for a sufficient time to form a wet uncured coating comprising solids derived from the organic film-forming resin; contacting the wet uncured coating before it dries with an aqueous treatment solution that has an ad- justed pH from 7 to 11 wherein prior to the adjustment of the pH the solution consists essentially of water and at least one com- ponent selected from the group consisting of the following inorganic acids and salts thereof, molybdic acid, tungstic acid, poly- phosphoric acid, and polysilicic acid wherein the total concentration is 0.1 to 50 g/L; and drying the wet uncured coating into a dry solid coating.

T h i c k F i l m C o a t i n g C o m p o s i t i o n f o r M e t a l u.s. Patent 5,688,598. Nov. 18, 1997 M.T. Keck et al., assignors to Morton International Inc., Chicago

A nonblistering, thick-film primer coating composition, which comprises a hydroxy- functional polyester resin; a hydroxy-termi- hal polybutadiene resin; a blocked isocyanate crosslinker; an aminoplast crosslinker; and, a

catalyst; which components comprise the resin solids of the primer composition, and the balance of the primer composition com- prises a pigment and a solvent.

A n o d i z e d A l u m i n u m S u b s t r a t e H a v i n g I n c r e a s e d B r e a k d o w n V o l t a g e u.s. Patent 5,688,606. Nov. 18, 1997 D. Mahulikar et al., assignors to Olin Corp., New Haven, Conn.

A component for electronic applications comprising an anodizable metal core; an anodic film containing pores having first and second opposing surfaces bonded to the core; and a dielectric polymer filling the pores and constituting a continuous film that coats the anodic film except for the first surface having a thickness of 0.0025 to 0.051 mm and being effective to reduce the average surface roughness of the component.

A c i d i c C l e a n i n g S o l u t i o n f o r A l u m i n u m u.s. Patent 5,688,755. Nov. 18, 1997

S. Ikeda and M. Kamimura, assignors to Nippon Paint Co. Ltd., Osaka, Japan

An acidic cleaning aqueous solution for aluminum and aluminum alloy com- prising at least one inorganic acid to pro- duce a pH of at most 2; oxidized metal ions; at least one surfactant; and 0.1 to 5 g/L of a mixture of at least one dihydric alcohol selected from the group consist- ing of l+2-butanediol and 1,2-pentanediol and at least one trihydric alcohol having at least two hydroxyl groups directly cou- pled with respect to two adjacent carbon atoms of a principal chain within one molecule.

E p o x y P o w d e r C o a t i n g w i t h W r i n k l e F i n i s h U.S. Patent 5,688,878. Nov. 18, 1997 O.H. Decker et al., assignors to Morton International Inc., Chicago

A powder coating composition adapted to provide a wrinkled finish, comprising an epoxy resin, a catalyst, and a curing agent, wherein the curing agent comprises meth- ylenedisalicylic acid.

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