In alt.home.repair on Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:29:35 -0500 "HeyBub"
posted:

wrote:
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?

Marketing purposes. In consumer acceptance tests, "Aluminum" beat out the
runner-up, "Squirrel" by, I believe, 2-3 points. "Phlegm" was a distant
third.

ROTFLOL

My last two cars have been "pewter" and "driftwood". I really want
"gold", but I keep ending up with grey.

Meirman
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