Stone-effect articles and methods for making same
AssigneeSteelscape, LLC
InventorsAllen Garrett, Jonathan King
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Abstract
The invention relates to articles, e.g., sheet metal, comprising surface coatings that have the appearance of polished stone and methods for making such articles.
Claims30
A metal strip having coatings on at least one surface of the strip, the coatings comprising a continuous paint base layer with a specular reflection between about 6 and 120 gloss units beneath at least one discontinuous paint layer having a stone-effect pattern, wherein the coatings have the appearance of a polished stone surface.
The metal strip of claim l, wherein the metal strip is cold formed into an article.
A method of producing a metal strip having the appearance of polished stone, the method comprising:
- applying a continuous paint base layer having a specular reflection of about 6 to about 120 gloss units to the metal strip;
- and
- applying onto the base layer at least one discontinuous paint layer in a stone-effect pattern.
A method of making a decorative surface for an article, the method comprising:
- depositing a continuous paint base layer onto a metal strip, the paint base layer having a specular reflection between about 6 and 120 gloss units;
- depositing at least one discontinuous paint layer atop the continuous paint base layer, the discontinuous paint layer having a stone-effect pattern;
- and
- installing the decorative surface onto an article.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.