Patent ID: 7732006

Claim:
A method of providing a coated mar resistant layer on a polymeric article having at least one exposed surface comprising coating a composition onto the exposed surface of the polymeric surface, the composition comprising: a) at least one organofunctional trialkoxysilane monomer in the amount of from 20 to 80 percent by weight of the composition, said trialkoxysilane monomer having the formula where R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 are independently selected from alkyl groups of 1 to 8 carbon atoms; n is an integer 1 through 6, inclusive, and X is selected from the group consisting of glycidyl, acrylate, methacrylate, acrylantide, methacrylamide, N-methylacrylaniide, N-methylmethacrylamide, vinyl, and allyl; b) water to hydrolyze at least one third of alkoxy groups of the trialkoxysilane monomer; and c) from 1.0 to 25.0 percent by weight at least one oligomeric tintability enhancer polymerizing at least the trialkoxysilane component of the composition to form a polymerized coating, immersing the polymeric article in an aqueous solution of disperse dye so that the mar resistant layer is directly exposed to the aqueous solution, and absorbing sufficient dye into the polymerized coating to absorb at least 70% of incident visible radiation at a maximum wavelength of absorption of the disperse dye.