Water borne acrylamide based curing agents were prepared from acrylamide, formalin and methanol. The curing agents were characterized for their various physico-chemical characteristics. High performance coatings based on water compatible epoxies and above curing agent were than prepared by blending them in a various ratio's. The coating compositions were cured at 150°C/15 min and the cured films evaluated for their performance properties. The films were also characterized by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and DSC. The comparative evaluation was carried out with the conventional water borne system from epoxy and amino resin. The study reveals that satisfactory performance of the cured film was obtained with certain coating composition. Thus environment friendly water borne epoxy coating prepared as above can be used as high performance coatings.
