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04-14-08, 05:32 PM
Rather dated article, but still, I wish this tech would be made commercial, so a lot of metal parts wouldn't have to be painted for looks:
http://www.rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=3106
Just the possibilities would be almost endless, although it may bring us back to the mid 90s anodized aluminum everything fad.
Take any type of metal, run it under the laser apparatus to cut in the atomic sized grooves, slap a code of shellac or clear-coat over it, and voila, almost any color you want with zero paint.
http://www.rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=3106
Just the possibilities would be almost endless, although it may bring us back to the mid 90s anodized aluminum everything fad.
Take any type of metal, run it under the laser apparatus to cut in the atomic sized grooves, slap a code of shellac or clear-coat over it, and voila, almost any color you want with zero paint.