A UV curable waterbome polyurethane acrylate dispersion (WPUD) was prepared by epoxy modification and four kinds of crosslinking such as polyol internal crosslinking, hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI trirner) crosslinking modification, using curing agent and by UV irradiation, as well as addition of pentaerythritol triacrylate (PETA) as grafting compound. The influence of epoxy modification and the content of PETA on coating properties were studied. The results indicated that the WPUD film obtained from epoxy modification and synthesized with 2.5% HDI trimer and 13.6% PETA has a water absorption of 6.3%, acetone scrubbing resistance of 360 times and pendulum hardness of 0.79. The film is up to or exceeds the requirement of solvent UV curable coatings.
ultraviolet curable coatingwaterborne polyurethane coatingepoxy modificationmultiple crosslinkingwater absorptiongrafting ratio