)
PP Good Good
PC/ABS Good Good
Boiling water (1 h)
PP Good Good
PC/ABS Good Good

QCT 1K white monocoat 2K white monocoat

6h Good Good
24 h Few small blisters Good
48 h Few small blisters Good
168 h Few small blisters Few small blisters

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1K and 2K Topcoat direct on PP – Chemical Resistance

Chemical Spot 75 F/ 1 hr 1K White Monocoat 2K White Monocoat

Dot 3 Brake Fluid 5
Dextron 3 Transmission Fluid 5
Skydrol Hydraulic Fluid 4
Diesel Fuel 5
Gasoline 4
Antifreeze 5
0.1 N HCl 5
25% H2SO4 5
25% NaOH 5 5
GM Suntan Lotion solution (Balanced Beam S&M) 2 4
Insect Repellant (Balanced Beam S&M) 2 4

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2K Topcoat direct on PP – Weathering Resistance

• QUV-B durability

16 1.2

14
1
12
0.8
10
Gloss 20

8 0.6

dE
6
0.4
4
0.2
2

0 0
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500
Time (h) Time (h)

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Conclusions

• SETALUX® XCS 1518 BA-45 is a stable, compatible CPO modified acrylic resin
- Good adhesion on PP (TPO in general)
- 1K and 2K formulations possible.
- No need to use toluene  HSE benefit!
- Excellent water resistance.
- Excellent resistance to several chemicals (2K).
- Very good durability.
- Possibility to eliminate layers  economic advantage.

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