Surface coating for high-quality white and / or grayware

Abstract

A surface coating for high-grade white and/or gray goods, i.e. items for domestic, sanitary and/or automotive use, in particular housing elements of corresponding devices and machines, as well as decoration, for example those housing elements which specifically have metallic applications and/or elements is disclosed. The surface coating is applied on a metallic or metalized surface structure and has hydrophobic property and/or oleophobic property. The surface coating is defined by a thickness which is less than a structure depth of the surface structure. The height of the surface roughness of the surface structure can thus extend significantly beyond the thickness of the surface coating, so that the surface structure promotes blurring of undesired residues in a kind of intrinsic capillary/channeling effect. Because of the blurring the contour of a soiling is obscured until finally it becomes wholly indistinguishable.

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