Patent ID: 8277595

Claim:
A method to define, produce, and duplicate a surface coating, comprising the steps of (a) providing a laminate strip with multiple transparent label layers and multiple adhesive layers; (b) die cutting said laminate strip to produce a label strip comprising a plurality of bi-layer transparent separable labels removably secured to a backing strip, each of said layers including an upper layer and a lower layer; (c) packaging said label strip; (d) shipping said label strip to a distribution center; (e) defining at said distribution center components of a surface coating composition; (f) admixing at said distribution center in a container said components to produce said surface coating composition; (g) producing an optically detectable identification label the enumerates said components; (h) applying said identification label to said container; (i) removing one of said transparent separable labels from said label strip; (j) applying said removed transparent separable label to said container covering said identification label; (k) transporting said container to a work location; (l) utilizing at said work location said surface coating composition from said container; (m) electing to duplicate said surface coating composition; (n) transporting said container to said distribution center; (o) peeling said upper layer off said lower layer of said transparent label on said container; (p) optically reading through said lower layer of said transparent label said components on said identification label; and, (q) admixing said components to produce an additional quantity of said surface coating composition.