What a Lovely Spray!

July 20, 2015 1:20 PM

The fans of Mad Max: Fury Road have discovered Amazon.com's listing for Winton Silver Color Mist.

For those who haven't seen the film Mad Max: Fury Road, the villains of the story often spray a sort of silver paint into their mouths as both a religious sacrament and as a way to drug themselves into necessary boosts of energy during battle. In Australian slang, huffing paint in this way is called "chroming" and so, the warriors who wish to die in automobile-based battle to be "shiny and chrome" in the afterlife use it.

posted by Peregrine Pickle (44 comments total)

This is exactly what I need to make my $$$ confection: Astro-Nuts.
posted by dontoine at 1:22 PM on July 20, 2015

This screencap has been delighting me for days.

Frequently asked questions about this product: "AM I AWAITED IN VALHALLA!?"
posted by mhoye at 1:24 PM on July 20, 2015 [43 favorites]

Used this for a War Boy costume in a bike ride.

I know what our next themed costume ride is going to be.
posted by entropicamericana at 1:28 PM on July 20, 2015 [2 favorites]

I wonder how this warrior would rate it.
posted by sparklemotion at 1:28 PM on July 20, 2015 [3 favorites]

Kind of a nice palette cleanser (pun unintended) after that latest SWATting story. This is what the internet is for, not a harassment tool.
posted by axiom at 1:35 PM on July 20, 2015 [1 favorite]

I've been seriously considering going as a war boy for Halloween this year cause it gives me a reason to spend 3 months doing crunches and squats.
posted by The Whelk at 1:38 PM on July 20, 2015 [13 favorites]

Frequently Bought Together:

• This item: Wilton Silver Color Mist $6.87
• WWII RAF Aviator Pilot Motorcycle Half helmet Goggles (TMS-33-6) $7.49

posted by Going To Maine at 1:39 PM on July 20, 2015 [9 favorites]

I could have sworn this had already been posted as an FPP along with the other MM:FR threads, but I'm not seeing it. People have asked about using this as a costume accessory, but it still looks just about as dangerous as huffing real paint. A closer look at the ingredients shows that it's mostly ethanol, with butane and propane propellants following close behind, along with vaguely-defined "artificial color", which might as well be aluminum. It's probably(?) safe(?!) to spray onto a cake, but you don't want any of that stuff getting in your lungs or respiratory passages.
posted by Strange Interlude at 1:41 PM on July 20, 2015 [1 favorite]

I've been seriously considering going as a war boy for Halloween this year cause it gives me a reason to spend 3 months doing crunches and squats.

Counterpoint: Going as Immortan Joe means you get to sit inside for 3 months eating donuts, plus you get a cool skull. Why work on abs when you can just buy them in clear Lucite?
posted by robocop is bleeding at 1:42 PM on July 20, 2015 [47 favorites]

(honestly the biggest drawback is shaving my head and bald caps itch)
posted by The Whelk at 1:44 PM on July 20, 2015 [2 favorites]

I don't think anyone should be breathing this stuff in, but you don't have to breathe just because your mouth is open.

I AM AWAITED IN VALHALLA!!!
posted by DGStieber at 1:45 PM on July 20, 2015 [1 favorite]

I've been seriously considering going as a war boy for Halloween this year cause it gives me a reason to spend 3 months doing crunches and squats.

...and dropping to like 1500 kcal a day starting now. They are a spindly crew.
posted by leotrotsky at 1:48 PM on July 20, 2015 [1 favorite]

I'm trying to figure out if a giant codpiece is going to cramp my cycling style. Anyone?
posted by entropicamericana at 1:49 PM on July 20, 2015 [2 favorites]

I lost 30 pounds to fit into a WW2 uniform do not question my commitment to my craft

although donuts and huge skulls are appealing.
posted by The Whelk at 1:50 PM on July 20, 2015 [11 favorites]

Home Depot, on the other hand, is having none of it.
posted by ckape at 1:51 PM on July 20, 2015 [39 favorites]

I considered getting the vanity licence plate FURIOSA (still available at last check in North Carolina), but I opted for a custom bumper sticker instead.
posted by Rock Steady at 1:55 PM on July 20, 2015 [2 favorites]

War Boy is fun and Fury Road is wonderful but

I wonder how this warrior would rate it.

People have been watching that dude destroy his life for like eight or more years now. He keeps trying to get clean and then shows up again in some other county's mug shot a few months later. Sad sad sad.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 1:56 PM on July 20, 2015 [2 favorites]

The Whelk: "(honestly the biggest drawback is shaving my head and bald caps itch)"

This came up before, and I'd do it if it involved merely shaving my head. Also, for an alternative edible spray, check the comment immediately above the one I linked.
posted by exogenous at 1:56 PM on July 20, 2015

Charlie, let's join forces.
posted by lagomorphius at 2:07 PM on July 20, 2015

I would like to know how many items in the Grocery & Gourmet Food section on Amazon promote themselves with the adjective taste-free.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 2:20 PM on July 20, 2015 [4 favorites]

(honestly the biggest drawback is shaving my head and bald caps itch)

Do you honestly expect to be witnessed with that attitude? I can see Immortan Joe's disapproving glare and growling "Mediocre!"
posted by GenjiandProust at 2:23 PM on July 20, 2015 [16 favorites]

People have been watching that dude destroy his life for like eight or more years now.

Huh, I hadn't realized that, and might have reconsidered that comment if I had.
posted by sparklemotion at 2:25 PM on July 20, 2015

This screencap has been delighting me for days.

If you side-scroll through the list of other things people bought there is a lot of cosplay stuff in there; grommeted tool belts and cargo pants, at least one other type of industrial / retro -looking goggles, a plastic chain that looks like metal and so on.
posted by George_Spiggott at 2:47 PM on July 20, 2015 [1 favorite]

A liberal (excessive) dosing of Solarcaine (or similar skin-deadening products) helps (some) with scalp-itch in costumes, but you have to make sure it gets down to the scalp. Really work it in.
posted by aramaic at 2:58 PM on July 20, 2015

Wow, surprised this wasn't on MeFi prior to this. It's the best example, IMO, of Amazon reviews humor.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 3:38 PM on July 20, 2015 [2 favorites]

The reviews are straight up priceless.
posted by [insert clever name here] at 3:54 PM on July 20, 2015

We use food safe metallic effect products where I work (cake), and my guess is you can find a better way to chrome your face for a costume without having to resort to anything Wilton. It all tastes like bug spray. Might I suggest silver highlighter powder (available from specialty confectioners supply)? Anyway, familiarity with the product made me enjoy the Amazon listing that much more. I will feel much more bad ass next time I'm spraying some frufy bridal cake with silver shimmer.
posted by palindromeisnotapalindrome at 3:59 PM on July 20, 2015 [6 favorites]

UPDATE: This cost $15 on here but you buy it for half this price at Gas Town or the Bullet Farm. WITNESS THE SAVINGS BROTHERS

I think being concerned about savings shows a lack of adherence to Toxic Masculinity.
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:03 PM on July 20, 2015 [8 favorites]

Counterpoint: Going as Immortan Joe means you get to sit inside for 3 months eating donuts, plus you get a cool skull. Why work on abs when you can just buy them in clear Lucite?

Fuck it. I'm just going as the War Rig.
posted by brundlefly at 5:51 PM on July 20, 2015 [6 favorites]

THE GATES OF VALHALLA WERE OPENED TO ME THREE TIMES TODAY!


But then I thought, "You know, a chicken korma roti would sure be tasty right now, and I've got all this beer in my fridge..."
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 6:17 PM on July 20, 2015

Also, there is at least one person actually trying to make a chocolate cake sliver-colored who is now very confused.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 6:23 PM on July 20, 2015 [9 favorites]

My favorite is a 2-star review that just reads "Mediocre".
posted by treepour at 6:40 PM on July 20, 2015 [18 favorites]

This silver-colored spray, it vibrates?
posted by Ufez Jones at 6:52 PM on July 20, 2015

I unthinkingly clicked on that first link and now I guess for a few days Firefox is gonna fill the margins of every site I visit with Amazon ads for Winton Silver Color Mist.
posted by Ursula Hitler at 6:57 PM on July 20, 2015

If, for some reason, you do not want to have your Amazon ads shiny and chrome, you can go to your account page and edit your browsing history (It's way near the bottom in the Personalization section).
posted by ckape at 7:05 PM on July 20, 2015 [2 favorites]

a giant codpiece is going to cramp my cycling style

Try riding a recumbent.
posted by foobaz at 7:25 PM on July 20, 2015 [2 favorites]

I think my favorite bit is that KitchenSupply is going through all the questions and answering them totally seriously.

"Will this make my shiny and chrome for when I need to enter Valhalla?"
"This is a silver color, not quite chrome. It does have a shimmer."

"Is this safe to use with my flaming guitar, or is that a fire hazard?"
"Fire hazard for sure"

"Can I spray this on my teeth without any harm being done?"
"It is edible, however I would not recommend spraying this towards your face as it could potentially get in your eyes."
posted by sciatrix at 9:08 PM on July 20, 2015 [3 favorites]

Also, there is at least one person actually trying to make a chocolate cake sliver-colored who is now very confused.

War Boys have birthdays, too.
posted by Rock Steady at 9:21 PM on July 20, 2015 [3 favorites]

I like this one:

This is for cakes. This item is strictly for cakes. And maybe if we all could keep track of that all of us would be a lot better off. Maybe we wouldn't be so focused on our mad rush to uplift cruelty and murder. Maybe if we focused for even a few seconds on other people's needs instead of glorifying the hierarchies of DEATH we wouldn't be TRAPPED in a waking nightmare of war where our only way out was a LIE of death worship and violent masculinity. If we had more CAKES maybe we'd spend less time on tearing young boys from their families to throw them into iron-shod machines of death and mayhem. If we NURTURED a little life and celebration, our boys would not be reduced to dying fodder for some madman at eighty miles an hour. If we gave children access to shiny cakes maybe they wouldn't end with their bodies cruelly distorted by disease, their emotional centers malformed, begging just to be noticed by strong father figure who only cares if their deaths will bring him more power. If we could stay concentrated on CAKE, maybe our children wouldn't end up hurtling down trackless dirt roads, mouths contorted wide, covered in silvery chrome, dying meaningless deaths for some other man's concept of glory. THIS IS FOR CAKE! WE ARE NOT THINGS! WHO KILLED THE WORLD? WE ARE NOT THINGS!

posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 11:59 PM on July 20, 2015 [12 favorites]

palindromeisnotapalindrome: I've always wondered about cosplayers buying unusual things not normally used for cosplay. What if they ask you what you're buying it for? What the hell do you do then? Lie?
posted by BiggerJ at 4:00 AM on July 21, 2015

The aesthetics and the stylized language of this delight me.
posted by nicebookrack at 5:31 AM on July 21, 2015

Try riding a recumbent.

Hey, I know Mad Max is about outlandish, depraved, debauched, highly impracticable machinery, but some things are just beyond the pale.
posted by entropicamericana at 8:20 AM on July 21, 2015 [1 favorite]

In answer to a few real world questions;

You are fine with this lovely spray (I use the Chefmaster) if you refrain from inhaling while spraying, but it is a bit hard to be sure of how good a job you are doing as you can't see your own face (using a little hand held mirror sort of ruins the image) it stings a bit on your gums for about 30 seconds. It comes off easy with a wet rag and smells like vanilla. It is a bit more pearl silver than chrome.

I just did a sculpture bike race on Sunday in a 2 person recumbent I built. We went in full mad max drag and despite the 80f and 80% humidity I did not remove the armor I had hammer forged out of traffic signs, that and the 2 ft spikes on the bike out of rusted sheet metal (I was inspired by this) weight is an issue though.

I don't think a codpiece would work on any sort of pedal powered anything. Leg armor was not a problem though
posted by boilermonster at 9:16 AM on July 21, 2015

Q: Has this product been officially endorsed by Immortan Joe or any of his lieutenants?
A: No
KitchenSupply answered on May 28, 2015
posted by Going To Maine at 10:35 AM on July 21, 2015 [1 favorite]