Because it doesn't have any silver in it. If they called it "silver"
paint, they'd get sued. (Litigation is a major sport in the USA).

Perce


On 07/28/05 12:11 am tossed the following
ingredients into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:

All my life I have wondered this.
Why is silver paint called aluminum paint?
It can be painted on steel, wood, plastic, brass, and darn near
anything else (including aluminum), so why that name?