enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Anti-fouling paint - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-fouling_paint

    New ship being prepared for launch, showing fresh anti-fouling paint Ship hull being cleaned of fouling in drydock. Anti-fouling paint is a specialized category of coatings applied as the outer (outboard) layer to the hull of a ship or boat, to slow the growth of and facilitate detachment of subaquatic organisms that attach to the hull and can affect a vessel's performance and durability.

  3. Plastic colorant - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_colorant

    Plastic colorants are chemical compounds used to color plastic. Those compounds come in a form of dyes and pigments. The type of a colorant is chosen based on the type of a polymeric resin, that needs to be colored. [citation needed] Dyes are usually used with polycarbonates, polystyrene and acrylic polymers.

  4. Thompson Brothers Boat Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_Brothers_Boat...

    The company went from one of the most successful in the industry to just barely hanging on in a matter of a few years. The rebuilding took many years. Today, this is the only Thompson originated boat firm that still operates. It is called Cruisers Yachts and is a division of KCS International. [9] T & T Boats of Wausaukee never made fiberglass ...

  5. Wikipedia : WikiProject Color/Sources for Color Coordinates

    en.wikipedia.org/.../Sources_for_Color_Coordinates

    W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords HSL Color Charts: – Lists of official HTML, X11, and SVG color names and RGB coordinates; plus HSL Color Charts for calculating the hsl values for any color. The charts are halfway down the website. There are 12 charts, one for each of the 12 colors at 30 degree intervals on the HSV color wheel ...

  6. Trowel - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowel

    Notched trowel is a rectangular shaped tool with regularly spaced notches along one or more sides used to apply adhesive when adhering tile, or laying synthetic floor surfaces. Other forms of trowel include: Garden trowel, a hand tool with a pointed, scoop-shaped metal blade and wooden, metal, or plastic handle.

  7. Color chart - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_chart

    Color chips or color samples from a plastic pellet manufacturer that enables customers to evaluate the color range as molded objects to see final effects. A color chart or color reference card is a flat, physical object that has many different color samples present. They can be available as a single-page chart, or in the form of swatchbooks or ...

  8. Tennessee factory employees clung to semitruck before Helene ...

    www.aol.com/tennessee-factory-employees-clung...

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. − A group of employees from a plastics factory clung to spools of flexible yellow plastic pipes on the back of a flatbed semitruck for hours waiting for help as the Nolichucky ...

  9. Fiberglass - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiberglass

    Fiberglass composite boats have been made since the early 1940s, [20] and many sailing vessels made after 1950 were built using the fiberglass lay-up process. As of 2022, boats continue to be made with fiberglass, though more advanced techniques such as vacuum bag moulding are used in the construction process. [21]