Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Incorporated

Nippon Decor, Inc.

Shinji Kato

Shuzo Mizuno

Akihiro Sawaguchi

Mitsutaka Nanbo

Yukihiko Kawaharada

Hiroyuki Tabe

Using a hydraulic transfer film wherein a transfer layer is composed of a decorative layer made of a printing ink coating film or a paint coating film, the transfer layer is hydraulically transferred onto a target body for transfer made of a metal substrate having a cured coating film layer in which a xylene absorption amount is within a range from 3.5 to 100 g/m. Alternatively, using a hydraulic transfer film wherein a transfer layer has a protective layer made of a radiation-curable resin or a thermosetting resin, the transfer layer is hydraulically transferred onto a target body for transfer made of a metal substrate having a cured coating film layer in which a xylene absorption amount is within a range from 10 to 100 g/m. Because of good hydraulic transferability and good coating film adhesion between the metal substrate and the transfer layer, it is made possible to produce a metal substrate, which can be stored for a long period and is superior in designed appearance and also has a transfer layer with an arbitrary shape bonded firmly thereto.

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Sagamihara, Japan

Shinji Kato