In order to achieve further improvement in flaw resistance, the present invention includes: a metal sheet; and a color film layer positioned on the metal sheet, wherein: on a surface, of the metal sheet, on a side on which at least the color film layer is positioned, a first region and a second region that are specified by a measuring method of an arithmetic mean surface roughness Sa are present; and the color film layer has a thickness of 1 to 10 ?m, and contains particles having a particle diameter equal to or larger than the thickness.

A coated substrate for an electronic device can include a substrate, a basecoat layer on the substrate, and an anti-fingerprint topcoat layer on the basecoat layer. The substrate can include a metal or metal alloy. The basecoat layer can include pigment particles and a first one-part thermally cured polymeric resin. The anti-fingerprint topcoat layer can include a second one-part thermally cured polymeric resin and an anti-fingerprint material. The anti-fingerprint material can include a fluoropolymer, a silane, or a combination thereof. The basecoat layer can be cured before applying the anti-fingerprint topcoat layer on the basecoat layer.

A coated substrate for an electronic device can include a substrate, a basecoat layer on the substrate, and an anti-fingerprint topcoat layer on the basecoat layer. The substrate can include a metal or metal alloy. The basecoat layer can include pigment particles and a first one-part thermally cured polymeric resin. The anti-fingerprint topcoat layer can include a second one-part thermally cured polymeric resin and an anti-fingerprint material. The anti-fingerprint material can include a fluoropolymer, a silane, or a combination thereof. The basecoat layer can be cured before applying the anti-fingerprint topcoat layer on the basecoat layer.

A low-reflection coated glass sheet of the present invention includes a glass sheet and a low-reflection coating. The low-reflection coating is formed on at least a portion of one principal surface of the glass sheet and contains a binder containing silica as a main component, fine silica particles bound by the binder, and fine titania particles bound by the binder. The low-reflection coating satisfies the following relationships: 30 mass %<C.sub.SP<68 mass %; 12 mass %C.sub.TP<50 mass %; 20 mass %<C.sub.Binder<43.75 mass %; C.sub.TP/C.sub.Binder0.6; C.sub.Binder<25 mass % in the case of C.sub.SP55 mass %; and C.sub.TP>20 mass % in the case of C.sub.SP<55 mass %. The low-reflection coated glass sheet has a transmittance gain of 2.0% or more.

A laminate having excellent abrasion resistance to physical stimuli such as dust. The laminate comprises a base layer, a hard coat layer and a top coat layer comprising flaky metal oxide fine particles all of which are formed in this order. The flaky metal oxide fine particles are hardened by at least one method selected from the group consisting of ionizing material exposure, ionizing radiation exposure, infrared exposure, microwave exposure and high-temperature vapor exposure.

A laminate having excellent abrasion resistance to physical stimuli such as dust. The laminate comprises a base layer, a hard coat layer and a top coat layer comprising flaky metal oxide fine particles all of which are formed in this order. The flaky metal oxide fine particles are hardened by at least one method selected from the group consisting of ionizing material exposure, ionizing radiation exposure, infrared exposure, microwave exposure and high-temperature vapor exposure.

A method for producing a small heating household appliance article having a substrate with at least two opposite faces, includes providing the substrate and obtaining a heat-stable coating on the substrate. The procedure for obtaining a coating includes depositing by digital printing, on at least one of the two opposite faces of the substrate and through at least one nozzle having an aperture of at least 80 m, at least one layer of a composition including at least one binder and having a dry extract of at least 15% by weight, and curing the coated substrate.

Novel coatings disclosed herein can be used to mitigate dust adhesion. In one embodiment, a method of making a dust repellant coating includes combining a titanium dioxide sol with colloidal silica to form a mixture. The method also includes adding solvent to the mixture, stirring the mixture for about an hour, and filtering the mixture into a solution of titanium dioxide and silica dioxide.

An electrostatic powder coating method includes spraying a charged powder coating material including powder particles that contain a thermosetting resin and a thermosetting agent, and an external additive that includes oxide particles containing at least one of titania and alumina to electrostatically attach the powder coating material to an object to be coated, and heating the powder coating material that is electrostatically attached to the object to be coated to thereby form a coating film, wherein a content Ac of the oxide particles in the powder coating material that is electrostatically attached to the object to be coated and a content Ao of the oxide particles in the powder coating material before being sprayed satisfy a relationship of Expression: Ao0.80AcAo1.20.

Provided herein is a method of forming a multilayer coating film including coating, onto an object to be coated, a water-based primer coating composition, wet-on-wet coating a first water-based coloring coating composition, wet-on-wet coating a second water-based coloring coating composition, coating a clear coating composition, and simultaneous hardening of the formed multilayer coating film. The water-based primer coating composition contains a water-based polyolefin resin, a water-based polyurethane resin, a curing agent, and conductive carbon. The first and second water-based coloring coating compositions, each, as base resins, contain a core/shell-type emulsion including an acrylic resin core portion and a polyurethane resin shell portion. The clear coating composition contains a hydroxy-group-containing acrylic resin and a polyisocyanate compound.