Patent ID: 7537805

Claim:
A method for producing a coated article comprising the steps of: applying a coating liquid to a surface of a belt-like web having fine asperities on the surface thereof to form a coating film while the web is being continuously conveyed; and drying the coating film, wherein the coating liquid satisfies the following liquid physical property conditions, (A) in the drying process after the solid content concentration in the coating liquid is increased to 15% by mass or more by drying the coating film in the drying step, or in the drying process after the start of drying in case of the solid content concentration in the coating liquid is 15% by mass or more at the time of coating, (B) the shear viscosity of the coating liquid becomes 5 mPas or more for the shear rate of 10 3 sec −1 or less, (C) the value obtained through dividing by the average viscosity a first differential coefficient is 0.15 or more, wherein the first differential coefficient is an increase coefficient of the increase rate of the shear viscosity relative to the increase rate of the solid content concentration, and (D) a second differential coefficient is positive, wherein the second differential coefficient ia an additional increase coefficient of the increase coefficient relative to the solid content concentration.