Patent ID: 8014885

Claim:
A method of producing a plurality of lines of user-selected paints from a plurality of prepaints en route to and/or at various locations, the method comprising: providing a mobile paint factory comprising: a vehicle; a paint production system located on the vehicle, the paint production system comprising, a plurality of aqueous prepaints, a plurality of supply reservoirs containing the plurality of aqueous prepaints, at least one receiving reservoir wherein the receiving reservoir receives at least two of the plurality of aqueous prepaints; a colorant system; a control coupled to the paint production system; a gloss meter which provides a gloss reading to the control; a spectrometer which provides a color reading to the control; and prompting the user to select, through the control, values for paint attributes, wherein the paint attribute prompt is a slider which allows the user to select the paint attribute from anywhere along a specified range; automatically dispensing through the paint production system predetermined amounts of appropriate prepaints into the receiving reservoir, wherein none of the prepaints are paints prior to being dispensed; and the paints having the selected values for paint attributes.