The aim of this project was to determine whether any intersample variations between architectural paint products of the same brand could be established. Different batches of the same product were analysed to test whether they could be distinguished. Samples analysed included batches of white paint manufactured over several months and red and blue colour samples. Samples were analysed by microsc...

An oil painting by Claude Monet, Port-Goulphar, Belle-Ile 1887 (collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales), was examined to determine both the identity of the pigments used by the artist in this painting and his technique of mixing colors and laying paint on the canvas. The extremely complex construction of the painting was revealed by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SE...

Title X of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 addresses the control of lead-based paint hazards in federally assisted housing. It also provides for consistency and quality control in evaluating and controlling lead hazards in all housing. At the time of sale or rental of privately owned housing built before 1978, the year the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the resident...

Studies have shown that volatile emissions of chemicals may result in various disorders in our body. The main aim of this study was to determine the effects of oil paint vapor on red blood cells, HCT and Hb in male rats. In this experimental laboratory study, male Wistar rats were randomly divided into control and exposed to oil paint vapor for 1h/day and 8h/day. After 10 weeks blood samples we...

Three cases of xylene poisoning occurred after prolonged inhalation of paint fumes. Analysis showed that xylene comprised more than 90% of the solvent in the paint, the total solvent comprising 34% of the paint by weight. One patient was dead on admission, while the other two recovered after at least 15 hours' loss of consciousness. Both patients had transient liver cell damage, and one tempora...

The paper reports results on the automation of the spray-painting process in industrial powder coating plants. The automation of the spray-painting process requires a painting model and the definition of appropriate metrics for painting task validation. Two main topics are addressed in the paper: motion planning of paint deposition and paint quality analysis. A paint quality function is formula...

In this paper we deal with paint-on-glass animation, which is a technique for making animated films by pushing slow-drying paints from frame to frame directly under the camera. As artwork is continuously destroyed upon creating new frames, the animator is not able to rehearse or refine the animation afterwards. Furthermore, due to impracticable issues like how to stack up layers containing wet ...

abstract we report a case of paint thinner intoxication by inhalation, with rhabdomyolysis, renal failure, skin lesions and severe sciatic nerve lesion at gluteal region.