A method of producing a coated substrate comprising grinding to a grain size smaller than 0.5 mm (A) 5 to 15 percent by weight of a silicate oxide sinter or alloy comprising 50 to 65 percent by weight of Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 plus FeO in any weight proportion, 3 to 8 percent of CuO plus CuO.sub.2 in any weight proportion, 2 to 7 percent by weight of CaO, 20 to 30 percent by weight of SiO.sub.2, and 0 to 10 percent of other oxides selected from the group consisting of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, TiO, NiO, CoO, MgO, Na.sub.2 O and K.sub.2 O in any weight proportion and (B) 15 to 35 percent by weight of an anhydrous aluminosilicate substance in the natural state or which has been sintered at a temperature above 1,000.degree.C, and said substance comprising 40 to 75 percent by weight of SiO.sub.2, 10 to 45 percent by weight of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, 0 to 15 percent by weight of Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 plus FeO in any weight proportion, and 0 to 10 percent by weight of other oxides selected from the group consisting of TiO.sub.2, CaO, MgO, Na.sub.2 O and K.sub.2 O in any weight proportion;
- mixing the ground material in a water solution of mono- or dibasic acid phosphates of aluminum, chromium, magnesium, or calcium or a mixture of said acid phosphates, the solution of acid phosphate having a density of 1.3 to 1.6 g/cc, and forming a suspensoid of said ground material in the solution;
- applying a coating of the suspensoid to the surface of a substrate and hardening the coating in air at a temperature from room temperature up to about 150.degree.C.