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James Bond Peelable Automobile Paint 305

Posted by michael from the color-du-jour dept.
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."
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  • I dunno about you, but wasn't this sorta thing done in like the Gumball Rally movie first? I think they had a car in that movie that they washed off the paint.....

  • The Police (Score:5, Funny)

    by gremlins ( 588904 ) on Sunday January 02, 2005 @08:34PM (#11241018)
    I bet the Police are ecstatic about this innovation
    • I remember watching a inventors thing on telly about a decade ago & they were demenstrating peel off paint.

      Some girl was driving along in a ferrari & decided she didn't like the colour & pulled up got out & just peeled the paint off to reveal another colour underneath, she then said "eke I don't like that colour either" (well words to that effect) & started to paint the car a 3rd colour (using of all thing a roller, like one uses to paint the inside of houses) from a big plastic bucket

    • Re:The Police (Score:5, Funny)

      by electr01nik ( 598106 ) on Sunday January 02, 2005 @09:41PM (#11241366) Homepage
      "Police are on the lookout for a late-model black Ford Expedition wanted in connection with illegal laser-light use near the municipal airport. Last seen at John's Car Wash on Park and 9th..."

      And it was never seen again...

    • I do detect sarcasm in this, but think of the other appliations:

      If it's easier/faster/cheaper than a real paintjob, having ghost-cars would be much easier. In fact, if needed for some situation, a patrol car without the top lights could be easily disguised and then restored for normal operations afterwards.

      So yes, they might actually like this. On the other side, it could also be used in getaway cars, etc etc... but for criminals it's probably easier just to steal a vehicle and swap the plates.

  • Help!!! (Score:2, Funny)

    by LiquidCoooled ( 634315 )
    I smeared paint all over my windows, now I can't see what I'm typing.

  • Imagine the illegal uses! (Score:3, Interesting)

    by mind21_98 ( 18647 ) on Sunday January 02, 2005 @08:34PM (#11241022) Homepage Journal
    I'm thinking this would make car thefts easier--just paint the stolen car another color if the heat gets too high. Same for any type of robbery, just peel the paint when done. In fact, is there any kind of legal use for this, since I can't think of any and didn't see anything in the article?

  • Purpose? (Score:3, Interesting)

    by The Cisco Kid ( 31490 ) * on Sunday January 02, 2005 @08:35PM (#11241024)
    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? It seems like it could facilitate car theft, as well as many other criminal pursuits (Eg witness saw the bank robbers drive away in a cherry red ford, these guys are driving a white ford, so they must be ok)

    • Re:Purpose? (Score:5, Insightful)

      by (H)elix1 ( 231155 ) <slashdot.helix@nOSPaM.gmail.com> on Sunday January 02, 2005 @08:45PM (#11241098) Homepage Journal
      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.
    • " 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?"

      Does there need to be any other point? That seems plenty to me. Plus, it could facilitate people who want to temporarily paint things onto their car, such as for weddings, or if you're giving the car as a gift, etc.

  • Won't be long... (Score:3, Funny)

    by ErichTheWebGuy ( 745925 ) on Sunday January 02, 2005 @08:35PM (#11241030) Homepage
    ... until this one is banned because of potential use by terrorists.

  • Prior Art (Score:5, Funny)

    by Vampyre_Dark ( 630787 ) on Sunday January 02, 2005 @08:36PM (#11241032)
    HA! Michael Jackson has been using that on his face for decades.

  • more work for me (Score:5, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 02, 2005 @08:36PM (#11241035)
    Great. Now my wife is going to want me to repaint the car depending on what outfit she's wearing.

  • Uses (Score:2, Funny)

    by MrDoh! ( 71235 )
    Oh man, the practical joke applications of this are enourmous. Pity it looks like it'd take a while to apply a full coat. Needs to be readable available in a spraycan.
    The 'insta latex clothes' could be fun too...

    • Re:Uses (Score:3, Insightful)

      by proverbialcow ( 177020 )
      The 'insta latex clothes' could be fun too...

      You have non-porous skin?!?!?

      Either that, or you have a much higher tolerance to damage to your original finish than I do. ;)

  • Great... (Score:5, Interesting)

    by confusion ( 14388 ) on Sunday January 02, 2005 @08:36PM (#11241040) Homepage
    I can see my 4 year old peeling the paint off my car.

    Seriously, though, I can see this being useful as a protective layer, though there are already companies that offer that service. Its a clear plastic "bra" that you can peel off and replace when the front of your car gets nicked up.

    Jerry
    http://www.syslog.org/ [syslog.org]

  • I was thinking a bit different (Score:4, Interesting)

    by Insipid Trunculance ( 526362 ) on Sunday January 02, 2005 @08:37PM (#11241044) Homepage
    Body paint suddenly earns a new dimesion.

  • It's been done... (Score:5, Interesting)

    by spectre_240sx ( 720999 ) on Sunday January 02, 2005 @08:39PM (#11241052) Homepage
    Did anyone else see this on "Beyond 2000" in like... 1996?

  • That was Bond?! (Score:5, Funny)

    by writermike ( 57327 ) on Sunday January 02, 2005 @08:39PM (#11241054)
    I thought that was Johnny Dangerously.

    "C'mon shelfpaper..."

  • Possible uses (Score:5, Interesting)

    by FredThompson ( 183335 ) <fredthompsonNO@SPAMmindspring.com> on Sunday January 02, 2005 @08:41PM (#11241069)
    Change the paint color to heat the car in Winter, cool it in Summer.

    Maybe advertising uses? There's only so much that can be done with vinyl films. Perhaps a base coat of this stuff then painted graphics would be more durable than vinyl and could be removed afterwards.

    If the clearcoat is a complete UV blocker it could be used then ownership graphics applied. When a company is ready to get rid of the car, they have the clearcoat and graphics stripped leaving the basecoat.
    • Advertising yes! You could advertise Longhorn, and it would be just like the software! Drive it around a while till it starts getting holes all over it then just replace the interface er' coating! Who cares if it looks like crap in a few months... we all knew it would anyways right?
    • "Change the paint color to heat the car in Winter, cool it in Summer."

      Not quite the same, but it's been around since 1984 [pages.at]
  • beware of This Guy (TM) [ias.edu]. :)

  • Old News (Score:5, Funny)

    by UpLateDrinkingCoffee ( 605179 ) on Sunday January 02, 2005 @08:42PM (#11241087)
    Oh please, this is old news. Earl Shive and Macco have been using this technology for years.

  • PDA Screen Protector? (Score:3, Interesting)

    by RoTNCoRE ( 744518 ) on Sunday January 02, 2005 @08:43PM (#11241091) Homepage
    Now maybe we can do away with specifically sized screen protectors, using the transparent stuff

  • I need to get my eyes checked... (Score:3, Funny)

    by DaedalusLogic ( 449896 ) on Sunday January 02, 2005 @08:44PM (#11241094)
    I thought the headline said "Peeable Auto Paint"

    Boy that would sting...

  • Old stuff (Score:4, Informative)

    by GrAfFiT ( 802657 ) on Sunday January 02, 2005 @08:48PM (#11241120) Homepage
    This has been used for years in paint industry, it's peelable coating [google.com].
  • Think about it for small or large auto racing teams. If you could peel off the paint and change graphics for sponsors it would be less involved than stripping conventional paint. It also wouldn't add any weight like an overspray.

  • "Oh, do pay attention, 007!" (Score:5, Funny)

    by FunWithHeadlines ( 644929 ) on Sunday January 02, 2005 @08:59PM (#11241173) Homepage
    "This is a new feature I'm particularly proud of, 007. Now pay attention. This paint is peelable. Watch this demonstration while I strafe your car with a flamethrower."

    (Car is enveloped in flames. Paint begins to peel off.)

    "Uh, Q, won't all paint peel if you apply fire to it?"

    "Oh, grow up, 007, this is a breakthrough. I applied the process to my wife's convertible just the other day and we used it to great advantage on holiday."

  • Ether NBCsports or FoxSports demonstrated a decal technology which they covered a complete NASCAR stock racer (think bigger than any car blown up by Bond -- CAR, not TANK, CAR) in a thin printed film. After a race or a sponsor's age, they don't repaint the car, they just rip the film off with their bare hands and slap on a new one.

  • Polymer? Carrier? Dispersant, film-forming agents? (Score:5, Insightful)

    by hiryuu ( 125210 ) on Sunday January 02, 2005 @09:17PM (#11241254)

    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 [ndt-ed.org]? 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 [gsu.edu] 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.

  • I'm sure everybody has seen those ugly black "bras" that you put on the front of your car. Well, this could be a much cooler solution to that problem that could protect your whole car. And its reapplicable.

  • This significantly lowers the barriers to a drive by goatse....the consequences could be dire.....

  • Wash Off Paint (Score:5, Informative)

    by codepunk ( 167897 ) on Sunday January 02, 2005 @09:30PM (#11241313)
    When I am not spending insane amounts of time behind a keyboard I pick up my second favorite tool (airbrush) and do some custom painting. I use a automotive paint called Auto Air which is a water based product. If you make a mistake with this stuff you just spray on a little amonia and water (I use windex) and this stuff just runs right off. To make it permenant you clear coat it with a urethane clear which penetrates and seals it from damage. I could imagine spraying a entire car with it then going to the local car wash and wasing it right off as long as it was not cleared.
  • The Knightrider transam had multiple layers of some plastic on the body panels. This was one of the best known "secrets" of their special effects folks. It allowed the layer to be peeled off like an onion skin if it was damaged in shooting. It was big noise when it was leaked the first time.

    Everything new is history that has been forgotten.

    At least this process might become available widely. Maybe.
  • I have a vision of driving down the highway at 65MPH when all of sudden a car-shaped shell of paint tears lose from a car a few hundred yards ahead of me and wafts across the highway, scaring the bejeezus out of the following cars, who swerve to avoid it, causing a huge pile-up... But maybe that's just me.

  • old... (Score:4, Interesting)

    by argStyopa ( 232550 ) on Sunday January 02, 2005 @09:40PM (#11241362) Journal
    I'm sure someone better informed can correct me if I'm wrong, but this sort of tech has been used on German taxis for years.

    You know all the German taxis are those relatively nice Mercedes, but they are that heinous mustard-vomit yellow? That's an applied film, usually over a Mercedes of any number of colors. That way, when they are done using it, whoosh off comes the film and there they have a car which not only is a decent color (= decent resale value) but a 3-yr-old used car whose finish looks just like new.

    Very cool, and I've wondered for years why they don't do that here for fleet and lease cars - not so much the color issue, but in terms of protecting a car's resale value.

    • Re:old... (Score:3, Informative)

      by Lihtan ( 803863 )
      Having worked for shop that the electronics installs in taxi cabs, I can tell you that a good paint job won't mean much after the vehicle has been in service as a taxi cab. Here's what a typical taxi goes through during conversion:
      • North American taxis are typically big, comfy 4 door sedans, so vehicles like Crown Vics, Impalas, Malibus and Centuries are typical. Operators are now starting to use hybrids like the Prius because of the huge cost savings from fuel.
      • a car that often purchased from auction or i
      • Here's what a typical taxi goes through during conversion: A car that often purchased from auction or is a used police vehicle


        Also interesting to note that the car at auction may very well be a salvaged vehicle, previously in a major accident.

  • If I recall correctly, this was premiered in The Jackal. I can't recall any Bond film with this.
  • This would make a great paint on clear plastic raincoat! Just put a can of this stuff in your
    purse before you go out.

    When it rains, spray yourself.

    Presto! Instant raincoat!
  • The female bank robbers used it on their getaway vehicle.
  • I recall a show called "Towards 2000" (yes it was that old) that had a paint which would be used to protect a car's finish during transportation. This paint would be applied with a roller or brush and when dry will create a rubber or plastic like coating over the paint. It could then be peeled off when not needed.

    The paint had the same characteristics as an interior acrylic house paint that was painted over and enamel paint without the proper undercoat.

  • Based on the name I wonder if this was develoepd as a kind of masking tape. It seems like could see this used to quickly mask off a car... simply spray some around a tail light and trim and peel off what you don't want masked. Or I could be wrong

    G
  • Known as Maskin

    Why are you linking to a .pdf in dutch with no warning? That was a waste of bandwith, and now I have to go delete this useless thing from my download folder... grrrrr!

  • temporary airbrushing of my entire car... (Score:5, Interesting)

    by potus98 ( 741836 ) on Sunday January 02, 2005 @10:45PM (#11241617) Journal

    High School spring break in Panama City, FL. (Where else right?). Getting the obligatory air brushed T-shirt when I notice the artist finishes by spraying some kind of clear coat over the shirt's art. "What's that for?" I ask. "Keeps the paint from washing off." He replies

    "Have you done cars?"
    "Yea, lots. But that uses a special paint... blah blah..."
    "Hmmmm... Well, what if you used T-shirt paint on the car instead and didn't put the finish coat on it?"
    "Hmmmm... I dunno. It should wash off but I don't know for sure."
    "Hmmmm... Let's find out."
    "Are you sure dude?"
    "Yea, let's give it a shot."

    Five hours later, my car was covered bumper-to-bumper with beautiful air brushed beach scenes. Yes, I was sober before, during, and after my decision to do this. Man, you thought the "Tony & Julie forever" license plates were tacky, this was incredible! After baking in the Sun for 5 days, it didn't exactly wash off too easy, but it did come off with a lot of elbow grease.

    Spring break hotel: $200
    Beer for week: $250
    Completely air brushed car: $80 cash
    Look on parents' face when I pulled in the driveway... :-)

  • Beyond 2000 had this years ago.. (Score:5, Informative)

    by UnixRevolution ( 597440 ) on Sunday January 02, 2005 @10:54PM (#11241657) Homepage Journal
    Anyone remember the "Beyond 2000" show on discovery a few years ago? They had a feature on some of the coolest things, like rimless wheels, and a real-time audio system that replaced the rattling buzzing 4-cylinder noise from your car and substituted the rumble of an american V8 in its place. They did a feature on a peelable finish, by rolling the finish onto a Lamborghini, then peeling it off, showing the original paint beneath.

  • like this place [specialtiesinc.tv] that preps cars for commercials. There is even a little movie there of it in action.

    "Peelcoat" paints of some sort or another have been available to TV and Advertising for many many years.

    Maybe this stuff is just more durable?

  • sarcasm (Score:2, Funny)

    by Mmm_Coco ( 718592 )
    What's the legitimate use of temporary tattoos?! After a robbery or something, you could just wash off the tattoos, and you will no longer fit the description of a guy with fantastic tattoos! These things will never catch on.

  • Toxic waste? (Score:3, Insightful)

    by DaveCBio ( 659840 ) on Monday January 03, 2005 @01:11AM (#11242285)
    Do we really need another disposable chemical in our ecosystem? This can't be a good thing in the long run.

  • I am eastbound in pursuit of a white Lamborghini. This is not a recording.

    ...

    If I tell you boys something, you won't think I've been drinking, will you? The white Lamborghini has vanished, but there's a red Lamborghini behind me honking its horn... correction, it's passing me. And it's got two great looking chicks in it!

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