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Abatement:
A reduction in amount, degree, or intensity.
Procedures to remove or to make safe of lead paint, asbestos, and other painted surfaces. This includes covering the surfaces with a coat of an impermeable paint product.
Absorption (Absorb):
The process of soaking up. When a substance is taken into pores, voids, or interstices of a material.
Accent Color:
Elements of color décor (often bright, deep, or strong colors) that have characteristics that is fairly different from the basic color scheme.
Acetates:
Organic solvents formed by combining various alcohols with acetic acid.
Acid Etch:
A surface treatment that uses a diluted acid to neutralize the surface.
Acidity:
The chemical character of a body in the presence of water, which is measured by pH (short for hydrogen potential). A pH from 0 to 7 = increasing acid medium and a pH from 7 to 14 = increasing alkaline or basic medium content.
Acrylic:
The family of organic acids with the generic formula of CnH2nCOOH. Acrylic acids are polymerized to produce film-forming materials that range from Plexiglas to latex emulsions.
Acrylic Latex:
Water based, emulsion type paint that contains an acrylic co-polymer as the binder.
Adhesion:
The ability of a coating to stick to a surface.
Air Dry:
The most common form of curing a coating in which drying takes place by oxidization or evaporation at regular room conditions; 60 to 75 degrees F, with about 40 to 60 percent humidity, by simple exposure to air without heat or catalyst.
Air-Assisted Airless Spraying:
An alteration of the airless spraying system. Pressurized air is used at the edges of the airless spray pattern to more fully atomize paint spray. A lower paint or pot pressure can therefore be used.
Airless Spray:
Unlike usual spraying, this system doesn’t require air, it uses hydraulic pressure. It is a process of atomization of paint by forcing it through the spray nozzle at high pressure.
Aliphatic:
A major class of organic solvents which are composed of open chains of carbon atoms. Many of these are used as solvents for alkyd and oil based paints such as the aliphatic hydrocarbons which are relatively weak.
Alkali:
Is highly destructive to paint films and can also be used to neutralize acids; such as lye, soda of lime, alkaline or strong alkaline solutions.
Alligation:
Fine cracks that have formed on a painted surface, that resembles an alligator’s skin. This can be a result of grease, dirt or wax buildup on the surface, poorly ventilated rooms, when the temperature is low, product in not mixed thoroughly, or applying thick films which prevent the under surface from becoming dry and hard.
Applicator:
A tool for applying material and/or a person who applies a coating.
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