Texture Material for Covering a Repaired Portion of a Textured Surface

Abstract

A texturing system for applying a desired texture pattern on a patched portion of a surface. The texturing system comprises texture material, a dispensing system for dispensing the texture material, and a selecting system. The texture material comprises a carrier, a binder, a filler, and a change material. The texture material changes from a wet form to a solidified form when exposed to air. The change material changes appearance when the texture material changes from the wet form to the solidified form. The selecting system is supported by the dispensing system such that texture material dispensed from the dispensing system is dispensed through an outlet opening in the desired texture pattern. The dispensing system is used to deposit the texture material onto the patched portion of the surface in the desired texture pattern.

1 . An aerosol system for applying a desired texture pattern on a patched portion of a surface having a surface coating portion with a pre-existing texture pattern, where the patched portion of the surface does not have the pre-existing texture pattern:
 texture material comprising substantially between 25% and 35% of a carrier, substantially between 4.5% and 5.5% of a binder, substantially between 40% and 60% of a filler, substantially between 10% and 15% of propellant, and substantially between 0.003% and 0.007% of a change material, where
 the texture material changes from a wet form to a solidified form when exposed to air, and 
 the change material changes appearance when the texture material changes from the wet form to the solidified form; 
   an aerosol system for dispensing the texture material;   a selecting system defining an outlet opening, where the selecting system is supported by the aerosol system such that texture material dispensed from the aerosol system is dispensed through the outlet opening in any one of a plurality of spray patterns; whereby   the selecting system is configured such the spray pattern corresponds to the desired texture pattern; and   the aerosol system is arranged such that operating the aerosol system to dispense the texture material causes the texture material to be deposited onto the patched portion of the surface in the desired texture pattern.   
   
   
       2 . A texturing system as recited in  claim 1 , in which the aerosol system comprises an actuator member, in which the selecting system comprises a plurality of tubes, where each tube defines an outlet opening having a different cross-sectional area and one of the tubes is attached to the actuator member to obtain the desired spray pattern. 
   
   
       3 . A method of applying a desired texture pattern on a patched portion of a surface having a surface coating portion with a pre-existing texture pattern, where the patched portion of the surface does not have the pre-existing texture pattern, the method comprising the steps of:
 providing texture material comprising substantially between 25% and 35% of a carrier, substantially between 4.5% and 5.5% of a binder, substantially between 40% and 60% of a filler, substantially between 10% and 15% of propellant, and substantially between 0.003% and 0.007% of a change material, where
 the texture material changes from a wet form to a solidified form when exposed to air, and 
 the change material changes appearance when the texture material changes from the wet form to the solidified form; 
   providing an aerosol system for dispensing the texture material;   providing a selecting system defining an outlet opening;   supporting the selecting system on the aerosol system such that texture material dispensed from the aerosol system is dispensed through the outlet opening in any one of a plurality of spray patterns;   configuring the selecting system such that the spray pattern corresponds to the desired texture pattern; and   arranging the aerosol system such that the outlet opening is adjacent to the patched portion of the surface;   operating the aerosol system to deposit the texture material onto the patched portion of the surface in the desired texture pattern; and   allowing the texture material to dry such that the texture material changes from the wet form to the solidified form and the change material changes appearance.   
   
   
       4 . A method as recited in  claim 3 , further comprising the step of applying a coating of paint onto the texture material in the solidified form. 
   
   
       5 . An aerosol system for applying a desired texture pattern on a patched portion of a surface having a surface coating portion with a pre-existing texture pattern, where the patched portion of the surface does not have the pre-existing texture pattern:
 texture material comprising
 substantially between 25 and 35 percent by weight, inclusive, of a carrier, 
 substantially between 4.5 and 5.5 percent by weight, inclusive, of a binder, 
 substantially between 40 and 60 percent by weight, inclusive, of a filler, 
 substantially between 10 and 15 percent by weight, inclusive, of a propellant, and 
 substantially between 0.003 and 0.007 percent by weight, inclusive, of a change material, where 
 the texture material changes from a wet form to a solidified form when exposed to air, and 
 the change material changes color when the texture material changes from the wet form to the solidified form; 
   an aerosol system for dispensing the texture material; and   a selecting system defining an outlet opening, where the selecting system is supported by the aerosol system such that texture material dispensed from the aerosol system is dispensed through the outlet opening in any one of a plurality of spray patterns; whereby   the selecting system is configured such the spray pattern corresponds to the desired texture pattern; and   the aerosol system is arranged such that operating the aerosol system to dispense the texture material causes the texture material to be deposited onto the patched portion of the surface in the desired texture pattern.   
   
   
       6 . A texturing system as recited in  claim 5 , in which the aerosol system comprises an actuator member, in which the selecting system comprises a plurality of tubes, where each tube defines an outlet opening having a different cross-sectional area and one of the tubes is attached to the actuator member to obtain the desired spray pattern. 
   
   
       7 . A texturing system as recited in  claim 5 , in which the change material is selected from a group of texture materials consisting of bromothymol blue, phenolphthalein, and thymolphthalein.