THE CELLULOID FINISH

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 113, 16 May 1925, Page 23

THE CELLULOID FINISH

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. One process Ims a celluloid box and us much cheaper than uaini !|s OJlh ., <wo coals are weded. VVhe,, these have bee., apphed they will dry ami harden s.lfhciently tur the Sllv f. lce v , be(;ome im _ pervious in three hours. If the body I;'.'.'!; 1? h. ad !1 S°uil multil siirfaci neilheV mini;.' inn- pii:niiiff coals a.c necessary: if ihn ,-,, ct ;,i is njll ,, h „M . V n1 .,- v be thus involving a little addilH.i.al f-nnc.

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ances, there is an enormous savins in time as a whole. °

In the bauds of tlie user such new finishes have many claims to consideration. In the first place, ng skill is requisite for cleaning a car; and an unskilled cleaner soon plays havoc with ordinary paint and varnish.

Dust and dirt on the surface do not scratch, but— : wonderful to say merer* serve to increase the lustre of the finish. You just take a rag and rub off all the dirt, and the grit seems to act as a polishing agent.

Similar processes are already popular in the United States, but it" is pleasing to know that to England belongs the honour of discovering how to "flow" this finish, as different from sprayhi" it. The flowing process is not only much quicker, but gives a much more lustrous surface.