Plastic welding casing of electric meters. It is also a component – along with tetrahydrofuran – of the solvent used to weld plumbing. ABS plastic is typically welded with Acetone based solvents which are often sold as paint thinners or in smaller containers as nail polish remover. Solvent welding is a common method in plastics fabrication and used by manufacturers of in-store displays, brochure holders, presentation cases and dust covers. Another popular use of solvents in the hobby segment is model building from injection molded kits for scale models of aircraft, ships and cars which predominantly use Polystyrene plastic. In order to
Nail (anatomy) bar. Painting the nails with coloured nail polish (also called nail lacquer and nail varnish) to improve the appearance is a common practice dating back to at least 3000 B.C. With the rise of smartphones, some analysts have noted a trend of the "nelfie" (nail selfie), wherein people share their nail art online. Guinness World Records began tracking record fingernail lengths in 1955, when a Chinese priest was listed as having fingernails long. The current record-holder for men, according to Guinness, is Shridhar Chillal from India who set the record in 1998 with a total of of nails on his