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  2. Automotive paint - Wikipedia

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    Automotive paint is paint used on automobiles for both protective and decorative purposes. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Water-based acrylic polyurethane enamel paint is currently the most widely used paint for reasons including reducing paint's environmental impact .

  3. Surfactants in paint - Wikipedia

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    Solvent-borne paints use organic solvents as the primary vehicle carrying the solid components in a paint formulation, whereas water-borne paints use water as the continuous medium. The additives that are incorporated into paints are a wide range of things which impart important effects on the properties of the paint and the final coating.

  4. Oil drying agent - Wikipedia

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    An oil drying agent, also known as siccative, is a coordination compound that accelerates the hardening of drying oils, often as they are used in oil-based paints.This so-called "drying" (actually a chemical reaction that produces an organic plastic) occurs through free-radical chemical crosslinking of the oils.

  5. Autoxidation - Wikipedia

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    Many common phenomena can be attributed to autoxidation, such as food going rancid, [2] the 'drying' of varnishes and paints, and the perishing of rubber. [3] It is also an important concept in both industrial chemistry and biology. [4] Autoxidation is therefore a fairly broad term and can encompass examples of photooxygenation and catalytic ...

  6. Fordite - Wikipedia

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    Fordite, also known as Detroit agate, Motor City agate, [1] paint rock, or paint slag, [2] is a lapidarist term for polished pieces of finely layered paint masses from automobile factories. The masses consist of automotive paint which has hardened sufficiently to be cut and polished.

  7. Environmental impact of paint - Wikipedia

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    Low-VOC paint types include latex (water-based), recycled latex (water-based), acrylic, and milk paint. [1] [2] The labels of paint cans can be checked for the following information: To be considered low-VOC, the paint should contain <50 g/L of VOC. [citation needed] To be considered zero-VOC, the paint should contain <5 g/L of VOC. [citation ...

  8. Orange peel (effect) - Wikipedia

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    A photo of the orange peel effect on a car door. Orange peel is a certain kind of finish that may develop on painted and cast surfaces. [1] The texture resembles the surface of the skin of an orange, hence the name "orange peel". Gloss paint sprayed on a smooth surface (such as the body of a car) should also dry into a smooth surface. However ...

  9. Polyurea - Wikipedia

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    Polyurea was originally developed in automotive applications in the 1980s [2] [3] but other applications such as protecting tabletop edges followed. [4] Its fast reactivity and relative moisture insensitivity made it useful for coatings on large surface area projects, such as secondary containment, manhole and tunnel coatings, tank liners, and ...