Glamour powder coating composition containing at least two different colored powders and reflective flakes

Claim 1

A POWDER COATING COMPOSITION CONSISTING ESSENTIALY OF FINELY DIVIDED PARTICLES HAVING APARTICLE SIZE OF 1-75 MICRONS OF 1. 95.0-99-9 PERCENT BY WEIGHT, BASED ON THE WEIGHT OF THE POWDER COATING COMPOSITION, OF A BLEND OF AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENTLY COLORED POWDER PARTICLES CAPABLE OF ADHERING TO ONE ANOTHER TO FORM A CONTINUOUS FILM WHEREIN THE POWDER PARTICLES CONSIST ESSENTIALLY OF 70-99.9 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF A FILM-FORMING BINDER AND 0.1-30 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF COLORANT PARTICLES AND WHEN THE POWDER PARTICLES ARE FORMED INTO A FILM ABOUT 50 MICRONS THICK TRANSMIT AT LEAST 10 PERCENT OF THE LIGHT OF THE VISIBLE WAVE LENGTH OF 4000-7000. ANGSTROMS; AND 2. 0.1-5.0 PERCENT BY WEIGHT, BASED ON THE WEIGHT OF THE POWDER COATING COMPOSITION OF INDIVIDUAL ALUMINUM FLAKE PIGMENT PARTICLES HAVING A PARTICLE SIZE BELOW 200 MESH WHEREIN THE FILM-FORMING BINDER OF THE COLORED PARTICLES IS A THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A. 40-90 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF AN ACRYLIC POLYMER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF A. HONOPOLYMER OF AN ALKYL METHCARYLATE HAVING 1-3 CARBON ATOMS IN THE ALKYL GROUP; A POLYMER OF AN ALKYL METHACRYLATE HAVING 1-4 CARBON ATOMS IN THE ALKYL GROUP AND CONTAINING AT LEAST 50 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF METHYLACRYLATE A POLYMER OF AN ALKYL METHACRYLATE AND AN ALKYL ACRYLATE HAVING 1-12 CARBON ATOMS IN THE ALKYL GROUPS AND CONTAINING AT LEAST 70 PERCENT BY WEIGHT METHYL METHACRYLATE, A GRAFT COPOLYMER OF AN ALKYL METHACRYLATE AND AN ALKYL ACRYLATE HAVING 1-12 CARBON ATOMS IN THE ALKYL GROUPS; THE ACRYLIC POLYMER HAS A NUMBER AVERGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF ABOUT 20,000-70,000; B 5-40 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF CELLULOSE ESTER HAVING A VISCOISTY OF 0.1-12 SECONDS MEASURED AT 25*C ACCORDING TO ASTM-D-1343, AND A BUTYRYL CONTENT OF 30-60 PERCENT BY WEIGHT; C 5-35 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF AN ORGANIC PLASTICIZER; WHEREIN THE FILM-FORMING CONSTITUTENTS HAVE A MELT VISCOSITY BELOW 75,000 POISES MEASURED AT 160*C AND THE POWDER PARTICLES HAVE A GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURES OF ABOUT 30*-60*., AND; WHEREIN THE COLORANT PARTICLES ARE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF TRANS IRON OXIDE RED PIGMENT, TRANS IRON OXIDE YELLOW PIGMEN, PHTHALOCYANINE PIGMENTS, INDANTHRONE PIGMENTS THIOINDGOID PIGMENTS PERKYLENE PIGMENTS, CARBAZOLE DIOXANE PIGMENTS ISOINDOLINONE PIGMENTS, FLAVANTHRONE PIGMENTS, ANTHANTHRONE PIGMENTS AND MIXTURES THEREOF.