aminophenyl methane bis 4 aminocyclohexyl methane 1 8 diaminonaphthalene 1 3 pentanediamine and 2 3 1 aziridinyl propionyloxymethyl 1 3 bis 3 2 methyl 1 aziridinyl propionyloxymethyl 2 ethylpropane trimethylolpropane tris 2 methyl 1 aziridinepropionate and combinations thereof it is preferred that the alkanolamines employed in the present method contain from 2 22 carbon atoms examples of alkanolamines which are suitable for use in the present method include but are not limited to the following monoethanolamine diethanolamine triethanolamine tris hydroxymethyl aminomethane n methylethanolamine n methyldiethanolamine n ethyldiethanolamine n butyldiethanolamine n phenyldiethanolamine n ethyl 2 aminobenzyl alcohol 3 aminobenzyl alcohol 4 aminobenzyl alcohol 2 aminocyclohexanol 3 aminocyclohexanol 4 aminocyclohexanol 2 2 aminoethoxy ethanol 2 2 aminoethylamino ethanol u03b1 1 aminoethyl benzyl alcohol 2 amino 2 ethyl 1 3 propanediol 2 amino 1 hexanol 6 amino 1 hexanol 2 amino 1 phenylethanol 2 amino 3 methyl 1 butanol leucinol isoleucinol 2 amino 2 methyl 1 3 propanediol 2 amino 1 pentanol 5 amino 1 pentanol 2 aminophenethyl alcohol 4 aminophenethyl alcohol 2 amino 1 phenyl 1 3 propanediol 3 amino 1 2 propanediol isopropanolamine diisopropanolamine triisopropanolamine 3 amino 1 propanol n 3 aminopropyl diethanolamine and combinations thereof as appreciated in the art the exact components and properties of components desired for any coating application can vary and therefore routine experimentation may be required to determine the optional components and proportions of components for a given application and desired properties the following examples are provided to further illustrate the present invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention in any manner in a flask equipped with a nitrogen system overhead stirrer.