Wood Finishing Terms

Question 1

The property causing one material to stick to another.

Answer 1

Adhesion

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Barrier Coat

Question 3

When a dye color absorbs through the top layer.

Answer 3

Bleeding

Question 4

A bluish haze of a film.

Answer 4

Bloom

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Blushing

Question 6

A reducer with a slower drying property.

Answer 6

Blush Retarder

Question 7

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

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Body

Question 8

The ability of two items to stick to one another.

Answer 8

Bond

Question 9

When a finish forms a crack or void.

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Bridge

Question 10

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

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Burn In

Question 11

The act of applying coat into the surface.

Answer 11

Coat

Question 12

Any material applied to a surface leaving a protective layer.

Answer 12

Coating

Question 13

Cracking of a finish due to cold temperature.

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Cold Checking

Question 14

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

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Crawling

Question 15

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

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Delaminate

Question 16

Fly speck spotting.

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Distressing

Question 17

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

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Dye

Question 18

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

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Dry Hard

Question 19

The loss of color due to exposure to light.

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Fading

Question 20

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

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Fast to Light

Question 21

Pock marks or craters that show up on finished surface.

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Fish Eye

Question 22

The point at which sprayed coating stops flowing.

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Flash or Flash off

Question 23

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

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Flash off Control Solvent

Question 24

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

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Flash Point

Question 25

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

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Flood

Question 26

The fluid sheeting and leveling of a coating.

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Flow

Question 27

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

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French Polish

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Glaze

Question 29

The shininess or reflectability of a surface.

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Gloss or Sheen

Question 30

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

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Incompatible

Question 31

The uncoated are of a surface which was missed unintentionally.

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Holiday

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Leveling

Question 33

The softening and repenetration of a previous coat.

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Lifting

Question 34

The solid material which is left after total solvent evaporation.

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Non Volatile

Question 35

The primary resin material used to produce lacquer.

Answer 35

Nitrocellulose

Question 36

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

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Opaque

Question 37

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

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Orange Peel

Question 38

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

Answer 38

Pigment

Question 39

The appearance of numerous small holes in a film.

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Pinholeing

Question 40

A coating which first applied to a bare surface.

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Primer

Question 41

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

Answer 41

Reducer or Thinner

Question 42

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

Answer 42

Sanding Sealer

Question 43

The surface or material to be coated.

Answer 43

Substrate

Question 44

Clear enough to see through.

Answer 44

Transparent

Question 45

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

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Translucent

Question 46

The thickness of a coating in it liquid form.

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Viscosity

Question 47

The solvent portion of a coating.

Answer 47

Volatile

Question 48

Very thin coat of shellac.

Answer 48

Washcoat

Question 49

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

Answer 49

Water White