The invention discloses an anti-tarnish paper finishing agent which is composed by mixing sodium benzoate, triethanolamine, urea, ethanol and water.

Professor Johnson, last night when I was putting the finishing touches on my paper, a computer failure completely wiped out my files, do you think I can have another day to retype it?

Even once airborne for Chile there was still more to do, as I had set aside the flight hours for finishing my last paper.