Abstract: This invention provides a method for forming multilayer coating film excelling in smoothness and distinctness of image, by 3-coat-1-bake system in which a step of applying onto a coating object a water-based intermediate paint (X) to form an intermediate coating film; a step of adjusting the solid content of the intermediate coating film to 70-100 mass %; a step of applying onto the intermediate coating film a water-based base coating paint (Y) containing 30-55 mass parts of alcoholic solvent having a boiling point of 170-250° C., to form a base coating film; a step of adjusting the solid content of the base coating film to 70-100 mass %; a step of applying a clear paint (Z) comprising 40-60 mass parts of carboxyl-containing compound and 60-40 mass parts of polyepoxide onto the base coating film to form a clear coating film; and heating the intermediate coating film, base coating film and clear coating film at 100-120° C. for 3-10 minutes and thereafter further heating them at 130-160° C.

Abstract: This invention provides an effect pigment-containing, water-borne base coating composition comprising water-dispersible acrylic polymer particles (A) and effect pigment (B), the water-dispersible acrylic polymer particles (A) being obtained by emulsion polymerization of a radical-polymerizable unsaturated monomeric mixture including an amido-containing, radical-polymerizable unsaturated monomer having at least two radical-polymerizable unsaturated groups per molecule, and the effect pigment (B) being contained at a pigment weight concentration (PWC) within a range of 15-50%.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coating composition that is excellent in application workability, and that can form a cured coating film excellent in coating film performances such as scratch resistance, acid resistance, stain resistance, finished appearance, sagging resistance, etc. Specifically, the present invention provides a coating composition comprising an acrylic resin (A), a polyisocyanate compound (B) and a specific non-aqueous dispersion-type acrylic resin (C), wherein: the acrylic resin (A) is obtainable by copolymerization of a specific secondary hydroxyl group-containing monomer (a-1), a secondary hydroxyl group-containing polyoxyalkylene mono(meth)acrylate monomer (a-2), an isobornyl (meth)acrylate monomer (a-3) and at least one other copolymerizable unsaturated monomer (a-4), the unsaturated monomer (a-1) being used in an amount (mass) greater than that of the monomer (a-2).

Abstract: This invention provides a method for forming brilliant multi-layered coating film excelling in brilliance, which comprises the steps of applying an effect pigment-containing water-borne base coating composition (A1) having a coating film viscosity (VA1) after 1 minute of its application of 10-500 Pa·sec onto a substrate to form a first base coating film; and applying an effect pigment-containing water-borne base coating composition (A2) having a coating film viscosity (VA2) after 1 minute of its application of 5-200 Pa·sec onto the first base coating film while the viscosity (VA3) of the first base coating film is 10-500 Pa·sec, the viscosity ratio (VA1)/(VA2) being 1.3/1-35/1.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous metallic coating composition comprising: (A) an aqueous film-forming resin; (B) a curing agent; (C) a phosphoric acid group-containing resin having an acid value of 10 to 200 mg KOH/g and obtained by copolymerizing a phosphoric acid group-containing polymerizable unsaturated monomer (a) represented by formula (1) with other polymerizable unsaturated monomer(s) (b); (D) a nitrogen-containing compound represented by formula (2); and (E) a metallic pigment. The present invention further provides a method for forming a multilayer coating film using the aqueous metallic coating composition.

Abstract: This invention discloses a coating method of plastic molded articles, which can form multilayer coating film composed of three layers of water-based primer, water-based base paint and clear paint, the film excelling in adherability to plastic molded articles, water resistance and durability, even when low-temperature baking at not higher than 100° C. is carried out in 3-coat-1-bake system.

Abstract: This invention provides a multilayer coating film-forming method by 2-coat-1-bake coating using a clear coat paint comprising a carboxyl group- and/or cyclic acid anhydride group-containing compound and polyepoxide, in which the coating workability and electrostatic coatability are improved by blending a specific organic solvent in the clear coat paint.

Abstract: This invention provides an automobile water-based paint capable of forming coating film of little metallic mottling and excellent flip-flop property and smoothness, which comprises hydroxyl-containing resin, viscosity-regulating agent and hydrophobic solvent, the viscosity-regulating agent being a copolymer obtained by copolymerizing a monomeric mixture containing a (meth)acrylic acid (salt), monomer represented by the following formula (1) [in which R1 stands for hydrogen or methyl, R2 and R3 stand for hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, R4 stands for C8-24 hydrocarbon group, and n is an integer of 3-60], alkyl (meth)acrylate of which alkyl moiety has 1-4 carbons and a monomer having at least two polymerizable unsaturated groups per molecule, at specific ratios.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coating composition that is excellent in application workability, and that can form a cured coating film excellent in coating film performances such as scratch resistance, acid resistance, stain resistance, finished appearance, sagging resistance, etc. Specifically, the present invention provides a coating composition comprising an acrylic resin (A), a polyisocyanate compound (B) and a specific non-aqueous dispersion-type acrylic resin (C), wherein: the acrylic resin (A) is obtainable by copolymerization of a specific secondary hydroxyl group-containing monomer (a-1), a secondary hydroxyl group-containing polyoxyalkylene mono(meth)acrylate monomer (a-2), an isobornyl (meth)acrylate monomer (a-3) and at least one other copolymerizable unsaturated monomer (a-4), the unsaturated monomer (a-1) being used in an amount (mass) greater than that of the monomer (a-2).

Abstract: This invention provides a method for forming multilayer coating film excelling in smoothness and distinctness of image, by 3-coat-1-bake system in which a step of applying onto a coating object a water-based intermediate paint (X) to form an intermediate coating film; a step of adjusting the solid content of the intermediate coating film to 70-100 mass %; a step of applying onto the intermediate coating film a water-based base coating paint (Y) containing 30-55 mass parts of alcoholic solvent having a boiling point of 170-250° C., to form a base coating film; a step of adjusting the solid content of the base coating film to 70-100 mass %; a step of applying a clear paint (Z) comprising 40-60 mass parts of carboxyl-containing compound and 60-40 mass parts of polyepoxide onto the base coating film to form a clear coating film; and heating the intermediate coating film, base coating film and clear coating film at 100-120° C. for 3-10 minutes and thereafter further heating them at 130-160° C.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous metallic coating composition comprising: (A) an aqueous film-forming resin; (B) a curing agent; (C) a phosphoric acid group-containing resin having an acid value of 10 to 200 mg KOH/g and obtained by copolymerizing a phosphoric acid group-containing polymerizable unsaturated monomer (a) represented by formula (1) with other polymerizable unsaturated monomer(s) (b); (D) a nitrogen-containing compound represented by formula (2); and (E) a metallic pigment. The present invention further provides a method for forming a multilayer coating film using the aqueous metallic coating composition.

Abstract: This invention provides a method for forming brilliant multi-layered coating film excelling in brilliance, which comprises the steps of applying an effect pigment-containing, water-borne base coating composition (A1) containing inorganic fine particles having an average primary particle diameter not more than 1 ?m and having a solid content of at least 15 mass % but less than 45 mass % onto a substrate to form a first base coating film; successively applying onto the first base coating film an effect pigment-containing, water-borne base coating composition (A2) having a solid content of at least 5 mass % but less than 15 mass %; and curing the two coating films by heating.

Abstract: This invention provides an effect pigment-containing, water-borne base coating composition comprising water-dispersible acrylic polymer particles (A) and effect pigment (B), the water-dispersible acrylic polymer particles (A) being obtained by emulsion polymerization of a radical-polymerizable unsaturated monomeric mixture including an amido-containing, radical-polymerizable unsaturated monomer having at least two radical-polymerizable unsaturated groups per molecule, and the effect pigment (B) being contained at a pigment weight concentration (PWC) within a range of 15-50%.

Abstract: This invention provides an automobile water-based paint capable of forming coating film of little metallic mottling and excellent flip-flop property and smoothness, which comprises hydroxyl-containing resin, viscosity-regulating agent and hydrophobic solvent, the viscosity-regulating agent being a copolymer obtained by copolymerizing a monomeric mixture containing a (meth)acrylic acid (salt), monomer represented by the following formula (1) [in which R1 stands for hydrogen or methyl, R2 and R3 stand for hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, R4 stands for C8-24 hydrocarbon group, and n is an integer of 3-60], alkyl (meth)acrylate of which alkyl moiety has 1-4 carbons and a monomer having at least two polymerizable unsaturated groups per molecule, at specific ratios.

Abstract: This invention provides a method for forming brilliant multi-layered coating film excelling in brilliance, which comprises the steps of applying an effect pigment-containing water-borne base coating composition (A1) having a coating film viscosity (VA1) after 1 minute of its application of 10-500 Pa·sec onto a substrate to form a first base coating film; and applying an effect pigment-containing water-borne base coating composition (A2) having a coating film viscosity (VA2) after 1 minute of its application of 5-200 Pa·sec onto the first base coating film while the viscosity (VA3) of the first base coating film is 10-500 Pa sec, the viscosity ratio (VA1)/(VA2) being 1.3/1-35/1.

Abstract: This invention provides a multilayer coating film-forming method by 2-coat-1-bake coating using a clear coat paint comprising a carboxyl group- and/or cyclic acid anhydride group-containing compound and polyepoxide, in which the coating workability and electrostatic coatability are improved by blending a specific organic solvent in the clear coat paint.

Abstract: The present invention provides an active energy ray-curable coating composition containing (A) a polymerizable unsaturated compound; (B) a photopolymerization initiator; (C) at least one silane coupling agent selected from the group consisting of amino group-containing silane coupling agents and mercapto group-containing silane coupling agents; and (D) at least one chelate compound selected from the group consisting of aluminum chelates and titanium chelates, and a film formation method using the same.

Abstract: This invention relates to a red-colored metallic paint formulation which comprises a resin component, aluminum flake pigment and red iron oxide pigment, characterized in that it contains, per 100 parts by weight of total solid content of the resin component, 1-30 parts by weight of the aluminum flake pigment and 0.1-10 parts by weight of the red iron oxide pigment, and that the red iron oxide pigment has an average primary particle size of at least 200 nm.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for forming a multi-layer coating film by applying, to a substrate, intermediate paint, metallic paint and clear paint by 3C1B method, which process is characterized in that said intermediate paint contains 0.5 to 5 phr of flat talc powder of a size of 0.5 to 10 &mgr;m in longer direction and 0.01 to 1 &mgr;m in thickness, and has a total pigment content of 40 to 100 phr.

Abstract: This invention provides a water-based metallic paint which comprises a resin composition for water-based paint and metallic pigment, said water-based metallic paint containing 5-15 parts by weight of polyamide resin per 100 parts by weight of the resin composition for water-based paint, and the storage modulus of elasticity of the paint liquid immediately after spray coating of said water-based metallic paint being at least 100 Pa/20° C. under the conditions of 0.5 Pa stress and 0.1 Hz frequency, said water-based metallic paint forms coating excelling in flip-flop property and being free of metallic unevenness.