A 100% acrylic polymer specially designed for waterborne gloss paints. It features a room temperature cross-linking technology which offers the formulation of paints with improved resistance properties valuable in high traffic interior areas. It was developed for both high gloss and semi-gloss interior paints with excellent appearance and performance. Low coalescent and co-solvent demand makes possible the formulation of economical, high gloss, low VOC paints with alkyd-like properties.