| abstract |
PCT No. PCT/JP97/01885 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 6, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 6, 1998 PCT Filed Jun. 3, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO97/47396 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 18, 1997A method for forming a multi-layer metallic coating film, the method being a 3-coat system comprising the steps of applying the following coating compositions (A), (B) and (C) in this order to a metal substrate coated with a cationically electrodepositable coating composition; (A) an organic solvent-based thermosetting metallic first base coating composition which comprises a neutralized carboxyl-containing resin having an acid value of 5 to 100 mg KOH/g, an amino resin and a metallic pigment, the composition having a substrate-hiding power corresponding to up to 3% transmittance of light at a wavelength of 400 to 700 nm in a 15 mu m-thick cured coating film, (B) an aqueous thermosetting second base coating composition which has a transparency corresponding to 10 to 95% transmittance of light at a wavelength of 400 to 700 nm in a 15- mu m thick cured coating film, and (C) an organic solvent-based thermosetting clear coating composition. The method of the invention gives a multi-layer metallic coating film on a metal substrate, the film being improved in esthetic property, surface smoothness and so on. |