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Spray on paint (from a can) will cast most surfaces. But on styrofoam, the surface melts from the spray paint. Why?
Question Date: 2009-12-26
Answer 1:

The spray paint and Styrofoam are soluble in each other... the Styrofoam basically DISSOLVES in the paint.



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