6.3 Paint: Nature and Importance

The nature: the coating's chips-and-smears (the vehicles' paints — the layer structures; the architectural; the artistic). The importance: the vehicle cases' classic (the hit-and-run's paint transfer — the victim's clothes' chips vs the vehicle's layers); the burglary's tools (the forced- entry's paint); the art's forensics (the forgery's layers). The examination: the microscopy (the layer's count-and-sequence — the layer-structure's individuality); the chemistry (the infrared, the elemental — the composition); the physical matches (the jigsaw fit — the chip's-and-source's edge match — the individualisation's rare case).