Abstract: A process is provided for simultaneously coating an article with a metal and a synthetic resin. In this process, the article to be coated is made the cathode in an aqueous electroplating bath. The electroplating bath contains (1) a metal salt, (2) particles of a synthetic resin in a concentration of about 3 to about 250 grams per liter of bath, (3) a cationic surfactant and (4) a nonionic surfactant. The concentration of the resin particles in the bath is from about 3 to about 250 grams per liter and the particle size of the resin is less than about 10 micrometers. The cationic and nonionic surfactants are used in a ratio of between 100:1 and 2:1 and the concentration of the two surfactants in the bath is at least 4.times.10.sup.-3 mmoles per m.sup.2 of surface area of the particles. The bath is subjected to electrolysis until a coating of a metal and the resin forms on the surface of the article. A resinous coating is deposited over the layer of metal and resin.

Abstract: Polyfluorocarbon resin particles and metals are codeposition from electroplating baths to form coating layers of a very homogeneous structure, when said positively charged resin particles having a particle size of less than about 10 .mu.m are kept dispersed in said baths in the presence of both a cationic and a nonionic fluorocarbon surfactant in a molar ratio between 25:1 and 1:3.5 and in a total amount of at least 3 .times. 10.sup.-3 millimoles per m2 of surface area of said particles.