Methods for treating panels are described that include coating a wood substrate with a polymeric solution, curing the coated wood substrate by subjecting the coated wood to ultraviolet radiation and causing the polymeric solution to crosslink to produce a fire-resistant veneer. Also described is a composite material comprising a wood substrate layer, and a UV-cured flame retardant coating the wood substrate layer, wherein the composite material has a Flame Spread Index values within 0 to 25 and a Smoke Developed Index of 450 or lower.

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.

This coated metal sheet for exterior covering has a metal sheet and a top coating layer disposed on the metal sheet, the top coating layer is configured from a fluororesin and contains a gloss control agent comprising 0.01-15 vol % of microporous particles and a matte agent comprising primary particles, and the coated metal sheet satisfies the belowmentioned formulae. In the number-based particle size distribution of the gloss control agent and the matte agent, R is the number average particle size (m) of the gloss control agent, D1.sub.97.5 and D2.sub.97.5 represent the 97.5% particle size (m) of the gloss control agent and the matte agent, Ru is the upper limit particle size (m) of the gloss control agent, and T is the top coating layer thickness (m).
D1.sub.97.5/T0.9
Ru1.2T
R1.0
0.5D2.sub.97.5/T7.0
3T40.

Methods for treating panels are described that include coating a wood substrate with a polymeric solution, curing the coated wood substrate by subjecting the coated wood to ultraviolet radiation and causing the polymeric solution to crosslink to produce a fire-resistant veneer. Also described is a composite material comprising a wood substrate layer, and a UV-cured flame retardant coating the wood substrate layer, wherein the composite material has a Flame Spread Index values within 0 to 25 and a Smoke Developed Index of 450 or lower.

A substrate coated at least in part with an epoxy coating composition, wherein the substrate is not coated with an organic coating prior to the application of the epoxy coating composition is disclosed, as are methods for making such a substrate.

A method for producing a multicoat coating (M) on a substrate (S) that includes:(!) producing a basecoat (B) on the substrate by applying an aqueous basecoat material (b) to the substrate (S), the basecoat material being a two-component coating composition, and (II) producing a clearcoat (K) directly on the basecoat (B) by applying an aqueous clearcoat material (k) directly to the basecoat (B), the clearcoat material being a two-component coating composition.

Disclosed herein is a hydroxyl-functional thioether compound having formula (I)

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where Z is an n-valent hydrocarbyl group, optionally containing one or more moieties selected from the group consisting of an ether moiety, a thioether moiety and an isocyanurate moiety; R.sup.1 is a linear or branched alkylene group; R.sup.2 is selected from the group consisting of CH.sub.2CH(OH)CH.sub.2 and CH(CH.sub.2OH)CH.sub.2; R.sup.3 is a linear or branched alkyl group; m=0 or 1; and n=2 to 10. Further disclosed herein are a method of producing the same, a thermally curable composition containing the same and a method of using the hydroxyl-functional thioether compounds as reactive diluents in the thermally curable composition. Additionally disclosed herein are multilayer coatings where at least one layer is formed from such a composition, multilayer coated substrates and a method of producing such multilayer coatings.

A radar-compatible plastic part that has a surface provided with a colouring coating that is free from metal-effect pigments; a process for the production of a radar-compatible plastic part of this type; and the use thereof in vehicle construction. The radar-compatible, coated plastic part is suitable for use for cover parts of radar devices, omits conventional metal-effect pigments in its colouring coating, and has a silver-coloured metallic appearance, high hiding power, and a strong lightness flop, and at the same time, a good radar wave transparency.

The invention relates to a coating system comprising a binder composition comprising a polymer having a Mn of 6,000 to 60,000 g/mol, a Mw of 20,000 to 300,000 g/mol, a Tg of 30 to 180? C. and an acid value of at most 3.0 mg KOH/g, and a RMA crosslinkable coating composition comprising a component A with at least two acidic protons CH in activated methylene or methine groups, a component B with at least two activated unsaturated C?C groups and a base crosslinking catalyst C; and its use for improving adhesion of the RMA crosslinkable coating composition, in particular to wood substrates.

The present invention provides a multi-layer coating system comprising: (a) a first coating layer formed from a first coating composition; and (b) a second coating layer applied directly over at least a portion of the first coating layer and formed from a second coating composition. The present invention further provides a substrate coated with the multi-layer coating system.