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Automotive paint and auto body works.

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Lifting

Automotive; Automotive paint

The softening and penetration of a previous film by solvents in the Paint being applied over it, resulting in raising and wrinkling.

Fish-eye

Automotive; Automotive paint

Small circular depressions nearly devoid of paint usually caused by surface contamination with oils or silicones

Flash

Automotive; Automotive paint

The time required for the majority of the quick-evaporating solvents in the material being sprayed to evaporate or "flash" from the surface.

Flash point

Automotive; Automotive paint

The temperature at which a coating or solvent will ignite.

Metallics

Automotive; Automotive paint

A class of paints that include metal flakes in their composition.

Gloss

Automotive; Automotive paint

The lustre or shininess of paints and coatings are generally classified as flat, semi-gloss, or gloss; the latter has the highest reflecting ability.

Gloss metre

Automotive; Automotive paint

A standard scale for measuring the shininess light reflectance of paint.

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