ANTIQUE AND FAUX FINISH POWDER COATINGS AND POWDER COATING METHODS

摘要

The present invention provides powder coating finishes comprisinginter-mixed basecoat and color layers of coating powders, wherein thebasecoat layer has a first color and one or more color layers has one or moreaccent color different from the first color. In the finishes, each of thefirst colorand the one or more accent color is visible in the said finish to providethree-dimensional appearing antique look, swirl look and marbleized patterns.Oneor more of the coating powders used to, form the finish may comprise a textureforming coating powder. Further, weatherable powder coating finishescomprise one or more protective powder coating layer between the substrateand basecoat color layer. In addition, the present invention providesmethods for producing patterned powder coating finishes comprising applyingto the substrate one or more basecoat coating powder layer having a firstcolor, applying dry-on-dry one or more accent color coating powder layer overthe basecoat powder layer, forming patterns in the resulting layers of coatingpowder, such as with one or more flat bristle brushes, and curing to formpowder coating finishes.