Processes and compositions for obtaining clear, textured, light-scattering, light-reflecting and light-refracting finishes and articles made thereby and therewith

Claim 1

THE PROCESS FOR MAKING A CLEAR, TEXTURED, LIGHT-SCATTERING, LIGHT-REFLECTING AND LIGHT-REFRACTING COATING, WHICH COMPRISES APPLYING, OVER A NON-CELLULAR STRUCTURE HAVING A PATTERNED COATING, A COMPOSITION WHICH COMPRISES (A) A RESINOUS FILM-FORMING MATERIAL IN PARTICULATE AND IN DISSOLVED FORM, (1) SAID MATERIAL IN PARTICULATE FORM (A) BEING PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT FROM ABOUT 2 TO ABOUT 50 PERCENT, BY WEIGHT, OF THE TOTAL COMPOSITION, (B) HAVING A PARTICLE SIZE TO GIVE GAGE READINGS FROM ABOUT 100 TO ABOUT 250 MICRONS ON A PD-250 DISPERSION GRIND GAGE, (C) HAVING PARTICLES WHICH REMAIN SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME IN SIZE AND SHAPE IN A COATING MADE FROM SAID COMPOSITION, AND (I) WHICH ARE SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSPARENT IN SUCH A COATING, (2) SAID MATERIAL IN DISSOLVED FORM BEING SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT MUD CRACKING DURING THE PREDRYING AND FUSING STAGES OF FILM-FORMATION WITH SAID COATING COMPOSITION, (B) SAID COMPOSITION BEING ADAPTED TO FORM A THIN COATING WHICH IS CLEAR, TEXTURED, LIGHT-SCATTERING, LIGHT-REFLECTING, LIGHT-REFRACTING AND HAVING THE PROPERTY OF IMPARTING A DISTINCTIVE APPERANCE TO A SURFACE OVR WHICH SAID COATING IS APPLIED. AND SUBJECTING THE THUS-COATED STRUCTURE TO FILM-CURING CONDITIONS.