Dunno if I'll ever need this, but... to paint a car well, paint it thoroughly, then polish it (using machine polishers) until rubbing chalk across it leaves no trace. Then give it two layers of lacquer in the same way. From a program on Rolls-Royce. Possibly requires robots to do it evenly enough.

I was out on a photo trip to Mols this morning (even though nobody else showed up, I went anyway to prepare the summerhouse for the winter). I'd parked the car on a parking lot out in the forest and went for a walk. When I came back, I unlocked the car and opened the door -- at which point the car decided I must be ready to go and started rolling ( Read more... )