Patent ID: 7192993

Claim:
A self-healing coating that repairs itself upon physical compromise of an application of said self-healing coating that was cured at ambient temperature, comprising: at least one liquid COTS coating; and microcapsules, having a shell defining a volume of a sphere with an outer diameter of approximately 150μ, said volume containing at least one repair substance, said microcapsules wet mixed into said liquid COTS coating just prior to application of said self-healing coating, wherein said shell is resistant to degradation by said repair substance; and wherein prior to application of said self-healing coating and after addition of said microcapsules to said liquid COTS coating, said microcapsules are resistant to short term degradation by said liquid COTS coating; and wherein said microcapsules in the area of a physical compromise of said applied and cured self-healing coating burst, releasing said at least one repair substance to fill and seal the compromised volume within said self-healing coating.