Patent ID: 8753719

Claim:
Method for providing a decorative protective coating on a substrate comprising: a) providing a first pigmented curable liquid composition comprising a first pigment; b) providing a second pigmented curable liquid composition comprising a second pigment, wherein the pigment in said second pigmented curable liquid composition is sufficiently visually different than the pigment present in said first pigmented curable liquid composition to produce a variegated effect between said first pigmented curable liquid composition and said second pigmented curable liquid composition; c) applying said first pigmented curable liquid composition and said second pigmented curable liquid composition to said substrate at ambient pressure; and d) allowing said compositions to cure, said first pigmented curable liquid composition and said second pigmented curable liquid composition each yielding upon their cure a coating material selected from the group consisting of: polyurethane coatings, polyurea coatings, epoxy coatings, and urethane-modified acrylic coatings, said coating being capable of withstanding pedestrian traffic within 24 hours as measured from the time said liquid compositions are applied to said substrate.