Painting Services - Buyers Guide

Painting Contractors Terminology

Accelerator : an added material to paint that is responsible for speeding the cure of coating.

Acrylic: Plastic like additive in paint that increases gloss and durability.

Baking: Applying heat to a finish in order to speed the dry time.

Basecoat: Highly pigmented color that requires a clear coating to enhance durability and gloss.

Blending: Merging one color into another, usually in a way that the differences cannot be distinguished.

Brittle: Paint coating without flexibility.

Burn Through: Polishing a color until the underlying coats are revealed.

Cast: Variation of colors, example, a blue shade red.

Catalyst: Acts as an accelerator in paint, speeding the cure of coating.

Chalking: Old paint film or paints that were exposed to significant wear-and tear have a white powdery appearance.

Checking/Crowfoot: Cracks in a paint film usually caused by excessive film build.

Chipping: Filming is removed due to a heavy impact.

Color Retention/Color Fast: The ability of a color to maintain its quality and shade over a long period of time.

Die-Back: The gradual loss of gloss after polishing.

Durability: Refers to a film's lasting and resistance to conditions.

Fading: Color or gloss gradually changing.

Force Dry: Drying process that involves the application of heat.

Glaze: Fine polishing material for a glossy effect.

Peeling: Loss of adhesion between one coat of paint to succeeding coats.

Primary Color: Red, yellow and blue – so called pure colors that cannot be formed by mixing other colors.

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