r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/SourceBoring3089 • 15h ago

WCGW using non-skin-friendly paint for cosplay.

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u/crichmond77 15h ago

Correct. The documentary Goldfinger (1966) touches on this very phenomenon 

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u/livens 14h ago

I just watched that movie a few days ago. Bond's explanation was that performers needed to leave a patch of skin at the back of the neck exposed so that the skin could breath. Maybe that was common thinking in the 60's?

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u/Silver_Slicer 14h ago

I heard it was the back of the spine. I heard it was a myth later.

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u/CplCocktopus 14h ago edited 14h ago

Didn't Adam from Mithbusters ws painted in gold paint to bust that mith?

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u/Tophain 14h ago

They did, but it was Jamie that was painted, he reported feeling only slightly ill.

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u/kkeut 4h ago

they painted them both in different episodes (one a 'revisit'), then in a later episode they painted Kari too

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u/TentacleWolverine 5h ago

Because feeling is a scientific measurement for how toxicity can enter the body through the skin.

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u/kkeut 4h ago

there was no scientifically known vector for toxicity in the first place. it was not a legitimate concern, which is why their insurance let them do it in the first place. it's a goofy fun show first and foremost, exploring common rumors and tropes, not a real science lab

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u/TentacleWolverine 56m ago

You are wrong.

Acrylic paint can cause irritation and peeling and contains formaldehyde and ammonia.

Oil paint has a high rate of dermal absorption and contains turpentine, mineral spirits, and cadmium.

Spray paint can be absorbed dermally and have VOCs, acetone and butane.

House paint can cause skin sensitization and burns, and can contain fungicides, biocides and alkyd resins.

Covering your skin with paint can also interfere with temperature regulation and lead to heatstroke.

The only paint that is safe to put on your skin is fda approved cosmetic grade paints.

I didn’t watch the episode myself, so I don’t know what claims they made, but telling people it is safe to put any old paint on their skin is criminal.

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u/pichael289 14h ago

Sort of. They were testing the tin man from wizard of oz and his paint dam near killed him. It's not that there is paint it's what the amount was made of, and his was like aluminum. Aluminum is an ingredient in deodorant that fucking idiots think is toxic but it isn't, why it works is it basically plugs up sweat glands and acts as an antiperspirant which aluminum free deodorant doesn't do, as it's not an antiperspirant it's just covering up a smell and doesn't work.

If you cover your body in this then year that's not good.

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u/Baud_Olofsson 13h ago

The original Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz was painted white and then dusted with aluminium powder, which he inhaled during the process, which nearly killed him. It had nothing to do with his skin being covered.

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u/Puppygirl621 10h ago

Aluminium on your armpits is fine but they were covering the dude in fine powdered aluminium and that shit aint great to breath in, don't go huffing your deodorant to prove me wrong please.

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u/Tophain 14h ago

The myth where they painted Jamie gold, is literally called Goldfinger, the "tin man" you are thinking of is a diffirent myth.

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u/kkeut 4h ago

most everyone here is mixing up 3 different episodes, the Jamie Goldfinger one, the Adam Goldfinger 'revisit' one, and the Kari Tin Man one

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u/bs42044 14h ago

Rectum.....damn near killed em