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Article: Spray Paint
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Spray Paint
Background
Spray paint is an aerosol product designed to be dispensed as a fine mist. Compared to conventional brush methods of painting, spray painting is faster and provides a more uniform application. While industrial spray painting relies on special air compressors that break the paint particles into a fine mist, commercial spray paints are self-contained aerosol cans that use liquefied gasses to atomize the paint.
History
The art and science of painting date back more than 30,000 years. Primitive humans painted crude depictions of their lives on cave walls that are still visible today. Over the centuries, as improved methods and materials were developed, painting evolved ...
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Article: SPRAY PAINT REGULATION TO HELP REDUCE SMOG
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
November 16, 2007 ;
484 words
... ... coatings. Nearly 85 percent of the spray paints used in the United States are produced by three companies, which already are meeting ... new requirements also apply to imported paint sold in the United States, which must meet the VOC limits by Jan. 1, 2009, the ...
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