Kansai Paint Company, Ltd.

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki

Norio Fujita

Shizuo Miyazaki

Hiroshi Shimizu

Kazuyuki Kuwano

The present invention relates to a coating composition containing a colored aluminum pigment and a titanium oxide pigment, wherein in the case where a coating film formed from the coating composition is illuminated at 45 degrees with respect to the surface of the coating film, a ratio of lightness L* of light observed at 45 degrees with respect to specularly reflected light, relative to lightness L* of light observed at 110 degrees with respect to specularly reflected light is within a range of 1.00 to 1.50. The invention further relates to a method for forming a coating film, including steps of applying the above-described coating composition to a substrate; and further applying a clear coating composition thereto.

Coating composition and coating film forming method

Disclosed is a metallic coating method comprising the steps of applying a color coating composition, applying a metallic coating composition containing a metallic pigment to the layer of the color coating composition and applying a clear coating composition to the layer of the metallic coating composition, the method being characterized in that the color coating composition is able to form a layer having a Munsell value of 0 to 6; that the metallic coating composition contains a metallic pigment and a vehicle as main components, the metallic pigment being iron oxide particles of hexagonal platelike shape which contain at least 80% by weight of .alpha.-iron oxide crystals; that about 90% by weight or more of the metallic pigment has a longitudinal size of about 30 .mu.m or less and 40% by weight or more of the pigment has a longitudinal size of about 5 to about 15 .mu.m; that the thickness of the pigment is about 1/10 to about 1/20 of the longitudinal size of the pigment; and that the amount of the pigment used is about 0.1 to about 30 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the vehicle (as solids).

Method for applying a coating composition having a sparkling luster

Disclosed is a coating method comprising the steps of applying a color coating composition, applying a coating composition containing a pigment capable of producing a metallic effect to the layer of the color coating composition and applying a clear coating composition to the layer of the pigment-containing coating composition, characterized in that the color coating composition is able to form a layer having a Munsell value of 0 to 6; that the pigment-containing coating composition contains an iron oxide pigment and a vehicle as main components, the iron oxide pigment being iron oxide particles which contain at least 80% by weight of .alpha.-iron oxide crystals and which are each coated with titanium dioxide; that about 90% by weight or more of the iron oxide pigment has a longitudinal size of about 30 .mu.m or less than 40% by weight or more of the pigment has a longitudinal size of about 5 to about 15 .mu.m; that the thickness of the pigment is about 1/10 to about 1/20 of the longitudinal size of the pigment; and that the amount of the pigment is about 0.1 to about 30 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the vehicle (as solids).

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Nagoya, Japan

Norio Fujita