In-store tintable non-infrared-absorptive paint and stain system
AssigneeValspar Sourcing, Inc.
InventorsMatthew S. Gebhard, Sanford Lee Hertz
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Abstract
A custom color paint or stain tinting system employs at least one light-colored non-infrared-absorptive base paint or stain packaged in a point-of-sale container and an array of colorants including an infrared-absorptive black liquid colorant, a non-infrared-absorptive black liquid colorant, and one or more additional liquid colorants made with non-infrared-absorptive pigments. The infrared-absorptive black liquid colorant or non-infrared-absorptive black liquid colorant may respectively be used to make custom-tinted interior or exterior paints and stains.
Claims16
A point-of-sale custom color system for tinting base paints and stains, the system comprising:
- a) at least one light-colored non-infrared-absorptive base paint or stain packaged in a point-of-sale container with a volume of about 0.2 to 20 L equipped with an openable and recloseable lid, cap or other closure for an opening through which colorant may be dispensed from an automated or manual colorant dispenser into the base paint or stain;
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- b) an array of colorants including (i) an infrared-absorptive black liquid colorant, (ii) a non-infrared-absorptive black liquid colorant, and (iii) one or more additional liquid colorants made with non-infrared-absorptive pigments, the colorants being packaged in containers with a volume of about 0.5 to about 5 L and from which colorant may be supplied to such a colorant dispenser and thence dispensed into the base paint or stain.
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