Abstract: The method for producing a repair sheet includes: attaching a nonpolar resin plate to an appropriate position on a dummy vehicle body corresponding to a repair area including a coating film in need of repair; supplying the dummy vehicle body to a topcoat application line and forming a pigment layer on a nonpolar resin plate and a clear layer on a nonpolar resin plate under a condition equal to that for topcoat application to a vehicle body to be actually coated; and supplying the dummy vehicle body to a coating drying line and drying the nonpolar resin plate having the pigment layer and the nonpolar resin plate having the clear layer formed thereon under a condition equal to that for coating drying of the vehicle body to be actually coated.

Abstract: A vehicle design system allowing a user to obtain a favorite design for the coating of a vehicle. The vehicle design system that presents a design for the coating of a vehicle to a user includes a processing device including: a design registration unit having registered therein a plurality of pieces of design information on the vehicle; a designer registration unit having registered therein designer information for each of a plurality of designers creating a design of the vehicle; a design output unit that outputs to a display device registered design information; a design selection determination unit that determines whether the design information output to the display device has been selected by an input from an input device; and a designer output unit that, if it is determined that the design information has not been selected, outputs designer information registered in the designer registration unit to the display device.

Abstract: An intermediate coating composition used in forming an intermediate coating layer directly overlaid on a surface of an electrodeposition coating layer constructing a vehicle outer panel, the coating composition containing as resin components: (a) 1% to 27% by mass of a polycaprolactonetriol; (b) 20% to 60% by mass of a blocked isocyanate; and (c) 1% to 20% by mass of a melamine resin, each at a percentage content in entire resin components, and the coating composition further containing as a pigment component: (d) 1% to 10% by mass of talc in terms of pigment mass concentration. As the resin component, (e) greater than 0% to 10% by mass of an epoxy resin is preferably contained. A urethane curing catalyst is preferably contained in an amount of greater than 0.01 parts to 2 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the entire resin components.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cationic electrodeposition coating composition comprising: a specific amino group-containing modified epoxy resin (A); a blocked polyisocyanate curing agent (B); a water-soluble zirconium compound (C); and sulfamic acid, wherein the water-soluble zirconium compound (C) is present in an amount of 10 to 10,000 ppm, calculated as the mass of the elemental zirconium, relative to the mass of the cationic electrodeposition coating composition.

Abstract: An intermediate coating composition used in forming an intermediate coating layer directly overlaid on a surface of an electrodeposition coating layer constructing a vehicle outer panel, the coating composition containing as resin components: (a) 1% to 27% by mass of a polycaprolactonetriol; (b) 20% to 60% by mass of a blocked isocyanate; and (c) 1% to 20% by mass of a melamine resin, each at a percentage content in entire resin components, and the coating composition further containing as a pigment component: (d) 1% to 10% by mass of talc in terms of pigment mass concentration. As the resin component, (e) greater than 0% to 10% by mass of an epoxy resin is preferably contained. A urethane curing catalyst is preferably contained in an amount of greater than 0.01 parts to 2 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the entire resin components.

Abstract: An intermediate coating composition used in forming an intermediate coating layer directly overlaid on the surface of an electrodeposition coating layer constructing a vehicle outer panel, wherein a coating film obtained by curing of the intermediate coating composition alone has following characteristics (1) to (4): (1) a loss tangent (tan ?) at ?20° C. as determined from a measurement of a dynamic viscoelasticity under a condition involving a rate of temperature rise of 2° C./min and a frequency of 8 Hz being 0.01 to 0.5; (2) a dynamic glass transition temperature being ?15° C. to 55° C.; (3) percentage of elongation at ?20° C. being 1% to 250%; and (4) a Young's modulus at ?20° C. being 400 kgf/cm2 to 50,000 kgf/cm2. The coating film obtained from the intermediate coating composition preferably further has the following characteristic (5): a tensile strength at ?20° C. being 200 kgf/cm2 to 1,200 kgf/cm2.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cationic electrodeposition coating composition comprising: a specific amino group-containing modified epoxy resin (A); a blocked polyisocyanate curing agent (B); a water-soluble zirconium compound (C); and sulfamic acid, wherein the water-soluble zirconium compound (C) is present in an amount of 10 to 10,000 ppm, calculated as the mass of the elemental zirconium, relative to the mass of the cationic electrodeposition coating composition.

Abstract: This invention concerns a method for forming a coating film on a metallic substrate by a multistage energization method at no less than two stages using an electrodeposition bath which comprises a water-based film-forming agent comprising zirconium compound and, as the base resin, an amino group-containing modified epoxy resin which is obtained through reaction of an epoxy resin with an amino group-containing compound, said epoxy resin having been obtained through reaction of a diepoxide compound, a bisphenol epoxy resin and bisphenols; whereby coated articles excelling in corrosion resistance are offered.

Abstract: This invention concerns a method for forming a coating film on a metallic substrate by a multistage energization method at no less than two stages using an electrodeposition bath which comprises a water-based film-forming agent comprising zirconium compound and, as the base resin, an amino group-containing modified epoxy resin which is obtained through reaction of an epoxy resin with an amino group-containing compound, said epoxy resin having been obtained through reaction of a diepoxide compound, a bisphenol epoxy resin and bisphenols; whereby coated articles excelling in corrosion resistance are offered.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for forming on a metal substrate a surface treating film excelling in corrosion resistance and stability of film-forming agent, by applying a film-forming agent thereto by a multistage electrification system comprising at least two stages.

Abstract: A composition for surface treatment of aluminium, aluminum alloys, magnesium or magnesium alloys and the treating solutions being diluted to the desired concentration are defined. The composition contains (1) compound A containing at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Hf(IV), Ti(IV) and Zr(IV), (2) a fluorine-containing compound of sufficient amount to make fluorine exist in the composition in an amount of at least 5 times the molarity of the total molarity of the metal contained in the above-mentioned compound A, (3) at least one metal ion B selected from the group of alkaline earth metals, (4) at least one metal ion C selected from the group consisting of Al, Zn, Mg, Mn and Cu, and (5) nitric ion and the mol concentration of compound A is 0.1-50 mmol/L as the metal element of Hf(IV), Ti(IV) and Zr(IV). A metal treated with the treating method of the present invention solution has an excellent resistance to various corrosive environments.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for forming on a metal substrate a surface treating film excelling in corrosion resistance and stability of film-forming agent, by applying a film-forming agent by a multistage electrification system comprising at least two stages.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method for forming a multi-layer coating film, which can combine a pre-treating step conducted for a metal substrate, before electrodeposition coating, and an electrodeposition coating step. The method comprises: a step of dipping a material to be coated in an aqueous coating composition comprising (A) a rare earth metal compound, (B) a base resin having a cationic group, and (C) a curing agent, wherein a content of the rare earth metal compound (A) in the aqueous coating composition is limited to specific range; a pre-treating step of applying a voltage of less than 50 V in the aqueous coating composition, wherein the material to be coated is used as a cathode; and an electrodeposition coating of applying a voltage of 50 to 450 V in the aqueous coating composition, wherein the material to be coated is used as a cathode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite chemical conversion coating film containing a crystalline continuous coating film that is formed on a metal substrate. The present invention also relates to a process for forming a multiple layered coating film including (A) the first step of immersing an untreated metal substrate in an aqueous solution containing nitrate of a rare earth metal and forming a crystalline continuous coating film containing a rare earth metal compound with a deposition amount of 1 mg/m2 at lower limit and 110 mg/m2 at upper limit by cathode electrolysis and (B) the second step of coating an electrodeposition coating composition containing an organic acid or inorganic acid salt of a rare earth metal by cathode electrodeposition.

Abstract: The present invention is the method for surface treatment of a metal material containing iron and/or zinc, containing component (A) and component (B); where (A) is a compound containing at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf and Si, (B) is a compound containing fluorine as a supplying source of HF, wherein the ratio K=A/B between the total mole weight A of metal elements of Ti, Zr, Hf and Si in the compound of component (A) and the mole weight B which when the total fluorine atoms in the fluorine-containing compound of component (B) is converted to HF is within the range of 0.06?K?0.18, and the concentration of component (A) indicated by the total mole concentration of metal elements of Ti, Zr, Hf and Si is within the region of 0.05 to 100 m mol/L. To the treating solution for surface treatment, at least one compound containing at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Ag, Al, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mg, Ni, Co and Zn can be blended.

Abstract: Treating solution for surface treatment of metal to treat one metal material selected from the group consisting of ferriferous material, zinciferous material, aluminiferous material and magnesiferous material or to treat two or more metal materials selected from the group consisting of ferriferous material, zinciferous material, aluminiferous material and magnesiferous material at the same time, wherein the aqueous surface treating solution contains from 5 to 5000 ppm of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of zirconium compound and titanium compound by the metal element, and from 0.1 to 100 ppm of free fluorine ion, further the pH of the treating solution is from 2 to 6. To the treating solution, calcium compound, magnesium compound, strontium compound, nitric acid group, oxygen acid and/or salt of oxygen acid, polymer compound and surface active agent can be added.

Abstract: A composition for surface treatment of aluminium, aluminum alloy, magnesium or magnesium alloy and the treating solutions being diluted to the desired concentration are defined. A said composition of this invention containing (1) compound A containing at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Hf(IV), Ti(IV) and Zr(IV), (2) fluorine containing compound of sufficient amount to make fluorine existed in the composition at least by 5 times of molarity to the total molarity of metal contained in above mentioned compound A, (3) at least one metal ion B selected from the group of alkaline earth metals, (4) at least one metal ion C selected from the group consisting of Al, Zn, Mg, Mn and Cu, and (5) nitric ion and the mol concentration of compound A is 0.1-50 mmol/L as metal element of Hf(IV), Ti(IV) and Zr(IV). The metal treated with the treating method applying the present invention solution has excellent resistance to various corrosive environments.

Abstract: The present invention is the method for surface treatment of a metal material containing iron and/or zinc, comprising component (A) and component (B);