Automotive paint

Automotive paint

Automotive paint and auto body works.

Industry: Automotive

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Mixing ratios

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The amount of various components in the proper proportion to produce the final mix for spraying.

Lightfastness

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No loss of colour due to exposure to light, heat, or weathering.

Masking tape

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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

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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

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Type of paint that becomes hard when heated and thereafter is cured, i.e., enamels, urethanes.

Thermoplastic paint

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Material which with the addition of heat becomes soft and pliable, returning to solid when cooled, i.e., lacquer.

Storage tank

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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 ...