Patent ID: 8507591

Claim:
A coated substrate, comprising: (1) a substrate; and (2) a dry coating on said substrate, said dry coating consisting essentially of: (A) a resin selected from the group consisting of polyurethane resin, acrylic resin, epoxy resin, polyester resin, alkyd resin, styrene acrylic copolymer resin, hydroxyl-functional acrylic-polyurethane resin, and combinations thereof; and (B) a surfactant; said surfactant having a formula selected from the group consisting of: H—(OCH 2 CH 2 ) x —(OCH 2 CHCH 3 ) y —(OCH 2 CH 2 ) x —OH (i) where x is an integer from 1 to 35, and y is an integer from 10 to 75; and H—(OCH(CH 3 )CH 2 ) y —(OCH 2 CH 2 ) x —(OCH 2 CH(CH 3 )) y —OH (ii) where x is an integer from 5 to 20 and y is an integer from 15 to 25; wherein said resin comprises from about 12 to about 85% by weight based upon the total weight of said dry coating, and said surfactant comprises 0.01 to 3.0% by weight based upon the total weight of said dry coating; and wherein said dry coating has a soft feel, specular gloss of 75 or greater as measured by the ASTM D523-89 method, and hardness of 8H or greater as measured by the ASTM D3363 method.