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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward Ephraim Jaffe, Wilmington, DE (US);
Franklin Roberts Hilfiker, Newark, DE (US);
Milton John Misogianes, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B44F / ; B44F / ; C09D / ; C09D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428 29 ; 106415 ; 106418 ; 252586 ; 4274071 ; 4274192 ; 4274193 ; 428403 ; 428407 ; 4284259 ; 428480 ; 428363 ; 428689 ; 523171 ; 524 80 ; 524 81 ; 524449 ; 524450 ;
Abstract
This application discloses two-coat and three-coat automotive finishes, articles coated by an automotive finish and a process for their preparation wherein polychromism is achieved in the finish by incorporating an opaque, light interference pigment into the topcoat or a midcoat. The invention further relates to a coating composition which contains an opaque interference pigment at a pigment to binder ratio of less than 7/100.