# US 5,348,767 A · Methods for production of faux effects using select color mixtures and blending solvents

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- Number: US 5,348,767 A
- Document ID: US5348767A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/114,986
- Filed: 1993-09-02
- Granted: 1994-09-20
- Earliest claimed: 1993-09-02
- Inventors: Raymond P. Sandor
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5348767A

## CPC

- B44F 9/04: of stone surfaces, e.g. marble
- B05D 3/107: {Post-treatment of applied coatings}
- B05D 5/061: {Special surface effect}
- B44F: SPECIAL DESIGNS OR PICTURES
- B05D: PROCESSES FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL (conveying articles or workpieces through baths of liquid B65G, e.g. B65G49/02)

## Abstract

Faux finishes are produced without need for artistic manipulations of coating materials by applying a layer of one or more unique color mixtures to a substrate surface and, while the layer is still wet, applying thereto scattered portions of one or more special blending solvent mixtures, allowing such portions to interact with the color mixture layer to automatically form a faux finish pattern and then allowing the resulting faux finish to dry. The color mixtures have the following weight percentage composition: 20%-60% acrylic latex, 20%-60% propylene glycol, and 1%-60% colorant. The blending solvent mixtures have the following weight percentage composition: 10%-30% isopropyl alcohol, 10%-30% ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, 30%-60% water, and 5%-30% acrylic latex.

## Claims

### Claim 1

The method of production of a faux finish on a substrate which comprises:
providing a color mixture which consists essentially of the following ingredients in the stated percentages by weight:
______________________________________ acrylic latex 20%-60% propylene glycol 20%-60% colorant 1%-60%, ______________________________________
forming a layer of said color mixture on the surface of a substrate,
providing a blending solvent mixture which consists essentially of the following ingredients in the stated percentages by weight:
______________________________________ isopropyl alcohol 10%-30% ethylene glycol monobutyl ether 10%-30% water 30%-60% acrylic latex 5%-30%, ______________________________________
applying random portions of said blending solvent mixture to said layer of color mixture,
allowing said random portions of said blending solvent mixture to act upon said layer of color mixture to form a faux finish pattern on said surface and
allowing the resulting faux finish pattern to dry.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein said substrate is a vertical wall.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein said substrate is a portion of a piece of furniture.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method of claim 3 wherein said portion is a horizontal surface of said piece of furniture.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein some of said random portions of blending solvent mixture are manipulated before said drying step.