This article reports on new UV-curable MA oligomers, present their properties as viscous liquids and their outstanding properties as cured MAs (thin films).
Melamine formaldehyde (MF) resins are widely used in industry. They belong to a class of amino resins that are used as crosslinkers for thermoset coatings. MF resins co-react with polyester, alkyd, epoxy, polyurethane and acrylic resins to impart hardness, durability, chemical resistance and heat resistance to many industrial coatings.(1,2) Such mixtures of resins are cured at high temperatures.