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James Bond Peelable Automobile Paint
Anonymous Coward writes "Akzo Nobel has developed a unique temporary paint system which can peeled off after use. Known as Maskin, the product can be applied to any non-porous surface, such as a vehicle body or windows, without risk of damage to the original finish. Maskin (a combination of the words mask and skin) is available in eight basic colors, plus one transparent film, and can be mixed to create a wide spectrum of shades. When no longer required, the film can be peeled and disposed of using standard paint waste removal methods."
This isn't news. The idea of a peelable paint has been in use by industry for a very long time. I suppose the idea of coloring this product and using it for a while for play type uses is a bit new but nothing new in the product. It has been used for decades to coat the inside of spray booths etc to peel off the junk that accumulates.
Whoever suggested this article must not have known that this is a long standard industral tool for cleaning up messes that might otherwise be quite hard to deal with.
I suppose a geeky type might not know this. Having a bit of industrial experience behind me, I have handled the stuff and seen it used.
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And beyond the people who cant make up their mind what color they want their car to be, what exactly is the point of this?
Seems like the ideal thing to paint marketing ads on. Do a trade show one week, peel off the paint, and put on a new one.
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Ack! For those of us who actually work with water-borne polymer systems, there's an incredible lack of detail here. One of the challenges in getting a coating that's easily removable is making a polymer system (either solution, emulsion, or dispersion) that forms a highly uniform, cohesive, and integral film that doesn't have a great deal of affinity (either physical or chemical) for the surface to which it's applied. Aside from wondering what the polymer technology is, I have to wonder how much of this is surface-specific.
Did they rely on an application surface that has a very low surface energy? If so, what happens when the car's "original" finish has either a lousy morphology (non-smooth) and/or a high surface energy (overcomes surface tension of the applied liquid - think water beading on a waxed car [low surface energy] versus water "sheeting" on raw steel)? Did they solve the problem strictly through polarity or specific adhesion, and if so, what happens if the "original" finish is of a different chemistry?
And the polymer - maybe they relied on one that has high cohesion but lousy adhesion. Okay, but if it's a hard/high-modulus polymer, how does it not flake off easily? If it's a softer polymer, then how does it not stretch or sag? Tough to do when you're not relying on adhesive bonding to the substrate to help with structure.
Too many questions, and not enough answers in the linked docs or in a Google search. Fooey.
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You could have used it to make a special paintjob for Christmas. Just the first thought that popped into mind. Advertisements on cars (God forbid). Car races (red vs blue). Camouflage. Heat repellant. Dirt removal (first paint, then strip paint and dirt off). Ehm, need more?