摘要 |
A decorative material of the present invention comprises a substrate and an abrasion-resistant coating layer formed thereon, and is characterized in that the abrasion-resistant coating layer comprises spherical particles (A) having an average particle diameter of 3 to 50 micrometers, and a binder (B) comprising crosslinkable resins, that the amount of the spherical particles (A) is from 5% to 50% by weight of the total amount of the components (A) and (B), that the hardness of the spherical particles (A) is higher than that of the binder (B), and that the average particle diameter d (micrometers) of the spherical particles (A) fulfills the following inequality (1): <MATH> wherein "t" is an average thickness (micrometers) of the coating layer. Thus, the relationship between the average thickness of the coating layer and the average particle diameter of the spherical particles is strictly controlled in the present invention, so that a decorative material which is excellent in both flexibility and abrasion resistance (scratch resistance) can be successfully obtained. |