A water-based anticorrosion composition, comprising or consisting of: 0.1 to 10.0 wt% of a surface-active additive, 0.0 to 5.0 wt% of a functionalized wax, 1.0 to 40.0 wt% of an organic binder, 0.1 to 15.0 wt% of an anticorrosion additive, 10.0 to 50.0 wt% of fully demineralized water, 1.0 to 40.0 wt% of an oil, 1.0 to 20.0 wt% of a wax or waxlike substance, 0.0 to 5.0 wt% of a neutralizing agent, 0.0 to 5.0 wt% of a pH stabilizer, and 0.0 to 2.0 wt% of a biocide, based on 100 wt% of the water-based anticorrosion composition, and at least one of a desired viscosity η, a desired travel distance LS and a desired loss factor tan δ, with η = 47.811 mPa*s + 4.788 mPa*s*g − 1 * starting weight of functionalized wax g + 6.040 mPa*s*g − 1 * starting weight of surface-active additive g + 3.895 mPa*s*g − 1 * starting weight of anticorrosion additive 1 g + 1.389 mPa*s*g − 1 * starting weight of pH stabilizer g + 0.798 mPa*s*g − 1 * starting weight of anticorrosion additive 1 g + 1.629 mPa*s*g − 1 * starting weight of wax or waxlike substance g * starting weight of surface-active additive g 0.888 mPa*s*g − 2 * starting weight of surface-active additive g * starting weight of pH stabilizer g + 1.1018 mPa*s*g − 2 * starting weight of anticorrosion additive 1 g * starting weight of anticorrosion additive 2 g; LS cm = 17.18 cm − 2.325 cm*g − 1 * starting wieght of functionalizedb wax g − 6.625 cm*g − 1 * starting weight of a surface-active g + 4.70 * cm*g − 2 * starting weight of functionalized wax g 2 − 1.625 cm*g − 2 * starting weight of functionalized wax g * starting weight of surface-active additive g; and tan δ = 0.5936 [] − 0.0215 g − 1 * starting weight of functional wax g + 0.0353 g − 1 * starting weight of surface-active additive g − 0.303 g − 1 * starting weight of anticorrosion additive g + 0.0426 g − 1 * starting weight of pH stabilizer g − 0.0962 g − 2 * starting weight of functional wax g * starting weight of surface-active additive g + 0.0436 * g − 2 * starting weight of functional wax g * starting weight of pH stabilizer g − 0.0529 g − 2 * starting weight of surface-active additive g * starting weight of surface-active additive g, wherein η is = 50 mPa*s ± 10 mPa*s, LS is = 25 cm ± 5 cm and tan δ is = 0.5 ± 0.2, wherein the desired viscosity η, the desired travel distance LS and the desired loss factor tan δ are determined according to the description. 0.1 to 10.0 wt% of a surface-active additive, 0.0 to 5.0 wt% of a functionalized wax, 1.0 to 40.0 wt% of an organic binder, 0.1 to 15.0 wt% of an anticorrosion additive, 10.0 to 50.0 wt% of fully demineralized water, 1.0 to 40.0 wt% of an oil, 1.0 to 20.0 wt% of a wax or waxlike substance, 0.0 to 5.0 wt% of a neutralizing agent, 0.0 to 5.0 wt% of a pH stabilizer, and 0.0 to 2.0 wt% of a biocide, based on 100 wt% of the water-based anticorrosion composition, and at least one of a desired viscosity η, a desired travel distance LS and a desired loss factor tan δ, with η = 47.811 mPa*s + 4.788 mPa*s*g − 1 * starting weight of functionalized wax g + 6.040 mPa*s*g − 1 * starting weight of surface-active additive g + 3.895 mPa*s*g − 1 * starting weight of anticorrosion additive 1 g + 1.389 mPa*s*g − 1 * starting weight of pH stabilizer g + 0.798 mPa*s*g − 1 * starting weight of anticorrosion additive 1 g + 1.629 mPa*s*g − 1 * starting weight of wax or waxlike substance g * starting weight of surface-active additive g 0.888 mPa*s*g − 2 * starting weight of surface-active additive g * starting weight of pH stabilizer g + 1.1018 mPa*s*g − 2 * starting weight of anticorrosion additive 1 g * starting weight of anticorrosion additive 2 g; LS cm = 17.18 cm − 2.325 cm*g − 1 * starting wieght of functionalizedb wax g − 6.625 cm*g − 1 * starting weight of a surface-active g + 4.70 * cm*g − 2 * starting weight of functionalized wax g 2 − 1.625 cm*g − 2 * starting weight of functionalized wax g * starting weight of surface-active additive g; and tan δ = 0.5936 [] − 0.0215 g − 1 * starting weight of functional wax g + 0.0353 g − 1 * starting weight of surface-active additive g − 0.303 g − 1 * starting weight of anticorrosion additive g + 0.0426 g − 1 * starting weight of pH stabilizer g − 0.0962 g − 2 * starting weight of functional wax g * starting weight of surface-active additive g + 0.0436 * g − 2 * starting weight of functional wax g * starting weight of pH stabilizer g − 0.0529 g − 2 * starting weight of surface-active additive g * starting weight of surface-active additive g, wherein η is = 50 mPa*s ± 10 mPa*s, LS is = 25 cm ± 5 cm and tan δ is = 0.5 ± 0.2, wherein the desired viscosity η, the desired travel distance LS and the desired loss factor tan δ are determined according to the description.