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Aromatic Solvents. Strong organic solvents, such as benzene,
toluene, and xylene.
Asphalt. Residue from petroleum refining; also a natural complex
hydrocarbon.
ASTM.
American Society for Testing and Materials.
Atomize.
Break steam of liquid into small droplets.
Baking Finish. Paint product requiring heat cure, e.g., as used
on factory coated metal siding.
Barrier Coating. Coating that protects by shielding substrate
from the environment.
Batch. Industrial unit or quantity of production used in one
complete operation.
Binder. Resin; non-volatile vehicle; film forming portion of
paint, such as oil, alkyd, latex emulsion, epoxy, etc.
Bituminous Coating.
Coal tar or asphalt based coating.
Blast Angle. Angle of blast nozzle to surface; also angle of
particle propelled from rotating blast cleaning wheel with
reference to surface.
Blast Cleaning.
Cleaning with propelled abrasives.
Bleaching.
Removing color.
Bleeding. Penetration of color from the underlying surface to
surface of existing paint film, e.g., brown color from asphalt
coatings.
Blisters. Bubbles in film, areas in which film has lost adhesion
to substrate.
Blocking. Undesirable sticking together of two painted surfaces
when pressed together under normal conditions.
Blooming.
Whitening of surface of paint film; moisture blush;
blushing.
Blow-back (Spray Term).
Term relating to rebounding of atomized
sprayed droplets.
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