Patent ID: 8460795

Claim:
A multi-component composite coating composition comprising a basecoat deposited from a pigmented film-forming composition which demonstrates an 85° gloss of less than 20, and a transparent topcoat applied over the basecoat in which the transparent topcoat is deposited from a topcoat film-forming composition, the topcoat film-forming composition comprising: a) a curing agent; and b) a film-forming material comprising a fluoropolymer, a polymer having functional groups, and a plurality of particles comprising nanoscale particles having an average particle size ranging from 1 to 100 nanometers prior to incorporation into the topcoat film-forming composition; wherein 20 to 30 percent by weight of the film-forming material of b) comprises the fluoropolymer, the film-forming material of b) demonstrates an index of refraction of less than 1.52, and wherein after application to a substrate as a coating and after curing, the particles are concentrated at the coating-air interface and appear as a continuous sheet along the coating surface, and wherein the cured composition is transparent and demonstrates burnish resistance and an 85° gloss of less than 50.