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This is fascinating, thanks. Can you elaborate more on how the label printer and Livestrong bracelets ruined paint jobs? Was it something they emitted through the air? How would that be in concentrations to affect the paint job, what would happen to the paint?

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Silicone oils caused the paint to "run away", like putting soap in a greasy pot.

Droplets were enough to cause problems - there's no hiding problems on a car's paint job and customers are VERY demanding.

So it was workers wearing the bracelet that caused the problem, not end customers?

Yes

Silicone has very low surface tension, imagine water on a non stick pan. If paint encounters a droplet of silicone it will shrink back on itself and form a hole around the contamination.

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