Coatings update: some general considerations

Most writers of headlines for daily newspapers generally do not consider paint brushes and related tools highly newsworthy. Occasionally, however, they are proved wrong as was demonstrated when a 54‐cent paint scraper accidentally fell into a torpedo launcher at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii. The net result of this seemingly minor accident was that the nuclear submarine, USS Swordfish, had to be placed in drydock for $171,000 worth of repairs.