The invention belongs to the technical field of water-based paint, and relates to a soap-free self-crosslinking nano acrylic emulsion, which comprises the following components: water-based acrylic resin, methyl methacrylate, styrene, butyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, a crosslinking monomer, adipic dihydrazide, ammonium persulfate, tert-butyl hydroperoxide, VC, ammonia water and the balance ofwater. The cross-linking monomers are diacetone acrylamide and butyl acrylamide. The emulsion is 50-100 nm in particle size, good in wettability, good in permeability, low in minimum film forming temperature of a coating film, high in curing speed, high in gloss of the coating film and capable of being polished, and the hardness of the coating film reaches up to 3H-5H. The emulsion is low in foam, a wetting agent and a defoaming agent do not need to be added when the emulsion is applied to water-borne wood paint, and the emulsion is small in particle size, so that a paint film is good in woodcolor warming property and transparent.