The liquid-repellent structure comprises a major surface to which liquid repellency is imparted, and a liquid-repellent layer formed on the major surface; wherein the liquid-repellent layer contains a scale-like filler having an average particle size of 0.1 to 6 ?m, inclusive, a thermoplastic resin, and a fluorine compound, and has aggregates containing the scale-like filler; and the ratio W.sub.S1/(W.sub.P+W.sub.FC) of the mass W.sub.S1 of the scale-like filler contained in the liquid-repellent layer to the sum (W.sub.P+W.sub.FC) of the mass W.sub.P of the thermoplastic resin and the mass W.sub.FC of the fluorine compound contained in the liquid-repellent layer is 0.1 to 10 inclusive.

To provide a board material processing composition allowing for production of a board material laminate that is non-combustible and is excellent in adhesion performance. In order to solve this problem, a board material processing composition inhibiting combustion of a board material due to heating, comprises: a carbonization promotion component, being inorganic, promoting carbonization of an organic component within the board material at the heating; a chain inhibition component, being inorganic, inhibiting a reaction chain to a neighboring component due to a product of endothermic decomposition generated at the heating; and binder particles, being inorganic and hydrophobic, bonding the organic component within the board material to the carbonization promotion component and the chain inhibition component, wherein the carbonization promotion component includes boric acid, the chain inhibition component includes ammonium dihydrogen phosphate, and the binder particles include silica sand.

A composition for producing particulate coatings for printing machine cylinders or printing machine cylinder covers that are nonstick and wear resistant. The composition includes at least one sol-gel precursor compound and a mixture of hard solid-state particles, such as silicon carbide. One type of particles has a Sauter diameter d.sub.32 of between 1.0 ?m and 2.0 ?m and the other type of less than 1.0 ?m. A mixing ratio of the two types of hard solid-state particles lies in the range from 1.5:1 to 1:1.5.

Provided are a laminated structure having a composition coping with environmental problems and having an excellent gas barrier property and oil resistance, a food packaging container formed by using the laminated structure, and a method for producing the laminated structure. The laminated structure includes a second coating layer including a polyvinylidene chloride-based resin through a first coating layer formed by blending clay in a proportion of 35% by mass or more and 65% by mass or less and light calcium carbonate in a proportion of 5% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less in a continuous phase made of an acrylic polymer on one surface or both surfaces of a substrate including a thermoplastic resin and an inorganic substance powder in a mass ratio of 50:50 to 10:90.

Disclosed are polymeric foamed compositions, foam padded materials that include such polymeric foamed compositions disposed on a sheet material, and packaging articles (e.g., envelopes) made from such foam padded materials. The polymeric foamed composition on the sheet material has a plurality of foamed structures formed from the foamable composition attached to the sheet material by a layer of the foamable composition, and the plurality foam structures each having a hollow core and a foam exterior shell.

Disclosed herein is a method for producing a multi-layer coating on a substrate including the steps of (i) forming a primer coat layer (P) on a substrate, (ii) forming a silver metal layer (S) onto the surface of the coating layer (P); and (iii) forming one or more clear top coat layers (T) onto the surface of the silver metal layer (S), where the primer coat layer contains one or more particulate components selected from the group consisting of matting agents and structuring agents and where the silver metal layer (S) is formed by reductive deposition from an aqueous alkaline ammoniac solution containing a soluble silver salt, by use of a reducing agent. Further disclosed herein are multi-layer coated substrates obtainable according to the above method.

Fire retardant paint compositions comprising polymeric binders derived from vinyl ester monomer, polyphosphate salts, nitrogen containing blowing agents, and charring agents are provided. When applied to substrates the paint compositions form durable coatings useful in protecting the substrates from fire.

The present invention relates to a system, which comprises: b) at least one first colour layer containing a dye and/or pigment, c) on the at least one first colour layer an effect layer containing at least one platelet-shaped effect pigment, wherein the at least one platelet-shaped effect pigment is composed of particles having an average length of 2 to 500 ?m, an average width of 2 to 500 ?m and an average thickness of at most 1 ?m, and d) on the effect layer at least one second colour layer containing a dye and/or pigment, wherein each of the at least one first colour layer and of the at least one second colour layer contains a dye and/or pigment being no platelet-shaped effect pigment, wherein the at least one dye and/or at least one pigment included in the at least one first colour layer is different from the at least one dye and/or at least one pigment included in the at least one second colour layer, and wherein, at least if the at least one first colour layer has a sum of reflectance and scattering of less than 40%, the system further comprises: a) below the at least one first colour layer a lower layer containing a pigment and having a sum of reflectance and scattering of at least 40%.

The present disclosure relates to an easily-peelable paint composition capable of easily peeling off a coating layer for restoring an object to its original condition. The easily-peelable paint composition of the present disclosure is capable of not only peeling off paints from materials to which the paints are applied for easy restorations to their original conditions, but also protecting the materials with excellent durability while being applied.

Provided is an aqueous amine-free coating composition including at least one heterocyclic polymer, wherein the heterocyclic polymer is in the form of powder having a d.sub.90 less than or equal to 20 m. Also provided is an aqueous amine-free non-stick coating composition including such an aqueous composition for a coating, and the respective methods for producing same. Further provided is a method for producing an item on one of the faces of a metal substrate, from at least one layer of coating composition or one layer of non-stick coating composition according to the invention.