Wood Finishing Terms Flashcards

1
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The property causing one material to stick to another.

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Adhesion

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2
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Coat applied which separates the substrate from contact with the topcoat.

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Barrier Coat

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3
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When a dye color absorbs through the top layer.

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Bleeding

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4
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A bluish haze of a film.

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Bloom

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5
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A white, milky cast in a film caused by trapping moisture into the film.

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Blushing

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6
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A reducer with a slower drying property.

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Blush Retarder

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7
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The thickness of the viscosity of a coating while in liquid form.

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Body

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8
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The ability of two items to stick to one another.

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Bond

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9
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When a finish forms a crack or void.

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Bridge

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10
Q

Method of filling in a defect in wood using a hot knife.

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Burn In

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11
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The act of applying coat into the surface.

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Coat

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12
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Any material applied to a surface leaving a protective layer.

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Coating

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13
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Cracking of a finish due to cold temperature.

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Cold Checking

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14
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When a coating applied tends to flow away from areas leaving them uncoated.

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Crawling

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15
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Separation of layers due to lack of intercoat or substrate adhesion.

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Delaminate

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16
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Fly speck spotting.

A

Distressing

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17
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A coloring material that dissolves completely in a system very transparent.

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Dye

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18
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The elapsed time at which a coating has reached its optimum hardness.

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Dry Hard

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19
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The loss of color due to exposure to light.

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Fading

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20
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The color which is not significantly affected by exposure to light.

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Fast to Light

21
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Pock marks or craters that show up on finished surface.

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Fish Eye

22
Q

The point at which sprayed coating stops flowing.

A

Flash or Flash off

23
Q

The addative that extends the “wet time” or flash of a sprayed brush coating.

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Flash off Control Solvent

24
Q

The temperature which a material will ignite to a source of ignition.

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Flash Point

25
Q

The act of very heavily applying a coating to the substrate.

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Flood

26
Q

The fluid sheeting and leveling of a coating.

A

Flow

27
Q

A shellac base coating which is applied manually onto the surface.

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French Polish

28
Q

An oil-based pigmented treatment which is applied between lacquer coats.

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Glaze

29
Q

The shininess or reflectability of a surface.

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Gloss or Sheen

30
Q

Used in reference to coatings ans stains which are not capable of being mixed together.

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Incompatible

31
Q

The uncoated are of a surface which was missed unintentionally.

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Holiday

32
Q

The act of applying a coat which will smooth out a previously rough coating.

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Leveling

33
Q

The softening and repenetration of a previous coat.

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Lifting

34
Q

The solid material which is left after total solvent evaporation.

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Non Volatile

35
Q

The primary resin material used to produce lacquer.

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Nitrocellulose

36
Q

The degree of hiding a pigmented coating. The opposite of transparent.

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Opaque

37
Q

The rough surface of a film similar to the appearance of an orange skin.

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Orange Peel

38
Q

The finely ground, insoluble powder which contributes color to coating.

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Pigment

39
Q

The appearance of numerous small holes in a film.

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Pinholeing

40
Q

A coating which first applied to a bare surface.

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Primer

41
Q

To add solvent in order to thin a material to a workable thickness.

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Reducer or Thinner

42
Q

A lacquer or other coating formulated to give better filling and sandability.

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Sanding Sealer

43
Q

The surface or material to be coated.

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Substrate

44
Q

Clear enough to see through.

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Transparent

45
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Allows light tio pass through but nit clear enough to see through.

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Translucent

46
Q

The thickness of a coating in it liquid form.

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Viscosity

47
Q

The solvent portion of a coating.

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Volatile

48
Q

Very thin coat of shellac.

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Washcoat

49
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A term used to describe a color of a coating in its liquid form.

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Water White