USA: Ford claims industry first for wet-on-wet two-tone painting process
Author: just-auto.com editorial team | 11 April 2003
Ford Motor Company engineers and scientists have developed a new paint process that allows two different colours of paint to simultaneously be applied to a vehicle without the worry of having the colours bleed together. This claimed industry first wet-on-wet (WOW) process for painting accent colours will boost output of two-toned 2004 Super Duty trucks.
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