Herbert F Price

US Patent:

39718735, Jul 27, 1976

Filed:

Apr 23, 1974

Appl. No.:

5/463341

Inventors:

Herbert K. Price - Richmond VA

Assignee:

Reynolds Metals Company - Richmond VA

International Classification:

B32B 1508
B32B 2730

US Classification:

428463

Abstract:

Automotive vehicle bumpers and other articles made of heat-treatable age hardenable aluminum base alloys and having a high spectral reflectance of the order of 95-99% are obtained by applying to the surface of the article which has been previously bright-dipped, an organic solvent solution of a resinous coating composition consisting essentially of (a) a terpolymer of vinyl chloride, vinyl acetate, and maleic acid, and (b) a lower alkyl methacrylate monomer, and curing at a temperature between about 250. degree. and 275. degree. F.