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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1988
Junichi Handa, Toyota, JP;
Hiroshi Ito, Ichinomiya, JP;
Hiroshi Hattori, Toyota, JP;
Akira Suganuma, Okazaki, JP;
Abstract
A metallic paint film of this invention comprises a base paint film containing by from 1 to 20 weight % of a novel pigment, which comprises a ceramic scaly substrate, an inorganic compound coating film formed on all the surfaces of ceramic scaly substrate, and a plurality of metal dots formed on the surfaces of inorganic compound coating film and occupying from 0.05 to 95% of the total surface area of the inorganic compound coating film. When an automobile body or the like is painted with the metallic paint film, it gives not only a simple metallic feeling but also a pearly gloss effect. In addition, the metallic paint film improves the three-dimensional effect of the automobile body or the like.