[Boatanchors] Re: Wrinkle Paint

[Sheldon Daitch]

Barry,

very interesting your observation that wrinkle paints were
essentially what appears to have been a production short-cut.

In the thinking out load department, I wonder how many other
things are also the result of production short-cuts or 
cost cutting measures, short of nearly everything in most
automobiles today!

73
Sheldon

"B
> 
> While we might consider the wrinkle paints to be high class,
> they were exactly the opposite at the time they were commonly
> used.  They were developed to be a cheap paint that could
> cover in one coat.  They did not require an exceptionally
> smooth surface underneath, and they did not show the lack of
> skill of the painter that high gloss paints would.
>