For other uses, see Paint (disambiguation). Paint is any liquid, liquefiable, or mastic composition that, after application to a substrate in a thin layer, converts to a solid film. It is most commonly used to protect, color, or provide texture to objects. Paint can be made or purchased in many colorsâand in many different types, such as watercolor, synthetic, etc. Paint is typically stored, sold, and applied as a liquid, but most types dry into a solid.
WWII created much needed jobs in factories involving the production of war supplies. It jump started us out of the Great Depression and boosted the stock market.
Production at the Hanford plant dates back to the Manhattan Project to develop the first nuclear bomb during World War II, and the plutonium produced at Hanford was used in a test bomb as well as the Fat Man and Little Boy bombs dropped on Japan.