A method for curtain coating various compositions at high speed onto a continuously moving receiving surface comprisesa) forming a composite layer of a plurality of coating compositions having density .rho. of total volumetric flow rate per unit width Q, forming a freely falling curtain from said composite layer, and impinging said freely falling curtain of height h against a continuously moving receiving surface such that the point of impingement has an application angle .theta.,b) providing said receiving surface with roughness, R.sub.z (DIN), between about 2 .mu.m and about 20 .mu.m, andc) providing said coating composition forming the layer adjacent to said receiving surface with a viscosity measured at a shear rate of 10,000 s.sup.-1 sufficiently high that, when combined with said roughness R.sub.z, said curtain height h, said application angle .theta., said total volumetric flow rate per unit width Q, and said minimum liquid density .rho., gives a value of specifying parameter .phi..sub.0 that is greater than 1, and point whereby high coating speeds can be attained.