| abstract |
The present invention provides articles comprising a substrate, preferably a retroreflective sheeting, having a coating of a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, and further to articles wherein the adhesive adheres the substrate to a highly monomericly plasticized PVC component, preferably a PVC coated fabric. The adhesive comprises a cross-linked copolymer of a first monofunctional acrylate ester of a non-tertiary alcohol having as a homopolymer a glass transition temperature of less than -25 °C, a nitrogen containing moderately basic monomer copolymerizable therewith selected from the group consisting of N,N-dialkyl substituted amides, an optional copolymerizable acidic monomer, an optional second monofunctional acrylate ester of a non-tertiary alcohol having as a homopolymer a glass transition temperature of -25 °C or greater, and a cross-linking agent. The invention also concerns a method of bonding a highly monomericly plasticized PVC component to a substrate, preferably a retroreflective sheeting, using the adhesive. |