... they could have avoided the whole "pink sub" thing by just mixing and applying the two paints separately. That one occurred to me the first time I saw this.
But then, a red & white sub wouldn't be as funny...
No, no - Pillage first, then burn! Stupid Vikings...
I don't know....don't you think it would have been somewhat hilarious to have the Japanese reporting via radio (and being intercepted by the Allies) that they had found and attacked and sunk and sunk and sunk again a floating BARBER POLE???
Barber poles are red, white and blue; candy canes are red and white.
See: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A896664
That can Depend on where you see them..The commonest ones I've seen have been red and white..(UK) (though in mentioning the "Blood and bandages" theme of the origin of the Barber pole design in the article,how did the candy cane get the same colour scheme?!)
If Book was in Intelligence B4 finding God,does that mean He's a Shepherd Spy? (Thank You,Spike..)
I've never seen a red, white and BLUE barber pole.
Every one I've ever seen was red and white.
I've never seen a red, white and BLUE barber pole.
The explanation I once heard is that when the profession of barber originated back in the dark ages, they were more like doctors who specialized in blood-letting. They marked their place of business with poles- the white pole itself represented an arm and the red and blue stripes represented veins.
share> they could have avoided the whole "pink sub" thing by just mixing and applying the two paints separately.
As the movie points out, the sub was to be painted gray just as soon as the "pink" coat dried. So there was no reason to worry about mixing the colors.
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What Would Jesus Do For A Klondike Bar (WWJDFAKB)?
More to the point, there *was* a reason to mix the primers.
Try painting a wall at home with 2 primers, half the wall a white primer and the other half a dark one. Then put a coat of a medium brighness color on top of it. What you'll find is that you'll still see the light / dark boundary through the top coat of paint.
The only way to get the whole boat to be the same color after painting grey was to mix the primers so that the undercoat would be approximately the same color over the whole ship. (It doesn't have to be *exact*. So there's no need to carefully measure the proportions of the two primers.)
Pillow,
There **was** a reason for the mix, but it was **not** the one you gave. See my reply to the OP.
Don't people pay attention to the film they are watching???
flyer, your answer (below) has nothing to do with the question in the OP.
If you have 70% of what you need in one color primer and 40% of what you need in the other (to use your example numbers), you don't have to *mix* them in order to get to 100%. You could conceivably use either cover 2/3 of the boat with one color and 1/3 in the other, and still get the whole ship covered.
The question in the OP was why they went through the extra effort to *mix* the two primers instead of priming the boat as a "two tone". Your "answer" does not address that question at all. My answer did.
I was paying attention when I was watching the movie. Were you paying attention when you were reading the message board posts?
Possibly the white would stand out too much so pink might be a little better. You can see a submerged submarine if it is running near the surface. A white one will be more noticeable.
shareFlybyNight,
The film already gave the reason for the mix.
A sailor states there is not enough of either primer to coat the entire sub. So if you have only 70% and 40% of something to cover 100% you mix both and are able to cover more...
It was going to be covered anyway...
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Everyone chill dafak out ... The movie explained all this s#|t
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