RESIN COMPOSITION HAVING SPECIAL COLORS AND DECORATION ADDEDTHERETO

摘要

Metal sparkles having one or more colors dispersed throughout a translucent resin at a concentration which eliminates the appearance of scratches and scuff marks on the resin surface. A pigment may be used in the translucent resin to yield a variety of decorative colors to create matching containers and utensils. The metal sparkle concentration in the translucent resin contains on an average 1 1/2% - 3% metal sparkles and .25% - 1% color. The sparkle concentration may be used at a letdown ratio of 4% which contains an average of .06% - .12% sparkles and .01% -.04% color. The sparkles are random cuts of multi-colored aluminum having an average size of 1/64" (.015) and are manufactured from the thinnest standard sheets of aluminum which are polished to a mirror-like surface of brilliant reflectivi ty. The colors used for the metal sparkles come with a wide variety of coatings of transparent epoxy, nitrocellulose, and vinyl lacquers with a practically limitless range of color combinations. These metal sparkles are provided in the pigment used to color the translucent resin material.