Composite paint

A paint composition for coating metal surfaces to which an overlayer paint (II) is to be coated thereover, the overlayer paint having a hardening starting time as determined according to a logarithmic decrement of viscoelasticity of said overlayer paint and by an oscillated pendulum type viscoelasticity measuring device ranging from 15 to 20 minutes, said paint composition consisting essentially of:

• a cathodic electrodeposition paint composition consisting essentially of:
• (a) a water based composition (A) in an amount ranging from 50 to 85 parts by weight upon conversion to a solid content, said water based composition consisting essentially of:
• i) a reaction product (A-1) formed by a reaction between a epoxy resin having a number average molecular weight ranging from 100 to 3000 and at least one epoxy group per molecule on an average and containing a residual bisphenol A, and a monatomic secondary amine, said reaction product being present in an amount ranging from 60 to 80 parts by weight upon conversion to a solid content, and
• ii) a blocked reaction product (A-2) formed by a reaction between a compound having 1 to 8 carbon atoms and having one OH group per molecule on an average, and a compound having at least two NCO groups per molecule on an average, said blocked reaction product being present in an amount ranging rom 20 to 40 parts by weight upon conversion to a solid content;
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• (b) a partially cross-linked resin (B) formed by heating a water dispersion composition, said partially cross-linked resin being present in an amount ranging from 15 to 50 parts by weight upon conversion to a solid content, said water-dispersed composition consisting essentially of:
• i) a methylol phenol compound (B-1) having an average molecular weight ranging from 200 to 1000, said methylol phenol compound being formed by a reaction between phenol and formaldehyde, said methylol phenol compound being present in an amount ranging between 20 to 50 parts by weight upon conversion to a solid content, and
• ii) an addition reaction product (B-2) formed by an addition of 50 to 200 millimole of a monatomic secondary amine to 100 parts by weight of a polybutadiene resin having an average molecular weight ranging from 1000 to 3000 and an oxirane oxygen concentration ranging from 4 to 8 percent by weight, said addition reaction product being present in an amount ranging from 50 to 80 parts by weight upon conversion to a solid content,
• wherein said cationic electrodeposition paint composition has a minimum melt viscosity not less than 0.2 during a hardening state as determined according to the logarithmic decrement of viscoelasticity of said cationic electrodeposition paint composition and by the oscillated pendulum viscoelasticity measuring device.