A NOVEL COATING COMPOSITION FOR DRY FILM LUBRICANT WHICH COMPRISES A SYNTHETC RESIN FRO PAINT CONTAINING DISPERSED THEREIN A MIXTURE OF AT LEAST ONE CONVENTIONAL LUBRICATING MATERIAL HAVING A PARTICLE SIZE OF UP TO 60 MICRONS, SUCH AS MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE POWDER, GRAPHITE POWDER OR POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE POWDER, AND A FINE FLUORINATED GRAPHITE POWDER HAVING A PARTCLE SIZE OF UP TO 60 MICRONS, THE PROPORTION OF SAID SYNTHETIC RESIN TO SAID MIXTURE BEING 90:10 TO 10:90, PEFERABLY 60:40 TO 40:60, BY WEIGHT AND THE PROPORTON OF THE CONVENTIONAL LUBRICATING MATERIAL TO THE FLUORINATED GRAPHITE POWDER BEING 99.5:0.5 TO 5:95, PREFERABLY 70:30 TO 30:70, BY WEIGHT. SAID COATING COMPOSITION HAS AN INCREASED CRITICAL PV VALUE AND SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME FRICTION COEFFICIENT AS THAT OF A CONVENTIONAL ONE. THE DRY FILM OF THE COATING COMPOSITION ACTS AS A DURABLE, SOLID LUBRICANT.