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Automotive paint
Automotive paint and auto body works.
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Mixing ratios
Automotive; Automotive paint
The amount of various components in the proper proportion to produce the final mix for spraying.
Lightfastness
Automotive; Automotive paint
No loss of colour due to exposure to light, heat, or weathering.
Masking tape
Automotive; Automotive paint
A strip of paper or cloth similar to adhesive tape, which can be easily removed, used to temporarily cover areas that are not to be painted.
Sinkage
Automotive; Automotive paint
The process where the paint sinks into a porous surface. Gloss is reduced by this process. It also shows imperfections such as stopper edges, scratch marks, etc.
Thermosetting paint
Automotive; Automotive paint
Type of paint that becomes hard when heated and thereafter is cured, i.e., enamels, urethanes.
Thermoplastic paint
Automotive; Automotive paint
Material which with the addition of heat becomes soft and pliable, returning to solid when cooled, i.e., lacquer.
Storage tank
Automotive; Automotive paint
The tank on a compressor used as a reservoir to store the compressed air. The larger the tank the longer an air consuming tool (like a spray gun) can be use before the compressor must come on to ...
