Process of preparing wax compositions

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR PREPARING A PROTECTIVE COATING COMPOSITION COMPRISING: HEATING A RESIDUAL PETROLATUM WAX CONTAINING A MINOR AMOUNT OF PETROLEUM OILS, SAID WAX HAVING AN A. S. T. M. MELTING POINT OF BETWEEN ABOUT 130* F AND ABOUT 160* F., TO A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN ABOUT 5* F. AND ABOUT 20*F. ABOVE SAID MELTING POINT, VIGOROUSLY AGITATING THE RESULTANT SEMI-LIQUID, AT THIS TEMPERATURE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME SUFFICIENT TO OBTAIN FINELY DISPERSED SOLID WAX PARTICLES IN A LIQUID PHASE, CONTINUING THE AGITATION WHILE ALLOWING THE RESULTANT SEMI-LIQUID MATERIAL TO COOL TO A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN ABOUT 5*F. AND ABOUT 30*F. BELOW SAID MELTING POINT SUFFICIENTLY TO PARTIALLY SOLIDIFY THE LIQUEFIED PHASE IN A SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED NUMBER OF FINELY DISPERSED SOLID WAX PARTICLES IN A REMAING LIQUID PHASE, AND BLENDING THEREWITH WITHIN SAID LOWER TEMPERATURE LIMITS AND WITH AGITATION A MINERAL SPIRITS PETROLEUM DISTILLATE HAVING A BOILING POINT RANGE BETWEEN ABOUT 300*F. AND ABOUT 400*F.