Microscopic paint analysis

[Boden]

Playing around with my microscope and the hood of my 98 Passport work truck. Never been polished. No course polishing compound, no fine polishing compound, nothing. Well until today

I see scratches :O

And epoxy overspray

Some water

What the heck is that?!

Overspray etching in good

A leaf I found on the hood

And after 30 seconds of M205 (zoomed out a bit)

 

[dontlikemyname]

Science is cool lol


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[Accumulator]

Boden- Great idea, using magnification! I do it all the time, generally preferring about 15X. I just can`t see what I want to see with the naked eye.

 

[LEDetailng]

Doesn`t even look like paint. Looks like some foreign plant`s surface.

You should do a 50/50 and use the dividing line as your microscope shot.

Way cool, thanks for posting.

 

[Boden]

Boden- Great idea, using magnification! I do it all the time, generally preferring about 15X. I just can`t see what I want to see with the naked eye.

I can imagine you with a 15x jewelers visor and a tiny little microfiber towel

 

[Boden]

Doesn`t even look like paint. Looks like some foreign plant`s surface.

You should do a 50/50 and use the dividing line as your microscope shot.

Way cool, thanks for posting.

Okay

BRB

 

[rlmccarty2000]

Neat stuff.

 

[Boden]

As my truck is under a tree this was kind of a pain in the butt with the shifting light.

 

[nickclark08]

As a "sciencey person", I found this way too cool. Thanks for sharing!

 

[nickclark08]

LOL I spit my drink out when I read this.

You nailed the picture I have in my head of Accumulator when he`s detailing. (all in good fun, Mr. A)

I can imagine you with a 15x jewelers visor and a tiny little microfiber towel

 

[LEDetailng]

As my truck is under a tree this was kind of a pain in the butt with the shifting light.

Awesome. Thanks for doing the 50/50.

Add microscope to the list of ultimate geek detailing tools that I now want. Right after I get my Rhopoint DOI meter and Defelsko PTG

 

[dontlikemyname]

This is too awesome!


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[Boden]

Awesome. Thanks for doing the 50/50.

Add microscope to the list of ultimate geek detailing tools that I now want. Right after I get my Rhopoint DOI meter and Defelsko PTG

Try a macro lens for your camera. Quite a bit less expensive and a bit more useful.

8X macro on my iPhone 5S

 

[GearHead_1]

Playing around with my microscope and the hood of my 98 Passport work truck. Never been polished. No course polishing compound, no fine polishing compound, nothing. Well until today

I see scratches :O

I believe your microscope works amazingly well as you are seeing a passport as a truck.

Kiddin` of course.

 

[Boden]

I believe your microscope works amazingly well as you are seeing a passport as a truck.

Kiddin` of course.

jokes aside I`m always amused by the average amuricans definition of `truck`.

per Websters dictionary

[h=2]Definition of truck[/h]

• 1: a wheeled vehicle for moving heavy articles: such as
  a : a strong horse-drawn or automotive vehicle (such as a pickup) for hauling
  b : an automotive vehicle with a short chassis equipped with a swivel for attaching a trailer and used especially for the highway hauling of freight; also: a truck with attached trailer
  c : a small barrow consisting of a rectangular frame having at one end a pair of handles and at the other end a pair of small heavy wheels and a projecting edge to slide under a load —called also hand truck
  d : a small heavy rectangular frame supported on four wheels for moving heavy objects
  e : a small flat-topped car pushed or pulled by hand
  f : a shelved stand mounted on casters
  

Since the passport is body on frame with a class IV hitch, can haul my wife and other heavy objects, it qualifies.

 

[Boden]

The conflation of pickup and truck got me wondering, so a bit of research was needed.

Source: Online Etymology Dictionary

pickup (n.) also pick-up, "that which is picked up," 1848; see pick up (v.). As "act of picking up" from 1882. Meaning "capacity for acceleration" is from 1909; that of "recovery" is from 1916. In reference to a game between informal teams chosen on the spot, from 1905 (as an adjective in this sense by 1936).

Meaning "small truck used for light loads," 1937, is shortened from pickup truck (pickup body is attested from 1928). The notion probably being of a vehicle for use to "pick up" (feed, lumber, etc.) and deliver it where it was needed.

 

[GearHead_1]

jokes aside I`m always amused by the average amuricans definition of `truck`.

per Websters dictionary

Definition of truck

• 1: a wheeled vehicle for moving heavy articles: such as
  a : a strong horse-drawn or automotive vehicle (such as a pickup) for hauling
  b : an automotive vehicle with a short chassis equipped with a swivel for attaching a trailer and used especially for the highway hauling of freight; also: a truck with attached trailer
  c : a small barrow consisting of a rectangular frame having at one end a pair of handles and at the other end a pair of small heavy wheels and a projecting edge to slide under a load —called also hand truck
  d : a small heavy rectangular frame supported on four wheels for moving heavy objects
  e : a small flat-topped car pushed or pulled by hand
  f : a shelved stand mounted on casters

Since the passport is body on frame with a class IV hitch, can haul my wife and other heavy objects, it qualifies.

By these conditions I`ve seen many Cadillacs, Impala`s and LTD`s that could be labeled a truck but most wouldn`t put them in that class. Cause Webster said it, don`t make it so. Definitions change by region, class of persons and as time goes by. At the end of the day you can call a Ute a Truck or anything else for that matter and know that you are not alone.

 

[Boden]

By these conditions I`ve seen many Cadillacs, Impala`s and LTD`s that could be labeled a truck but most wouldn`t put them in that class. Cause Webster said it, don`t make it so. Definitions change by region, class of persons and as time goes by. At the end of the day you can call a Ute a Truck or anything else for that matter and know that you are not alone.

I think you missed the joke.

Word play jokes don`t really work online.

I understand that most when using the word `truck` are referring to a pickup. Where I grew up in southern Louisiana if you said to someone "go get the truck" you`d get a hand truck.

 

[GearHead_1]

I think you missed the joke.

Word play jokes don`t really work online.

No, I caught it and smiled when I read about wheel barrows and hand trucks. I wasn`t trying to start something and hoped the Emoji`s gave that indication. If I had intended to start something, I`d have said you were calling your Rodeo a Passport. My first post was my apparently poor attempt at a joke. :lol:

 

[Boden]

No, I caught it and smiled when I read about wheel barrows and hand trucks. I wasn`t trying to start something and hoped the Emoji`s gave that indication. If I had intended to start something, I`d have said you were calling your Rodeo a Passport. My first post was my apparently poor attempt at a joke. :lol:

All is good

linguistic evolution just happens to fascinate me. I`m quite interested in the linguistic shift of polishing compounds. When I was young, we had coarse, medium, fine and very fine compounds. Around here it seems this has been simplified. Compound means course and polish means fine. I think some clarity has been lost in this simplification.