Patent ID: 7312273

Claim:
A method of coating a surface of an art object comprises the steps of; spraying an aqueous coating composition from a pump sprayer onto the surface to be coated; and air drying the coating for about one minute; wherein the coating is dry to the touch, and wherein the aqueous coating composition consists essentially of 4 parts by volume of a concentrate consisting essentially of from 80 to 92 percent by weight of an acrylic emulsion polymer having a weight average molecular weight of less than 100,000; from 5 to 12 percent of a mixture of dipropylene glycol N-butyl ether and diethylene glycol methyl ether; from 1 to 3 percent by weight of a polyethylene wax emulsion; up to 1% by weight petroleum distillate; and the balance water; and 3 parts by volume of water.