Provided is a method for forming a multilayer coating film, comprising simultaneously curing an uncured base coating film, an uncured effect coating film, and an uncured clear coating film. In this method, an effect pigment dispersion (Y) that forms the effect coating film contains water, a surface adjusting agent (A), a flake-effect pigment (B), and a rheology control agent (C), and has a solids content of 0.5 to 10 mass %.

A method is disclosed for producing a multicoat paint system on a metallic substrate by producing a basecoat or a plurality of directly successive basecoats directly on a metallic substrate coated with a cured electrocoat system, producing a clearcoat directly on the one or the topmost of the plurality of basecoats, and subsequently jointly curing the one or the plurality of basecoats and the clearcoat. At least one basecoat material used for producing the basecoats includes at least one predispersed mixture including at least one polyamide having an acid number of less than 20 mg KOH/g, at least one polymeric resin different from the polyamide, and also water and at least one organic solvent.

An abrasion resistant coating is disclosed. The coating includes diamond particles and may be used in one or more coating layers of a coating stack for a wood substrate. Wood substrates include hardwood and engineered hardwood flooring.

A method for forming a multilayer coating film comprising the steps of:

applying, to a substrate, an effect pigment dispersion that comprises water, a surface adjusting agent, a flake-effect pigment, and a rheology control agent, and that has a solids content within the range of 0.5 to 10 mass % to form an effect pigment-containing coating, film; and

applying a colored transparent paint to the effect pigment-containing coating film to form a colored transparent coating film having a total light transmittance at a wavelength of 400 nm to 700 nm of 20 to 70%.

Provided is a multilayer coating film including a metallic base coating film and a transparent colored coating film that contains a blue pigment and that is disposed on the metallic base coating film, wherein the value of hue angle h in an L*C*h color space diagram of the multilayer coating film is within the range of 225° to 300°, and when X=C*45/L*45 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 2 to 20 and Y is 50 to 250, provided that C*15, C*25, and C*45 each represent a chroma of the multilayer coating film calculated from a spectral reflectance of light illuminated at an incident angle of 45° with respect to the multilayer coating film and received at angles of 15°, 25°, and 45° deviated from specular reflection light, and that L*15, L*25, and L*45 each represent a lightness of the multilayer coating film calculated from a spectral reflectance of light illuminated at an incident angle of 45° with respect to the multilayer coating film and received at angles of 15°, 25° and 45° deviated from specular reflection light.

Provided is a method for forming a multilayer coating film, the method being capable of forming a high-brightness white multilayer coating film which is excellent in terms of brilliant feeling, smoothness, and weather resistance and with which white stains are suppressed. In this method for forming a multilayer coating film to form a brilliant coating film, a white multilayer coating film is formed by: sequentially applying a first coloring paint (P1), a second aqueous coloring paint (P2), a third aqueous coloring paint (P3), and a clear coat paint (P4) on a cured electrodeposition coating film formed on a steel sheet; and forming a first colored coating film, a second colored coating film, a third colored coating film, and a clear coat coating film which each have a particular composition, brightness, film thickness, and the like.

Described herein is a process for producing a multilayer coating onto a fiber-reinforced composite material Also described herein is a fiber-reinforced composite material coated with a multilayer coating obtainable by this process.

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.

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.

A multilayer coating film includes a colored base layer 14 formed directly or indirectly on a surface of a coating target 11, and a luster material-containing layer 15 layered on the colored base layer 14 and containing flaked luster materials 22 and a colorant 23. With respect to the luster material-containing layer 15 in a state without the colorant, Y(10) of the XYZ color system is set to be 50 or more and 850 or less, and Y(20) is set to be equal to kY(10), where k is in a range of 0.2k0.6 and is determined according to the Y(10). The colorant concentration C of the luster material-containing layer is determined according to k. The surface reflectance R(%) of the colored base layer is determined according to the colorant concentration C of the luster material-containing layer and the Y(10).