A method for painting a component, in particular for painting a motor vehicle body component, with a decorative layer is provided. The decorative layer may be a decorative strip, a graphic element, a contrast surface or a pattern. The method includes applying a base coat layer, applying a decorative layer, which is within a decorative region with a limited surface area, to the component, and drying a limited drying region of the component, which drying region comprises at least part of the decorative region.

Disclosed are methods of forming a multiple coating on a dry plating member and a molded article manufactured using the same. The method may include applying a color coating agent onto a surface of a plating layer of a plating member and then drying the applied color coating agent to form a color coating layer, and applying a clear coating agent onto a surface of the color coating layer and curing the applied clear coating agent to form a clear layer, wherein the plating member includes a substrate, an undercoat layer formed on a surface of at least a part of the substrate, and a plating layer formed on a surface of the undercoat layer.

Methods of forming a protective coating on a surface of one or more substrates. The methods include providing a mixture including a coating agent in a solvent, forming a fog from the mixture, allowing the fog to contact the outer surface of the one or more substrates so that a portion of the mixture accumulates on at least a portion of the surface of the one or more substrates. The solvent from the mixture is then at least partially removed from the surface of the one or more substrates, e.g., by evaporation or forced convection, causing a protective coating to be formed from the coating agent on at least a part of the surfaces of the one or more substrates. The protective coating can, for example, protect at least to some extent the substrates from biotic or abiotic stressors such as mass or moisture loss, oxidation, mold, fungi, or infestation.

The present invention relates to a dimer fatty acid/dimer diol reaction product which is preparable by reacting (a) dimer fatty acids with (b) at least one dimer diol, where components (a) and (b) are used in a molar ratio of 0.7/2.3 to 1.3/1.7 and the resulting dimer fatty acid/dimer diol reaction product possesses a number-average molecular weight of 1200 to 5000 g/mol and an acid number <10 mg KOH/g. The invention further relates to a pigmented aqueous basecoat material which comprises this dimer fatty acid/dimer diol reaction product, and also to the use of said dimer fatty acid/dimer diol reaction product in pigmented aqueous basecoat materials. It relates, further, to a method for producing multicast paint systems, and also to the multicoat paint systems producible by means of said method. The present invention relates, furthermore, to the refinishing of defects on multicoat paint systems.

Disclosed is a method for treating a grained material. A nonlimiting example of the method includes the operations of providing a workpiece having grains, exasperating a surface of the workpiece to open the grains, applying at least one coat of a base paint to the exasperated surface, applying at least one layer of clear coat on the base paint, applying at least one of a glaze and a paint on the clear coat, and surface treating to reveal grains of the workpiece. Disclosed also are items of furniture and sheet materials treated by the aforementioned process.

The present disclosure is to provide a laminated film for decorating a three-dimensional molded product by vacuum forming which has a crack and strain-free uneven design on the clear coating film layer being an outermost layer at the time of use and provide a good design property to a molded product. A laminated film for decorating a three-dimensional molded product by vacuum forming, having a base material film layer (A), a clear coating film layer (B), and a design layer (C), wherein at least one face of the base material film layer (A) bordering the clear coating film layer (B) has an uneven design.

An aqueous basecoat material with improved circulation line stability is disclosed. The aqueous basecoat material includes at least one hydroxyl-functional polymer as a binder component and at least one binder component which is different from the hydroxyl-functional polymer. The aqueous basecoat material also includes at least one carbonyl group-containing polyurethane poly(meth)acrylate and also at least one organic compound having at least two hydrazine, hydrazide and/or hydrazone groups. The aqueous basecoat material also includes at least one branched and/or secondary aliphatic monoalcohol having at least four carbon atoms.

Disclosed herein are a method of screening coating material compositions for development of new coating formulations in the automotive field, the method making use of measuring, selecting and improving at least one property of a coating material composition or of a wet coating film obtained therefrom, and a method for investigating the influence of certain constituents of coating material compositions on their properties or on the properties of resulting wet coating films obtained therefrom.

The present invention provides a method for printing and coating a flexible substrate web so as to attain a specified coefficient of friction on both sides of the substrate web which employs the use of controlled set-off of coated and/or printed material from the front side to the back side side of the web. Furthermore the method provides a substrate web produced therefrom and the method is useful for packaging substrate webs and, in particular, foil substrate webs.

Disclosed is a method for treating a grained material. A nonlimiting example of the method includes the operations of providing a workpiece having grains, exasperating a surface of the workpiece to open the grains, applying at least one coat of a base paint to the exasperated surface, applying at least one layer of clear coat on the base paint, applying at least one of a glaze and a paint on the clear coat, and surface treating to reveal grains of the workpiece. Disclosed also are items of furniture and sheet materials treated by the aforementioned process.