Abstract: A pigment aqueous-medium dispersion and coating material which have no particle feeling and exhibit a highly excellent silky feeling, the pigment aqueous-medium dispersion is a dispersion of a photoluminescent pigment in an aqueous medium, characterized in that the photoluminescent pigment is flaky titanic acid obtained by treating layered titanate with acid and then reacting an organic basic compound with the treated layered titanate to delaminate, and the flaky titanic acid has an average longer diameter of 5 to 30 ?m and an average thickness of 0.5 to 300 nm.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a water-based one-pack-type coating composition which can form a coating film having a satisfactory feel of achieving a soft feel and coating film performance simultaneously and further maintains common performance of paint such as excellent design (a matt appearance, etc.), an adhesion property, coating film strength, abrasion resistance, water resistance, oil and grease-contamination resistance. A water-based one-pack-type coating composition of the present invention comprises: an ionomer resin emulsion (A), a polyolefin resin emulsion (B), resin particles (C), and a urethane dispersion (D), wherein a solid content mass ratio (mass ratio as converted into a solid content) of (C)/{(A)+(B)+(D)} is 40/100 to 100/100, a solid content mass ratio of (A)/(B) is 1/3 to 3/1, and a solid content mass ratio of {(A)+(B)}/(D) is 40/60 to 70/30.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a water-based one-pack-type coating composition which can form a coating film having a satisfactory feel of achieving a soft feel and coating film performance simultaneously and further maintains common performance of paint such as excellent design (a matt appearance, etc.), an adhesion property, coating film strength, abrasion resistance, water resistance, oil and grease-contamination resistance. A water-based one-pack-type coating composition of the present invention comprises: an ionomer resin emulsion (A), a polyolefin resin emulsion (B), resin particles (C), and a urethane dispersion (D), wherein a solid content mass ratio (mass ratio as converted into a solid content) of (C)/{(A)+(B)+(D)} is 40/100 to 100/100, a solid content mass ratio of (A)/(B) is 1/3 to 3/1, and a solid content mass ratio of {(A)+(B)}/(D) is 40/60 to 70/30.

Abstract: To obtain a photoluminescent pigment and a photoluminescent coating material which have no particle feeling and exhibit a highly excellent silky feeling. A dispersion liquid of a photoluminescent pigment in an aqueous medium, characterized in that the photoluminescent pigment is flaky titanic acid obtained by treating layered titanate with acid and then reacting an organic basic compound with the treated layered titanate to delaminate, and the flaky titanic acid has an average longer diameter of 5 to 30 ?m and an average thickness of 0.5 to 300 nm.

Abstract: The present invention aims to give a two package curing type polyurethane coating composition which can form a film having soft, wet and dry feelings simultaneously and which maintains general properties such as designing property, film strength, pot life, resistance to scratching and discoloration, resistance to stains with fats and oils and the like, and to provide a coated article with the coating composition. The two package curing type polyurethane coating composition comprises a resin solution containing an acrylic polyol and a curing agent solution containing a polyisocyanate. The resin solution contains urethane resin beads (A) in the amount of 25 to 50 parts by weight and an organic matting agent (B) in the amount of 3 to 10 parts by weight, and the total of (A) and (B) is at least 30 parts by weight in 100 parts by weight of solid contents of the resin solution. And the equivalent ratio of OH groups/NCO groups of the acrylic polyol and the polyisocyanate is in the range of 4.5:1 to 1.5:1.

Abstract: An expandable coating composition, yields a coating film having elasticity, a soft feeling, and strength which are sufficient for an instrument panel of an automobile by simple processes. An expandable coating composition yields an expanded coating film and contains (a) a polyol compound, (b) an isocyanate compound, and (c) water; the (a) polyol compound reacts with a part of the (b) isocyanate compound, thereby yielding polyurethane resin; the remaining (b) isocyanate compound reacts with the (c) water, thereby yielding carbon dioxide; the polyurethane resin has a breaking strength of 5 N/cm2 or greater and less than 200 N/cm2 in a case in which an elongation percentage thereof is 100% or less; and the polyurethane resin has a breaking strength of 5 N/cm2 to 1,500 N/cm2 in a case in which an elongation percentage thereof is more than 100%.

Abstract: The present invention aims to give a two package curing type polyurethane coating composition which can form a film having soft, wet and dry feelings simultaneously and which maintain general properties of a coating composition such as the designing property, film strength, resistance to scratching, discoloration resistance, pot life, resistance to stains with fats and oils, and the like and to provide a coated article with such a two package curing type polyurethane coating composition.

Abstract: This invention aims to provide a favorable feel coating film having gently soft feel (comfortable feel), a coating composition for forming the coating film, and fine particles of a polymer for incorporation in the coating composition, and concerns with fine particles of lanolin-deposited polyurethane resin obtainable by reacting at least one of polyesters and polyethers with polyisocyanate having at least two isocyanate groups in a poor solvent in the presence of a lanolin derivative; a coating composition comprising (i) at least one binder resin selected from the group consisting of polyester resins and polyether resins, the binder resin having a specific glass transition temperature, a specific number average molecular weight and a specific hydroxyl value, (ii) polyisocyanate having at least two isocyanate groups, (iii) the fine particles of polyurethane resin as described above, and (iv) an organic solvent; and an article coated with the coating composition.

Abstract: An expandable coating composition, yields a coating film having elasticity, a soft feeling, and strength which are sufficient for an instrument panel of an automobile by simple processes. An expandable coating composition yields an expanded coating film and contains (a) a polyol compound, (b) an isocyanate compound, and (c) water; the (a) polyol compound reacts with a part of the (b) isocyanate compound, thereby yielding polyurethane resin; the remaining (b) isocyanate compound reacts with the (c) water, thereby yielding carbon dioxide; the polyurethane resin has a breaking strength of 5 N/cm2 or greater and less than 200 N/cm2 in a case in which an elongation percentage thereof is 100% or less; and the polyurethane resin has a breaking strength of 5 N/cm2 to 1,500 N/cm2 in a case in which an elongation percentage thereof is more than 100%.

Abstract: This invention aims to provide a favorable feel coating film having gently soft feel (comfortable feel), a coating composition for forming the coating film, and fine particles of a polymer for incorporation in the coating composition, and concerns with fine particles of lanolin-deposited polyurethane resin obtainable by reacting at least one of polyesters and polyethers with polyisocyanate having at least two isocyanate groups in a poor solvent in the presence of a lanolin derivative; a coating composition comprising (i) at least one binder resin selected from the group consisting of polyester resins and polyether resins, the binder resin having a specific glass transition temperature, a specific number average molecular weight and a specific hydroxyl value, (ii) polyisocyanate having at least two isocyanate groups, (iii) the fine particles of polyurethane resin as described above, and (iv) an organic solvent; and an article coated with the coating composition.

Abstract: A flexible lustered product used in automobiles. The flexible lustered product includes a base material made of resin. A base coat layer is formed on at least a portion of a surface of the base material by applying a coating. The base coat layer has a glass transition point that is at least −30° C. and at most 0° C. The base coat layer includes a silane coupling agent having a mercapto group. A metal film layer is applied to at least a portion of a surface of the base coat layer. The metal film layer is anticorrosive and has a thickness that is at least 150 Å and at most 800 Å. The metal film layer is formed by a plurality of metal particles disposed in contact with one another so as to define a grain boundary between adjacent metal particles. A top coat layer is formed on at least a portion of a surface of the metal film layer by applying a coating.

Abstract: The present invention provides a one-liquid low temperature hardenable type colored enamel paint and a one-liquid low temperature hardenable type clear paint, which are used for coating of plastic materials and sufficiently harden even by baking at a low temperature and can form a hardened coating film that is excellent in contaminationproofing and acidproofing without damaging flexibility. The colored enamel paint comprises: resin components, which include a polyesterpolyol and an acrylic polyol; a crosslinking agent, which includes a blocked isocyanate as the essential component and may further include a melamine resin; a blocked isocyanate dissociation catalyst, which at least includes a dibutyltin dicarboxylate; and a pigment. The clear paint comprises: a resin component, which includes an acrylic polyol; the crosslinking agent; and the blocked isocyanate dissociation catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a top coating composition having:(A) A hydroxyl-containing vinyl resin containing 40 to 90 wt. % of an aromatic hydrocarbon ring-containing vinyl monomer as a monomer component, optionally in combination with (B) a hydroxyl-containing polyester resin,(C) hexamethoxymethylmelamine and/or an etherified melamine resin obtained by substituting a part or the whole of the methoxy groups in hexamethoxymethylmelamine by an alkoxy group having at least 4 carbon atoms,(D) a particulate polymer having an average particle diameter of 0.01 to 1 .mu.m, and(E) a polysiloxane compound represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are the same or different and each represent a C.sub.1-10 alkyl group, a C.sub.1-10 alkoxy group or a hydroxyl group, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are the same or different and each represent C.sub.1-10 alkyl group or a hydrogen atom, and n is an integer of 10 to 1,000.

Abstract: A resin composition having excellent paint coatability containing (a) 50-80 weight % of a multi-stage polymerized propylene-ethylene block copolymer consisting essentially of (i) a propylene homopolymer portion, (ii) a propylene-ethylene random copolymer portion, and (iii) an ethylene homopolymer portion, (b) 20-40 weight % of an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer elastomer, and (c) 20 weight % or less of an inorganic filler, components in the components (a) and (b), which are soluble in p-xylene at a room temperature, having a number-average molecular weight of 4.times.10.sup.4 or more and a weight-average molecular weight of 20.times.10.sup.4 or more.

Abstract: A resin composition having excellent paint coatability containing (a) 50-80 weight % of a multi-stage polymerized propylene-ethylene block copolymer consisting essentially of (i) a propylene homopolymer portion, (ii) a propylene-ethylene random copolymer portion, and (iii) an ethylene homopolymer portion, (b) 20-40 weight % of an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer elastomer, and (c) 20 weight % or less of an inorganic filler, components in the components (a) and (b), which are soluble in p-xylene at a room temperature, having a number-average molecular weight of 4.times.10.sup.4 or more and a weight-average molecular weight of 20.times.10.sup.4 or more.