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This clears it up perfectly. I will try to improve my posting etiquette.

Apologies I have work and school to juggle so it may take some time for my reply thanks for waiting.

getGraphics()

Returns this component's graphics context, which lets you draw on a component....

What is the difference between getGraphics() and getComponentGraphics(Graphics g). I suppose then the question really is what is the, "original," graphics object?