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.

In a method for coating motor vehicle wheel rims, a polymer priming layer, a polymer intermediate layer, a decorative layer of a heat-cured polymer layer with embedded flake-like metal pigments covering the visible surface of the decorative layer, and a polymer cover layer are consecutively applied to the wheel rim metal surface. The coated wheel rims achieve a polished metal appearance without substantial extra costs by producing the polymer intermediate layer with a high-gloss surface and applying the decorative layer to the high-gloss surface of the polymer intermediate layer in the wet spraying method with a layer thickness of max. 2 m, where it is dried at ambient temperature and, before applying the polymer cover layer, it is fixed to the polymer intermediate layer via a thermal post-treatment so that it adheres to the surface thereof with a cross-cut pull-off strength of Gt=0 to Gt=2.

A laminate containing a metallic base layer and a transparent colored layer formed on the metallic base layer. The metallic base layer contains an aluminum pigment, a light-scattering component, a surface adjusting agent, and a rheology control agent, the aluminum pigment being present in an amount of 15 to 70 parts by mass, on a solids basis; and the light-scattering component being present in an amount of 5 to 55 parts by mass, on a solids basis, based on 100 parts by mass of the metallic base layer. The transparent colored layer contains a resin component, a curing agent, and a color pigment, the color pigment being present in an amount of 0.5 to 10 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of the resin solids content of the transparent colored layer.

A laminate containing a metallic base layer and a transparent colored layer formed on the metallic base layer, wherein, when

X=[(C*45).sup.2+(C*75).sup.2)].sup.1/2, and

Y=[(L*15).sup.2+(C*15).sup.2)].sup.1/2+[(L*25).sup.2+(C*25).sup.2)].sup.1/2,

X is 64 or more, and Y is 191 or more; and the measured value of graininess (HG value) is 45 or less,
with the proviso that C*15, C*25, C*45, and C*75 represent chroma calculated from spectral reflectances of light illuminated at an incident angle of 45 degrees with respect to the laminate and received at respective angles of 15 degrees, 25 degrees, 45 degrees, and 75 degrees deviated from the specular reflection light, and that L*15 and L*25 represent lightness calculated from spectral reflectances of light illuminated at an incident angle of 45 degrees with respect to the laminate and received at respective angles of 15 degrees and 25 degrees deviated from the specular reflection light.

The present disclosure is directed to a method for applying a multi-colored coating to a composite structure comprising applying a first co-curable film layer comprising a first color marking to a composite tool, applying a second co-curable film layer comprising a second color marking over the composite tool and at least partially over the first co-curable film layer to create a lay-up of a multi-colored marking, applying a composite structure over the lay-up of the multi-colored marking, and curing the lay-up of the multi-colored marking and the composite structure in a single curing step to create a cured multi-colored coating on the composite structure. A multi-colored coating for marking a composite structure and an aircraft part having a multi-colored marking are also provided.

Water-borne sealer compositions, multilayer coated substrates, and methods for building up a multilayer coating on a substrate are provided. In one example, a water-borne sealer composition includes an acrylic latex resin, a polyurethane dispersion (PUD), and water. The acrylic latex resin is free of a core-shell latex. The PUD includes a hydroxyl functional reaction product of polyisocyanate and a polyol including a polycarbonate diol.

Provided is a new means for enhancing the orientation of a luster pigment in the formation of a multilayer coating film including a coating film containing a scaly luster pigment.

A method for forming a multilayer coating film, comprising: an intermediate coating step of applying an aqueous intermediate coating composition (A) to a surface of an article to be coated to form an uncured aqueous intermediate coating film, a first aqueous base coating step of applying a first aqueous base coating composition (B) onto the uncured aqueous intermediate coating film to form an uncured first aqueous base coating film, a second aqueous base coating step of applying a second aqueous base coating composition (C) containing a scaly luster pigment onto the uncured first aqueous base coating film to form an uncured second aqueous base coating film, a clear coating step of applying a clear coating composition (D) onto the uncured second aqueous base coating film to form an uncured clear coating film, and a curing step of heat curing at once the resulting uncured aqueous intermediate coating film, uncured first aqueous base coating film, uncured second aqueous base coating film, and uncured clear coating film to form a multilayer coating film, wherein the solid concentrations (% by mass) of the uncured first aqueous base coating film and the second aqueous base coating film satisfy specific conditions.

A coating composition includes: an aqueous medium; first core-shell particles dispersed in the aqueous medium, where the first core-shell particles include (i) keto and/or aldo functional groups, (ii) a polymeric shell including carboxylic acid functional groups and urethane linkages, and (iii) a polymeric core at least partially encapsulated by the polymeric shell, where the polymeric shell and/or the polymeric core may comprise the keto and/or aldo functional groups; second core-shell particles dispersed in the aqueous medium, where the second core-shell particles are different from the first core-shell particles and include (a) a polymeric shell including carboxylic acid functional groups and hydroxyl groups, and (b) a polymeric core including hydroxyl functional groups and which is at least partially encapsulated by the polymeric shell; a first crosslinker including a polyhydrazide reactive with the first core-shell particles; and a second crosslinker reactive with the first and second core-shell particles.

A system and method for installing a graphic design on a flooring surface, where a vinyl decal displaying the graphic design is applied to a flooring surface, which may optionally be pre-sealed prior to vinyl application, and where after application of the vinyl decal flooring surface, one or more layers of sealer are applied to the floor, covering the vinyl decal and the areas surrounding the vinyl decal (thereby providing a permanent or semi-permanent vinyl application), and finally one or more layers of floor finish are applied to the surface to result in a finished floor displaying the graphic design.

The present invention relates to an effect pigment dispersion comprising water, a flake aluminum pigment, and a cellulose-based rheology control agent, wherein the effect pigment dispersion contains 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of solids based on 100 parts by mass of all components thereof, the viscosity measured using a Brookfield type viscometer is 400 to 10000 mPa.Math.sec at a rotational speed of 6 revolutions per minute, and the solids content of the flake aluminum pigment is 30 to 200 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the total amount of components other than the flake aluminum pigment in the total solids content.