According to Wikipedia, Francis Davis Millet is generally credited with the invention of spray painting. In 1892, working under extremely tight deadlines to complete construction of the World's Columbian Exposition, Daniel Burnham appointed Millet to replace the fair's official director of color, William Pretyman. Pretyman had resigned following a dispute with Burnham. After experimenting, Millet settled on a mix of oil and white lead that could be applied using a hose and special nozzle, which would take considerably less time than traditional brush painting. In 1949, Edward Seymour developed spray paint that could be delivered from an aerosol can.
Geocache camouflage
Some geocaches are spray-painted to have a stencil clearly identifying them as a geocache, yet allowing them to still blend into the environment well. Larger ammo cans can be spray painted with metal-optimized paint using leaves and ferns to add additional randomness, and plastic loc-n-loc type containers can be painted with paint meant to bond to plastic, which works even better when the plastic has been sanded first.
Good Luck! Remember to bring your own writing implement, and replace the cache exactly as you found it!
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