The present invention is a coating composition containing (A) a fluorine-containing copolymer and (B) a polycarbonate diol.

A surface-treating agent for vulcanized rubber, comprising, based on 100 parts by weight, as solid matters, of isocyanate group-containing 1,2-polybutadiene, an organic solvent solution containing 10 to 160 parts by weight of fluororesin particles and 2.5 to 20 parts by weight of a perfluoroalkyl group-containing oligomer-based, fluorine-containing surfactant as a dispersant. The surface-treating agent for vulcanized rubber improves the solution stability of the organic solvent solution, improves the further hardness of the entire coating film formed from the surface-treating agent, abrasion resistance, and product torque evaluation, and is effectively used as, for example, a coating agent for seal lip parts of oil seals.

To provide a curable resin composition capable of forming a coating film excellent in the weather resistance and the impact resistance with a high productivity even on a member having a complicated shape for outdoor use.

A curable resin composition containing the following fluorinated copolymer (A) and the following compound (B):

fluorinated copolymer (A): a fluorinated copolymer having a unit derived from a fluoroolefin, a unit having an ethylenic unsaturated group in its side chain, and a unit having a functional group, wherein the unit having a functional group is at least one member selected from a unit having a hydroxy group, a unit having a carboxy group and a unit having an alkoxysilyl group;

compound (B): a compound having an acryloyl group or methacryloyl group and at least two isocyanate groups in one molecule.

A coating material for producing a barrier layer on a plastic substrate includes an isocyanate-containing hardener component and a hydroxy-functional binder component. The hydroxy-functional binder component includes an aqueous polymer dispersion which includes a polyphenylene ether or a copolymer of fluorinated ethylene and a vinyl ether, glass hollow bodies, and at least one of an inorganic filler and an inorganic pigment.

Provided is a developing roller including a shaft body, an elastic layer formed on an external circumference of the shaft body, and a surface layer formed on an external circumference of the elastic layer. The surface layer is formed of polyurethane containing a reaction product of a fluoroethylene vinyl ether copolymer and an isocyanurate form of isocyanate and having a film thickness of from 0.5 μm through 2.0 μm. The developing roller has grooves in a surface of the developing roller. The angle of the grooves from a circumferential direction is from 0 degrees through 30 degrees.

To provide a powder coating material capable of forming a coating film excellent in weather resistance, coating film appearance and surface smoothness; and a coated article having a coating film made of such a powder coating material. A powder coating material comprising a powder composed of a first composition which is a first composition for powder coating material comprising a fluororesin having a fluorine content of at least 10% by mass and a plasticizer having a melting point of from 60 to 200° C. and having a cyclic hydrocarbon group in the molecule, wherein the content of the plasticizer is from 0.1 to 40 parts by mass, to 100 parts by mass of the resin component contained in the first composition. And, a powder coating material comprising a powder composed of a second composition containing the fluororesin and a powder composed of a third composition containing a resin other than the fluororesin, wherein at least one of the second composition and the third composition contains a plasticizer, and the content of the plasticizer is from 0.1 to 40 parts by mass, to 100 parts by mass in total of the resin components contained in the second composition and the third composition.

A surface protecting resin member includes a cured product of a composition containing an acrylic resin having a hydroxyl value within the range of 40 mgKOH/g to 280 mgKOH/g, a polyol having a hydroxyl value within the range of 40 mgKOH/g to 300 mgKOH/g, a multifunctional isocyanate, and a fluorotelomer alcohol represented by the following general formula CF.sub.3(CF.sub.2).sub.n—(CH.sub.2).sub.m—OH, where n is an integer of 1 or more and m is an integer within the range of 1 to 4.

A method for preparing a vinyl-modified fluorocarbon resin comprises mixing a fluorine-containing vinyl monomer, an initiator, and a tetrafluoroethylene monomer in a gas phase to carry out an addition reaction so as to obtain the vinyl-modified fluorocarbon resin. The fluorine-containing vinyl monomer is grafted onto tetrafluoroethylene, resulting in a vinyl-modified fluorocarbon resin which is highly resistant to strong acids and bases as well as weathering. The corrosion resistant coating prepared by using the resin as a base resin also has high resistances to strong acids and bases as well as weathering.

A hard coating composition includes a norbomene-based compound represented by a Chemical Formula 1 and a polymer including at least one of an epoxy-based resin, a polyurethane-based resin, or an acrylic resin.

Methods of protecting a submerged surface include applying an adhesion-promoting layer onto a surface. An inner polymer layer is applied onto the adhesion-promoting layer. The inner polymer layer is impregnated with a biologically active chemical substance that inhibits biofouling-induced chemical, biological, and bio-proliferative damage. An outer polymer layer is applied onto the inner polymer layer. The outer polymer layer is impregnated with a biologically active chemical substance that inhibits biofouling-induced chemical, biological, and bio-proliferative damage and that repels biofouling organisms to prevent invasion of the inner polymer layer.