Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-29970843-20190623191925/@comment-27306930-20190625000558

Rskm1 wrote: Here's a picture of a BoomCo mag^H^H^Hclip, molded in silver, on the left, and a Lightnin' Blitz, painted silver, on the right. Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that all metallic finishes are painted on. My bad. Your BoomCo clip is an excellent example of color infused plastic. Thanks for posting it. I'm 99% sure the Nerf Defender is painted. Most of the vintage blasters from that period were painted for ease of manufacturing, and to keep costs down.

It's interesting that both infused and painted metallic finishes exhibit similar flow trails. It might be related to suspending microscopic metallic particles in fluids. There might be some additional physics going on there. Not sure for sure.

But I want to assure Tomknocker this is not a problem. Just a common side effect that doesn't compromise his blaster, or limit its performance or the amount of fun he can have with it.

BTW, I really like the term "flow trails". It pretty much sums up what's going on without a negative connotation. And it sounds cool. We'll quote you henceforth 😎