without the presence of a primer they can also be applied to other suitably treated substrates such as cellulosics leather ceramics glass and plastics they can be applied by any conventional method of application such as spray dip roll or brush coating or by electrostatic methods in this latter case high resistivity of the coating composition is an important factor as discussed above the coating composition of this invention are useful as general industrial coatings for example in the appliance industry and provide coatings having excellent solvent and stain resistance resistance to weathering and corrosive conditions forward and reverse impact hardness high gloss etc in the following examples illustrating the invention all parts are by weight unless otherwise indicated epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent of 875 1000 and a gardner holdt viscosity of a 40 solution in butyl dioxitol at 25 u00b0 c of q u 1800 g is dissolved in a mixture of 600 g of xylene and 600 g of methyl ethyl ketone to 625 g of this solution is added with stirring 86 g of a 40 ptsa solution in isopropanol an exothermic reaction ensues which subsides in 2 min mixing is continued for 6 hr to reach a constant acid number of 6 9 a pigment dispersion is prepared from the following ingredients by sand milling ______________________________________hexamethoxymethylmelamine 463 0 g acrylic rheology control agent at 60 solids composition butyl acrylate styrene hydroxyethyl acrylate acrylic acid 38 50 8 4 solvent composition cellosolve acetate n butanol aliphatic hydro carbon 61 8 31 234 9 g dispersant at 48 solids an isocyanate modified methyl methacrylate 2 ethylhexyl acrylate 63 37 polymer capped with mercaptosuccinic acid described.