Automotive paint

Automotive paint

Automotive paint and auto body works.

Industry: Automotive

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breaking back

Automotive; Automotive paint

Term used to describe the action that takes place when the layers being described are not feathering smoothly into the surrounding material. When a new paint is blended into old then buffed the ...

clear coat (cc)

Automotive; Automotive paint

The two step process for applying the color first then the shine in the form of the clear coat.

bridging

Automotive; Automotive paint

Occurrence where a primer will not fill a sand scratch or imperfection. This may not show in the prime coat but will show in the topcoat. Also a term used to describe paint applied to a surface ...

buffing compound

Automotive; Automotive paint

A soft paste containing fine abrasive in a neutral medium, used to eliminate fine scratches and polish the topcoat.

carbon black

Automotive; Automotive paint

A black pigment manufactured by collecting the carbon resulting from incomplete combustion of natural gas.

carcinogen

Automotive; Automotive paint

A material that has either been found to cause cancer in humans or to cause cancer in animals and therefore is considered capable of causing cancer in humans.

A substance that changes the rate of a chemical reaction when it is mixed with another substance and that does not change or react itself. A catalyst differs from a curing agent in that the catalyst ...