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In 1921, 3M invented a sandpaper with silicon carbide grit and a waterproof adhesive and backing, known as Wet and dry. This allowed use with water, which would serve as a lubricant to carry away particles that would otherwise clog the grit. Its first application was in automotive paint refinishing. [6]
Scotch-brite. Scotch-Brite is a line of abrasive products produced by 3M.The product line includes scouring pads and tools for home uses such as dish washing and scrubbing, as well as various types of surfaces for industrial applications, such as discs, belts, and rotating brushes, with varying compositions and levels of hardness.
Paint protection films use by the military has continued to the present day and 3M now makes a wide variety of aerospace and military films. [3] With time, however, the automobile industry began to take note of the protective benefits of PPF and it was soon being employed by race car drivers despite the difficulty of working with the original films.
In August 2010, 3M acquired Cogent Systems for $943 million, [45] and on October 13, 2010, 3M completed acquisition of Arizant Inc. [46] In December 2011, 3M completed the acquisition of the Winterthur Technology Group, a bonded abrasives company. In 2011 by 3M created CloudLibrary as part of its library systems unit as a competitor to ...
Bondo is a polyester putty product originally marketed as an automotive body filler. Nowadays the brand name is used by 3M for a line of American-made products for automotive, marine and household repairs. [1] [2] The term Bondo is trademarked by 3M, but is commonly used to refer to any brand of automotive repair putty due to its popularity.
Sandpaper refers to abrasive paper that uses sand as the grit although many people use it as the generic term.Zarboki 10:50, 2 November 2005 (UTC) Coated abrasives is even more generic and is the term used by the industry, and you could argued that sanding belts that use cloth as a backing are not paper. Actually, if you do a google search on ...