Paint Mixer

Paul Hexter '25 fathered a slew of paint-related innovations, from infrared camouflage paint for antiaircraft installations to a kit-equipped with a special mitten-for refinishing auto-mobiles.

During World War II Hexter was a major in the Army Air Corps. Working as an engineer, he proved that, contrary to popular belief, shiny black paint is much harder to detect than dull black paint. Hexter went on to design the stripes in the Air Force insignia. Upon returning to civilian life, and to Arco Co. in Cleveland, he invented the paint-mixing machine that shakes and shimmies in hardware stores across the nation.