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The invention relates to a process for manufacturing unsaturated polyester resins with suppressed volatilization of monomer, useful in the manufacture of laminates, moulding compounds, varnish coatings and castings. It is known a process for manufacturing unsaturated polyester resins by dissolving unsaturated polyesters in monomers with the addition of paraffin, waxes, ceresin wax, emulsifiers forming emulsions of the 'water-in-oil' or 'oil-in-water' type. These additives suppress the volatilization of monomers, but they exhibit a limited solubility in the resin and a majority of them separate on the surface during curing of the polyester resin and, thus, reduce the adhesion capacity of the subsequent layers of resin or laminates to the previously cured substrate. It has been found that unsaturated polyester resins with suppressed volatilization of monomer can be prepared by dissolving the unsaturated polyester in the monomer and by introducing 0.005-5.0 parts by weight of compounds of a general formula [RCOOCH.sub.2 CH(OH)CH.sub.2 O].sub.n A per 100 parts by weight of polyester resin. These compounds are soluble in polyester resins, do not cause any turbidity of the cured resin and do not form any separating layer between the subsequently applied layers of a cast coating of glass reinforced polyester laminate.

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