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I thought the answer was right in the article: Automotive paint. They've got a lot of surface area to cover, and car companies want their vehicles to shine.
by cperciva 8y ago
I thought the answer was right in the article: Automotive paint. They've got a lot of surface area to cover, and car companies want their vehicles to shine.
- ohadron 8y agoMakes sense and could be it, but somewhere in that reddit thread there's a car paint guy who claims they use pure aluminium particles and not just aluminium painter polymer.
- ken 8y agoI don't think automotive manufacturers would be worried about people knowing that their shiny paint contains glitter. Also, there are a lot of cars in the world, but most just get painted once. My first guess would be a consumable. Maybe food-related, where we don't expect (or want) glitter. The "toothpaste" guess sounds like it's on the right track. "Fast food" wouldn't entirely surprise me, either.
- jey 8y agoIt's still probably under NDA and the glitter suppliers are contractually forbidden from revealing their customers. It'd be up to the customer to reveal it.
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- LowLevelHacker 8y agoIt's toothpaste
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- code_duck 8y agoI thought the answer was given in the article as Revlon. Nail polish, eyeshadow, lipstick, blush... all can contain micro glitter particles. I wonder, what is the total surface area painted by cosmetics each year?
- kingbirdy 8y agoThat's hardly secretive or unexpected, though - everyone knows cosmetics contain glitter
- DanBC 8y agoI don't think most consumers know that their lipstic or eyeshadow contains microplastics.
- mbreese 8y agoI'd wager that they either know or don't want to know...
- tomcam 8y agoI didn’t. Had I considered it I would have assumed that at least in the US regulations would prohibit its inclusion.
- code_duck 8y agoWhatever the product may be, it sparkles, so it can’t be much of a secret.
- DanBC 8y agoDoes this product contain glitter? https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-djINoSKP6FQ/T_2q9sPNqZI/AAAAAAAAAVI/QTZsxQZT-To/s1600/mac,+turquatic,+blue,+glitter,+eyeshadow,+cheryl+cole,+blue+smokey,+blue+glitter,+blog,+look+2.jpg https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-djINoSKP6FQ/T_2q9sPNqZI/AAAAAAAAA...
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- lifeformed 8y agoI thought that too but I think that line was just worded awkwardly. It was meant as a change of topic to end the writer's insistence. For reference: > I asked if she would tell me off the record. She would not. I asked if she would tell me off the record after this piece was published. She would not. I told her I couldn’t die without knowing. She guided me to the automotive grade pigments.
- CPLX 8y agoThis is the answer, the article isn’t being particularly subtle about it.