Method of forming coating films

A method of forming a coating film by forming in sequence a pigmented base coat and a clear top coat on a substrate followed by finishing by the two-coat one-bake technique, the method being characterized by using, as a coating composition for pigmented base coat formation, a composition comprising, as essential components thereof,

• (1) at least one OH-containing resin selected from the group consisting of an OH-containing polyester resin and an OH-containing vinyl resin, each having a hydroxyl value of about 20 to 200,
• (2) a methylol amino resin etherified with an alcohol,
• (3) a polyorganosiloxane which has, on an average, at least two groups, per molecule, each selected from the class consisting of a silanol group and an alkoxysilane group and has a number average molecular weight of at least 1,000 the polyorganosiloxane optionally having, on an average, at least one epoxy group per molecule, the polyorganosiloxane being prepared by subjecting to hydrolysis condensation a silane compound of the general formula
• R.sup.1.sub.x Si(OR.sup.2).sub.4-x (I)
• wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may be the same or different and each is a hydrocarbon group containing 1 to 13 carbon atoms and x is 1, the epoxy-containing polyorganosiloxane being prepared by subjecting to hydrolysis cocondensation a silane compound of the general formula (I) wherein x is 1, 2 or 3 and an epoxy-containing silane of the general formula ##STR3## wherein R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 may be the same or different and each is a hydrocarbon group consisting 1 to 13 carbon atoms, Y is 1, 2 or 3, G is a group of the formula ##STR4## wherein R.sup.5 is a bivalent hydrocarbon group containing 1 to 13 carbon atoms and the R.sup.6 groups may be the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group,
• (4) a flaky metal powder and/or a mica powder, and
• (5) an organic solvent,
• and using, as a coating composition for clear top coat formation, a composition comprising, as essential components thereof,
• (1) a base resin which is (i) an OH-containing resin further containing at least one group selected from the class consisting of a silanol group and a hydrolyzable group bound directly to a silicon atom within the same molecule or (ii) a mixed resin composed of a resin containing at least one group selected from the class consisting of a silanol group and a hydrolyzable group bound directly to a silicon atom and an OH-containing resin,
• (2) a methylol amino resin etherified with an alcohol, and
• (3) an organic solvent.