Disclosed are ink compositions for printing patterns on substrates having non-stick fluororesin coatings. The ink compositions are particularly useful for printing decorative patterns or markings on cookware or bakeware to provide aesthetic and/or functional effects. Also disclosed are coated substrates which comprise non-stick coatings having patterns. Further disclosed are methods of manufacturing the coated substrates comprising non-stick coatings having patterns.

A method of creating decorative artwork including providing a wall-mountable substrate having a paint-receiving upper surface and a wall-mounting surface opposite the paint-receiving upper surface, applying a first coat of resin to the paint-receiving upper surface, applying a metallic substance to the paint-receiving upper surface, and applying a sealer including a quantity of volatile organic compounds to the paint-receiving upper surface at a velocity sufficient to disperse at least one of the first coat of resin and the metallic substance in a plurality of directions with respect to the paint-receiving upper surface to create at least one decorative marking.

A method of forming a multi-layer paint film comprising coating an aqueous first colored base paint (A) on an electro-deposition paint cured paint film to form a first colored base paint film, coating an aqueous second colored base paint (B) on the first colored base paint film without preliminary heating of the first colored base paint film to form a second colored base paint film, coating a clear paint (C) coated on the second colored base paint film after preliminary heating of the first paint film and second paint film to form a clear paint film, and heating and curing the three paint films at the same time, wherein a talc pigment is included in each of paint (A) and paint (B) in an amount of from 1 to 5 mass % with respect to the total resin solid fraction of each of paint (A) and paint (B).

A coating composition having excellent trickle resistance which forms a coating film that exhibits excellent gloss stability. The coating composition contains a hydroxyl group-containing acrylic resin (A), a polyisocyanate compound (B), a matting agent (C), an organic solvent (D1) and an organic solvent (D2), and wherein the organic solvent (D1) has a specified boiling point and solubility parameter; the organic solvent (D2) has a specified boiling point and solubility parameter; and with respect to the contents of the organic solvent (D1) and the organic solvent (D2) based on 100 parts by mass of the total solid content of the hydroxyl group-containing acrylic resin (A) and the polyisocyanate compound (B), the content of the organic solvent (D1) is within the range of 5-40 parts by mass and the content of the organic solvent (D2) is within the range of 35-75 parts by mass.

A method of forming a multilayer coating on a substrate is provided. The multilayer coating exhibits reduced strike-in and mottling. The method includes the steps of providing the substrate including a primer disposed thereon, applying a basecoat composition on the primer, applying a clearcoat composition on the basecoat composition, and curing the basecoat composition and the clearcoat composition to form the multilayer coating on the substrate. The basecoat composition includes a film forming resin, a pigment, and about 5% to about 75% by weight on binder of a cyclic lactone modified branched acrylic polymer having a hydroxyl monomer content of about 1% to 65% by weight, all or part of which has been reacted with a cyclic lactone, and having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of about 10,000 to about 150,000 g/mol.

Described herein is a polyester-polyurethane-poly(meth)acrylic hybrid dispersion obtainable by esterifying at least one polyurethane containing carboxyl groups, the at least one polyurethane having an acid number of more than 200 mg KOH/g to 400 mg KOH/g and at least one or more terminal carboxyl groups; with at least one polyester containing hydroxyl groups, the polyester having a hydroxyl number of 50 mg KOH/g to 300 mg KOH/g, to obtain a polyester-polyurethane; followed by polymerizing ethylenically unsaturated monomers at least including (meth)acrylic monomers by radical polymerization in the presence of the polyester-polyurethane where one or more solvents are present and/or employed, thereby obtaining the polyester-polyurethane-poly(meth)acrylic hybrid dispersion.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for forming a multilayer coating film which makes it possible to form a multilayer coating film having excellent metallic mottling resistance. The method for forming a multilayer coating film comprises: (1) a step for applying a first aqueous coating material (P1) on an object to be coated to form a first coating film; (2) a step for applying a second aqueous colored coating material (P2) on the first coating film to form a second colored coating film that contains a binder component (A.sub.P2) and lustrous pigment (B.sub.P2); (3) a step for applying a clear-coat coating material (P3) on the second colored coating film to form a clear-coat coating film; and (4) a step for heating a multilayer coating film that includes the first coating film, the second colored coating film, and the clear-coat coating film so as to cure the multilayer coating film all at once. The first aqueous coating material (P1) contains a compound (A) containing a hydroxyl group and an acid group and that has an acid value of from 50 to 150 mg KOH/g, a hydroxyl value of from 100 to 300 mg KOH/g, and a weight-average molecular weight of from 500 to 8000, a film-forming resin (B), and a crosslinking agent (C).

A method may involve supplying a substrate having an upper side. A layer may be applied onto the upper side and irradiated to cure at least a part of the layer and form the panel. The layer may include a liquid coating on substantially the entire upper side and a substance which is digitally printed locally on the upper side. The substance and the liquid coating may cooperate such that either (1) the coating and the substance react with each other, wherein the substance is a liquid that is printed on the upper side before the coating is applied, and wherein the substance and the coating have different surface tensions, or (2) the coating is non-curable or only curable to a limited extent by the irradiation, wherein the substance makes the coating curable by the irradiation at locations where the coating and the substance meet each other.

The present invention relates to a method for producing a multilayer coating film, the method including sequentially applying a base coating, a glitter pigment dispersion, and a two-component clear coating on or above an electrodeposition coating film and then simultaneously curing these three coating films, in which the glitter pigment dispersion includes an aluminum flake pigment, titanium oxide, a hydroxy group-containing acrylic resin, a viscosity modifier, and water, a content of the titanium oxide is 10 mass % to 20 mass % of a total solid content of the glitter pigment dispersion, and a mass ratio of the aluminum flake pigment/the titanium oxide is 0.8 to 1.2.

A method for forming a multilayer film, including: a step (1) of applying an aqueous two-pack first colored coating material on an automobile outer panel to form an uncured first colored coating film; a step (2) of applying an aqueous one-pack white color coating material on the uncured first colored coating film to form an uncured white coating film; a step (3) of setting the uncured white coating film for 4 minutes or more such that a resultant coating film has a solid content of 50% by mass or more; a step (4) of applying an aqueous one-pack interference color coating material on the uncured white coating film having the solid content of 50% by mass or more to form an uncured interference color coating film; a step (5) of applying a solvent-based two-pack clear coating material on the uncured interference color coating film to form an uncured clear coating film; and a step (6) of heating the coating films formed in the steps (1) to (5) at a temperature of 75 C. or more and to 100 C. or less to simultaneously cure the coating films.