A curable coating composition with holdout capability, and methods of use thereof,
useful in providing a chip resistant two-tone finish in a reduced number of coating
steps and curing cycles, which contains a hydroxyl-functional polyester resin,
or a plurality of hydroxyl-functional polyester resins, with an average hydroxyl
functionality of at least 2.1, a hydroxyl number of 75 to 400 mg KOH/g, a number
average molecular weight of 1,000 to 10,000, an acid number of 1 to 30; a curing
agent; and, a barium sulfate pigment This invention is also directed to method
for coating a substrate with the above coating composition. In one embodiment,
the method comprises (1) applying a holdout capable chip resistant primer coating
composition of the forgoing character to an accent area of a electrodeposition
primed substrate, (2) applying a primer surfacer coating composition to an adjacent
non-accent area of the substrate, (3) applying an accent color basecoating composition
wet-on-wet to the chip resistant primer coating composition in the accent area,
(4) curing the composite coated substrate in a first bake, (5) covering the accent
area with a protective membrane, (6) applying a main color basecoating composition
over the unmasked area, (7) removing the protective membrane from the accent area,
(8) applying a clear coating composition wet-on-wet to all faces of the substrate,
and then (9) curing the composite two-toned coated substrate in a second bake,
is also claimed. Further claimed is a substrate coated by the aforementioned coating
and methods.