Short History of Paint

• 25,000 years ago - first paints

• 3000-600 BC - Egyptians

• 5000 years ago - first synthetic paint

• 600 BC-AD 400 - varnishes (Greek & Romans)

• 1804 - first white lead production in US

• 1865 - first US paint patent

• 1867 - production of ready-mixed paints in US

• 1923 - nitrocellulose lacquer

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