Abstract: A coloring structure includes a light-reflecting base, a brilliant layer placed on the base, and transparent brilliant units contained in the brilliant layer, each brilliant unit including an alternate lamination of at least two polymers having different refractive indexes, the lamination producing interfered light resulting from reflection and interference of light and transmitted light resulting from transmission of light, each brilliant unit controlling interfered and transmitted lights. The coloring structure is provided with a coloring mechanism for producing at least an interference color resulting from interfered light, a first object color resulting from reflection of transmitted light produced by the base, and a second object color resulting from reflection of incident light produced by the base without striking any brilliant units.

Abstract: This invention provides a clear paint composition suitable for application on base coated surface of a coating object, which is characterized by comprising (a) a hydroxyl- and epoxy-containing acrylic resin, (b) a high acid value polyester resin having an acid value of 120-200 mgKOH/g and a number-average molecular weight of 500-4,000, (c) an alkoxysilyl-containing acrylic resin, and (d) an acrylic resin containing alkoxysilyl groups and dimethylpolysiloxane side chains, and forming a coating which, after being cured, has a glass transition point within a range of 100-120° C.

Abstract: A coloring structure includes a surface layer placed on a base with light transparency and containing transparent brilliant members, each brilliant member including an alternate lamination of at least two polymers having different refractive indexes, and controlling interfered light resulting from reflection and interference produced by the alternate lamination and transmitted light other than interfered light and passing through the alternate lamination. The brilliant members may dispersedly be contained in the base.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a clear coating composition, which can give coating films showing good water repellency, in other words a factor giving a care-free and deluxe feeling to car owners, and which are excellent in non-sanding recoatability in recoating dirtied coatings after due repair, as well as a method of forming a coating film and a multilayerd coating film.

Abstract: A coating structure includes a color base, a first coating layer placed on the color base, and transparent brilliant members contained in the first coating layer, each brilliant member including an alternate lamination of at least two polymers having different refractive indexes and controlling interference light resulting from reflection and interference produced by the alternate lamination and transmitted light other than interference light. The coating structure is provided with a coloring mechanism for producing at least an interference color resulting from reflection and interference of an incident source spectrum produced by the brilliant members, a first object color resulting from direct action of the spectrum with the color base, and a second object color resulting from action of the spectrum transmitting through the brilliant members with the color base. Mixing of the three colors causes a hue varying with the angle.

Abstract: A coloring structure includes a light-reflecting base, a brilliant layer placed on the base, and transparent brilliant units contained in the brilliant layer, each brilliant unit including an alternate lamination of at least two polymers having different refractive indexes, the lamination producing interfered light resulting from reflection and interference of light and transmitted light resulting from transmission of light, each brilliant unit controlling interfered and transmitted lights. The coloring structure is provided with a coloring mechanism for producing at least an interference color resulting from interfered light, a first object color resulting from reflection of transmitted light produced by the base, and a second object color resulting from reflection of incident light produced by the base without striking any brilliant units.

Abstract: An epoxy resin containing group(s) of formula (1) and having a number average molecular weight of 400-10,000, an epoxy equivalent of 100-5,000 and an average number of glycidyl ether groups per molecule of 2-50 wherein A is a group (wherein R3 is a saturated aliphatic polyhydric alcohol residue having 2 to 30 carbon atoms, D is oxyalkylene group, a, b, c and d are 0-25, e and f are 0-4, e+f equals 0-4 and a+b+c×e+d×f equals 0-50), and B is (g, h are 0-18), etc. and R1 and R2 are H, glycidyl or a group of the formula wherein A and B are as defined above, and R7, R8 and R9 are H or glycidyl group; its preparation, and photo-curable and powder coating resin compositions containing the same.

Abstract: A method for forming a japan-like paint film on the surface of a steel plate forming part of an automotive vehicle outer panel. The method is comprised of coating a first coating layer of an electrodeposition paint and an intermediate coat paint, on the surface of the steel plate. Subsequently, a second coating layer is formed by coating a base coat paint and a colorless clear paint in a wet on wet manner on the first coating layer and baked to be hardened. The base coat paint contains aluminum powder in an amount of not more than 13% by weight relative to the solid content of the base coat paint. Lastly, a third coating layer is formed by coating a colored clear paint and a colorless clear paint on the second coating layer in a wet on wet manner and baked to be hardened. The colored clear paint contains particulate pigment whose content is within a range form 0.5 to 5% by weight relative to the solid content of the colored clear paint and whose particle size is within a range from 0.01 to 0.3 .mu.m.

Abstract: An aqueous primer composition for use in applying to polyolefin resin substrates which is excellent in adhesiveness to polyolefin resin substrates, water resistance and gasoline resistance and which is free from the problems of fire and environments pollution. The primer composition comprises a resin component (a) of 100 parts by weight of modified polyolefin which is prepared by modifying polyolefin with an .alpha., .beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acids and which contains 0.05 to 0.5 equivalent of free carboxylic acid groups per 100 g, with the other resin component (b) of 5 to 500 parts by weight of modified resin having both ethylenically unsaturated double bonds and free carboxylic acid groups, which modified resin is prepared by adding an .alpha., .beta.

Abstract: Disclosed is a curing agent composition for epoxy resin, prepared by mixing together the following components (i), (ii) and (iii) and heating the mixture for modification:(i) at least one organic carboxylic acid zinc salt,(ii) at least one acid anhydride, and(iii) either (a) at least one phenol compound or (b) at least one glycidyl ester or glycidyl ether compound.

Abstract: A method for forming a transparent multilayer is described, using a wet-on-wet process in which first a transparent acrylic copolymer paint A and then a transparent fluorine-containing polymer paint B comprising the formula ##STR1## wherein X represents a fluorine atom or chlorine atom, and R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 each represents represents a hydrogenatom, hydroxyalkyl group, or carboxyalkyl group, are applied on a conventional finish coating.The method produces a protective multilayer consisting of a paint A layer to improve adhesion and a paint B layer to improve weatherability on the conventional finish coatings.