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Color Retention:
The ability of a coating to show little change in color after exposure to weather (i.e. ultraviolet radiation), heat or chemical attack.
Color Run:
The amount of wall covering produced at one time. A repeat run at another time will probably not match the color of the original run and is given another run number.
Color Scheme:
A selection of colors intended to complement or create a desired visual effect.
Color Spectrum:
A representation of the full range of visible colors composed from the primary colors of blue, red, and yellow.
Color Uniformity:
The ability of a coating to appear or maintain a uniform color after drying or exposure to the environment.
Color Wheel:
A chart, on which complementary colors (or their names) are arranged on opposite sides of a circle, (often a 12 segment wheel, containing 3 primary, 3 secondary, and 6 intermediate colors). Used in color decorating.
Colorant:
A dispersed pigment in a medium. A concentrated liquid (or dry) color that is added in order to tint paints to obtain a chosen color. In most paints, a universal colorant is used due to its broad compatibility with various solvent and binder types. See also Tinting Colors and Universal Colorants.
Combustible:
A material capable of catching fire and burning easily. A liquid having a flash point at or above 100 degrees F (37.8 degrees C.).
Complementary Colors:
Two colors that are directly opposite from one another on a color wheel.
Complete Cure:
The final state of a paint or coating. A coating is said to be at complete cure or fully cured, when the designed degree of reaction has been completed and the physical and chemical resistance properties have achieved their maximum potential.
Cornice:
A decorative horizontal molding of precast concrete, molding plaster, fiberglass, plastic or wood usually installed to the top of a wall.
Coverage:
The area over which a coating can be spread to attain a specified film thickness. Often, used interchangeably with spreading rate or in relationship to hiding power.
Cure:
To initiate the conversion of a polymer to its final, stable condition. Describes the drying or hardening of a film through hear, oxidation, chemical reaction or a combination of the former.
Cutting In:
A brushing technique used to create a clean sharp edge such as at the intersection of a wall and trim, or the brush application of a coating to areas that cannot be reached with a roller.
Dead Flat:
A coating or surface having no gloss or sheen.
Deck Coating:
A pigmented coating designed for application to horizontal walking surfaces such as decks and porches. In most cases a coarse aggregate is added where slipping is a concern (i.e. non-skid).
Deep Base:
A paint base, generally containing a small amount of prime pigment, used for tinting moderately dark or strong colors.
Deep Color:
An intense or strong color with no apparent appearance of black. Also called an accent color.
Deglosser:
A liquid alternative to sandpaper (e.g. TSP, various strong solvents, or commercially available preparations). Used to remove the gloss of a conventional coating in order to improve adhesion of subsequently applied coatings by providing some mechanical ‘tooth’.
Descaling:
The mechanical or chemical removal of mill scale and/or tied rust from a ferrous surface.
Dew Point:
The temperature at which condensation of water vapor in the air takes place. This can be calculated from temperature and humidity.
DFT:
Dry Film Thickness
Direct To Metal (DTM):
A coating applied to metal without the use of a primer.
Discoloration:
The change in color from the original color in the cured coating. This can be caused by many different factors such as UV degradation, chemical reaction, staining, etc.
Drawdown:
Preparation of a paint film of a fixed uniform thickness using a doctor blade type of application device. Often requested by architects and designers in order to evaluate the characteristics of the specified or desired paint.
Drop Cloth (Sheet):
A plastic or cloth (usually canvas) sheet used to protect items or areas that are not to be painted from overspray, drips, or spatter during a paint application.
Dry Brush:
A technique used in which a coating is applied sparingly with a semi-wetted brush. Commonly used to touch-up and for faux finishing.
Dry Fall (Dry Fog):
A paint designed to be applied by spray and dries fast enough that the overspray will be dry powder after falling a certain distance. The dust can then be swept or vacuumed up.
Dry Time:
The amount of time for a coating to reach a specified degree of cure under standard conditions of 73 +/- 4 degrees F. (23 +/- 2 degrees C.) and 50 +/- 5% relative humidity, or another specified set of conditions. Where dry times are reported, it is normally assumed, unless otherwise noted, that standard conditions were used.
Dry to Recoat:
Time interval between application and ability to receive next coat satisfactorily. See Dry Time.
Dry To Sand:
Drying stage at which a coating can be sanded without the excess clogging of the sandpaper.
Earth Colors:
Colors or colored pigments that are muddy in tone. Originally this term was related to the natural color pigments e.g. red iron oxide, ocher, umber, etc.
Earth Pigments:
The naturally occurring pigments obtained from soft rocks or from deposits such as ocher, umber, sienna, chalk, barites, clay and graphite.
Eggshell:
A finish with a gloss between flat and semi-gloss. The sheen resembles the surface on an eggshell. It is now an ambiguous term as the gloss levels now vary greatly between alkyd and latex, and between the different manufacturers.
Elasticity:
The ability of a dry paint film or material to stretch then return to its normal size or shape.
Elastomeric Coating:
A coating that has the ability to stretch to a specified length without breaking or tearing, then recover to its original length.
Electrostatic Coating:
A coating designed for application (or applied) by electrostatic equipment.
Electrostatic Spray:
The application of a coating using static electricity generated by the charging of the coating particles as they are atomized and by grounding a conductive substrate. The advantage is a minimization of overspray as the grounded article attracts the paint particles.
Elongation:
The stretching of a material or coating film. It is measured as a percentage increase in the length of a test specimen when it is stretched until it breaks. See ASTM D412 for additional information.
Enamel:
A hard, glossy, vitreous finish likened to enamelized (fire ceramic) potteries. Originally used for gloss alkyd/oil paints and varnishes. Now used for alkyd and latex coatings of varied gloss.
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