Abstract <p>Data on the effect of a metal substrate on the physicochemical and physicomechanical properties of polyacrylate coatings are generalized taking into account the energy characteristics of the metal and relaxation behavior of the polymer. An analysis of the properties of polyacrylates with different elasticities in the presence of a metal is based on the experimental data on the internal friction spectra and temperature–frequency dependences of the oscillatory process obtained using dynamic relaxation spectroscopy based on the determination of the temperature regions of materialization of the elastic properties of the polymer at from −150 to 100°C. To confirm the effect of the characteristics of the metal surface on the physicomechanical properties of the film-forming polymer, this paper generalizes the data of the works of the authors, in which the characteristic features of the occurrence of dissipative processes in film-forming latex polyacrylates localized on metal substrates of different chemical natures are analyzed taking into account their surface energy.</p>