Message text written by Ralph "BP - \"Callahan's Preservationeers\""
>coated with some sort of Toluene-based paint.<

In the interest of technical correctness, paints are not toluene-based,
though they may be toluene-borne. The "base" refers to the primary binder,
such as acrylic, polyurethane or pigeon crap, as the case may be. The
solvent (which may be water, too) is not part of the finished film. So we
could say a paint is polyurethane based and water-borne, but not vice
versa.

As Ralph has such a highly developed sense of technical industry terms, for
which he is nearly famous oin BP, I was sure he would want to get this one
right.

Mike E.