Patent ID: 6926925

Claim:
A method of making a continuous coating over an entire external surface of a part without leaving uncoated any portion of said surface, comprising the steps of: providing at least one support having a substrate, a separation layer formed over the substrate and a continuity layer formed over the separation layer, the separation layer being made of a material that is weaker than the material of the coating to be made on said part, and the continuity layer being made of a component material of the coating to be made on said part, and the continuity layer being made of a component material of the coating to be made on said part, placing said part to be coated on said at least one support with the continuity layer of the support being in contact with said surface of the part to be coated, forming a coating by chemical vapor infiltration or deposition over said surface of the part and said at least one support, and subsequently separating the part from said at least one support substrate by rupture within the separation layer, the continuity of the coating at the surface of the part at the location of contact with said at least one support being achieved by a potion of coating provided by the continuity layer that remains in place on the part after rupture within the separation layer.