Water reducible aerosol paints

Claim 1

An aerosol paint under atomizing paint dispensing pressures characterized by a carrier water phase, a film-forming paint phase, and a liquid substantially water-miscible propellant phase in mutually compatible admixture; and polymeric, non-volatile, film-forming solids component constituting from about 5-15%, the water from about 15-40%, and said propellant about 20-40% of said aerosol paint: at least one portion of said polymeric film-forming component consisting essentially of a low molecular weight monomer modified alkyd resin of less than 6,000 units and an acid value between about 40 and 80, said acid value neutralized with an alkaline base, said base at least in part consisting of the group selected from ammonia and amines; and at least one other portion of said polymeric film-forming component consisting of an emulsion polymer latex having a molecular weight substantially greater than said alkyd, but less than 1 million; said total polymeric binder in combination in said aerosol paint with an excess of 5%, but not more than about 30% of at least one of each of the following water-miscible volatile organic solvent groups (a) low molecular weight alcohols, ketones, and esters and (b) high molecular weight glycol ethers and esters; said aerosol paint having a pH of from about 8.0 to 8.5.