Bright pigment dispersion and method for forming multilayer coating film
The present invention relates to an effect pigment dispersion comprising water, a flake aluminum pigment, and a cellulose-based rheology control agent, wherein the effect pigment dispersion contains 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of solids based on 100 parts by mass of all components thereof, the viscosity measured using a Brookfield type viscometer is 400 to 10000 mPa·sec at a rotational speed of 6 revolutions per minute, and the solids content of the flake aluminum pigment is 30 to 200 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the total amount of components other than the flake aluminum pigment in the total solids content.
1. An effect pigment dispersion comprising water, a flake aluminum pigment, and a cellulose-based rheology control agent, the cellulose-based rheology control agent containing cellulose nanofibers,
wherein the effect pigment dispersion contains 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of solids based on 100 parts by mass of all components thereof,
the viscosity measured using a Brookfield type viscometer is 400 to 10000 mPa·sec at a rotational speed of 6 revolutions per minute, and
the solids content of the flake aluminum pigment is 30 to 200 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the total amount of components other than the flake aluminum pigment in the total solids content.
2. The effect pigment dispersion according to claim 1 , wherein a multilayer coating film obtained by applying the effect pigment dispersion to a dry film thickness of 0.1 to 3.0 μm to a colored coating film to form an effect coating film, and then further forming a clear coating film on the effect coating film has a 60-degree specular gloss of 110 to 250.
3. The effect pigment dispersion according to claim 1 , wherein a multilayer coating film obtained by applying the effect pigment dispersion to a dry film thickness of 0.1 to 0.3 μm to a colored coating film to form an effect coating film, and then further forming a clear coating film on the effect coating film has a 60-degree specular gloss of 150 to 240 and a graininess HG of 10 to 40.
4. The effect pigment dispersion according to claim 1 , wherein the flake aluminum pigment has a thickness of 0.01 to 0.2 μm.
5. The effect pigment dispersion according to claim 1 , wherein the cellulose-based rheology control agent contains at least one neutralizer selected from the group consisting of quaternary ammonium salts, alkylamines, and alcohol amines.
6. A method for forming a multilayer coating film, the method comprising:
applying a colored coating composition to a substrate to form a colored coating film,
applying the effect pigment dispersion according to claim 1 to the formed colored coating film to form an effect coating film, and
applying a clear paint to the formed effect coating film to form a clear coating film.
7. A multilayer coating film comprising:
a colored coating film formed from a colored coating composition,
an effect coating film formed from the effect pigment dispersion according to claim 1 on the colored coating film, and
a clear coating film formed from a clear paint on the effect coating film.
8. The multilayer coating film according to claim 7 , wherein the effect coating film has a dry film thickness of 0.1 to 3.0 μm, and the multilayer coating film has a 60-degree specular gloss of 110 to 250.
9. The multilayer coating film according to claim 7 , wherein the effect coating film has a dry film thickness of 0.1 to 0.3 μm.
10. The multilayer coating film according to claim 7 , wherein the multilayer coating film has a 60-degree specular gloss of 150 to 240 and a graininess HG of 10 to 40.
11. The multilayer coating film according to claim 7 , wherein the flake aluminum pigment has a thickness of 0.01 to 0.2 μm.