Paint

Season 12, Episode 18, Aired

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From the Impressionist canvas to the Space Shuttle...from customized hotrods to the brilliant orange hue of the Golden Gate Bridge or tiny electronic devices--paint is one of our most ubiquitous products. And paint adds more than just pigmentation. It's a crucial engineering element, protecting ships from water corrosion, stovetops from heat, and the Stealth Bomber from radar detection. In homes and businesses, it provides a balanced spectrum of light and protects surfaces from wear. In this colorful hour, we discover how this marvel of chemistry and engineering is made, and how it is applied. Come see what's beneath the surface as we reveal one of man's most ingenious methods of defeating the elements and adding spice to life!moreless
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      • In addition to painting with brushes of feathers and animal hair, prehistoric cave painters devised a kind of airbrush, using a reed or hollowed-out bone to spray pigment mist onto the cave wall.

      • Shellac's key ingredient is "lac" - a resin secreted by certain insects - which is dissolved in an alcohol solvent.

      • According to the federal government, 25% of American homes - over 24 million - still contain significant hazards from lead paint.

      • In automotice coatings, the crosslinking process can actually turn the polymers in the paint film into one giant colecule on the car's surface.

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      • Narrator: It's a critical engineering element in a can. Its colors pulled from the earth and its secrets created in modern chemistry. From caves to canvas to outer space it's helped us make our mark, and it's getting smarter, presented to you in full color. Now: Paint, on Modern Marvels.

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      • Cast: Rod Friese President, Associate Painters Jon Hall Tech. Mgr. for Color, BASF Coatings Michael Henchman Chemistry Professor, Brandeis Univ. Brian Powell Architectural Conservator, BCA Robert Gamblin Founder, Gamblin Artists Colors Jon Nelson Owner, Decor, Color & Design Carl Minchew Dir., Prod. Dev., Benjamin Moore & Co. Ronny Hall Dredge Operator, DuPont John Kordosh Product Devel. Mgr., Homax Products Dave Barrington Coatings Leader, U. of Dayton Research Tim December Group Leader, New Prod. Devel., BASF Cliff Cerebus Sr. Research Physicist, U. of Dayton Walt Ohrbom Senior Research Assoc., BASF Coatings Executive Producer: Don Cambou Producer: Anthony Lacques Writer: Anthony Lacques Line Producer: Paul Dzilvelis Editor: Motoshi Wakabayashi Narrator: Max Raphael Music: Alan Ett Music Group Producer: Bruce Nash Creator: Bruce Nash Production Manager: Shelia Collins Post Producer: Tim Knauff Clearance Supervisor: Katie Del Core Director of Research: Anthony Lacques Production Controller: Dani Eslin Accountant: Sheridan Liu Researcher: Mikki Del Monico Researcher: Sean Heckman Researcher: Tom Barclay Coordinator: Melinda Esquibel Coordinator: Brad Skiles Clearance Coordinator: D.W. Blakeslee Voice over Coordinator: Mikki Del Monico Assistant Editor: Laura Steinhoff Assistant Editor: Josh Beckham Assistant Post Coordinator: Alexander Rubinow Post Assistant: Gaylen Kobayashi Camera: John Davis Camera: El Kukla Camera: Lon Magdich Camera: R. Kelley Marchal Camera: Jed Udall Camera: Doug Weisman Camera: T.J. Williams Field Audio: John Bianchi Field Audio: Curt Britton Field Audio: Jim Petit Field Audio: Roger Smith Field Audio: Jorge Suarez Online Editor: John Price Sound Mixer: Ed Thacker Animation: Randall Rickert Technical Consultant: Josh Kordosh Special Thanks: Denise Anderson Dave Barrington Martha Bergman Gamblin Blue Rooster Art Supplies Michael Douma Goodrich Aviation Technical Services Pamela L. Gregg Michael and Kate Henchman Andy Ladak Susan A. Murphy Martin Rissman Rich Straitman University of Dayton Research Institute Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Executive Producer: Beth Dietrich-Segarra Produced by Actuality Productions, INC

      • Featured the following paintings: Van der Paele Madonna (1436) Jan van Eyck Virgin of Autun (1433) Jan van Eyck Les Nympheas (1907) Claude Monet London, The Parlianemt (1904) Claude Monet Oarsmen at Chatou (1879) Pierre-Auguste Renoir The Seine at Asnieres (1879) Pierre-Auguste Renoir La Gare St. Lazare (1877) Claude Monet

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