The present invention provides an insulating
coating treatment solution capable of forming a
chromium-free insulating
coating excellent in
moisture absorption resistance, capable of imparting
high tension, and excellent in reducing iron loss, and capable of suppressing the occurrence of
coating unevenness when coating a steel plate. resulting in poor appearance. The insulating coating treatment solution is used to form a
chromium-free insulating coating on the surface of the grain-oriented
electrical steel sheet, and the insulating coating treatment solution contains: one of the phosphates selected from Mg, Ca, Ba, Sr, Zn, Al, and Mn or two or more phosphates;
colloidal silica; and particles of compounds containing
metal elements, with respect to 100 parts by
mass of the
phosphate, the content of the
colloidal silica is expressed as SiO 2 The
solid content is 50 to 120 parts by
mass in terms of
solid content, and the content of the particles of the compound containing
metal elements is 5 to 60 parts by
mass in terms of
metal elements, and the thixotropic index (TI) of the insulating coating treatment solution is 1.00 Above and below 10.00.