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Carpentry

Of or relating to the art of making objects, buildings or furniture out of wood.

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Carpentry

adhesion

Construction; Carpentry

The property causing one material to stick to another.

barrier coat

Construction; Carpentry

A coat applied which separates the substrate from contact with the topcoats.

bleeding

Construction; Carpentry

When a dye or color absorbs through to the top layer. This is due to a common solvency of the topcoat and the dye.

bloom

Construction; Carpentry

A bluish haze of a film usually caused by insufficient drying time of the oil stain before topcoating.

blush retarder

Construction; Carpentry

A reducer with slower drying properties.

blushing

Construction; Carpentry

A white, milky cast in a film which is caused by trapping moisture into the film. Blushing can be prevented and eliminated by slowing down the drying of the coating by adding a blush retarder.

body

Construction; Carpentry

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

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