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Almost everyone has painted at least a room in Iris home-and fin-
ished the job a bit dissatisfied, convinced there must be ways to
make the work go faster and easier while simultaneously producing
a better result. There are such ways. Every trade has its tricks, and
painting is no exception. If you know them, you will be able to save
yourself time and effort and do the job right, t
A painter s craft is not merely a matter of procedures and tech-
niques. It begins with an understanding of what point is and how it
works. The coating that you put on your house ceates a tough film
that 1) bonds itself to either a fresh, new surface or an old, uneven
one; 2) covers and helps to protect that surface against the assaults
of weather, airborne chemicals and dirt; and 3) remains flexible
enough to stay intact for years while the walls settle, vibrate, and ex-
pand and contract with changes in temperature. The coating that ac-
complishes all of this is only about five thousandths of an inch thick
-just a little thicker than a page of this book.
Almost any liquid that dries into such a coat for a surface can be
considered a paint and an astonishing variety of materials have gone
into these mixtures. In India, boiled rice was used to bind paint to
gether; milk and lime have been principal ingredients in popular
coatings; and there are some modern paints that consist essentially
of colored cement or dissolved rubber. But/most Of the paints in
common use contain certain types of ingredients, each with a spe-
cific function. Substances called pigments, made from minute
particles of earth, metals or chemical compounds, give paint its col-
or (varnishes, being colorless, are unpigmented paint). The ability to
form a thin, tough film comes Irom ingredients called resins, often
known as binders. These resins were originally the natural secretions
of certain plants and insects, but now consist mostly of rnan-made
chemicals plastics-such as alkyds, acrylics, polyvinyls or urethanes.
Chemical agents called plasticizers keep the paint elastic after it
dries. And to make the mixture of pigment, resin and plasticizer thin
enough to be used with a brush or roller, it is combined with a sol-
vent that may be water, a mineral spirit such as benzine or a plant de-
rivative such as turpentine.
No one paint is right for every surface-and no paint of any kind
will work well if you use the wrong tools to prepare the surface or
apply the paint. The chart on pages 8 and 9 matches both interior
and exterior paints to almost any surface that you are likely to en
counter; on pages 18-19 and 54-55 you will find pictures and
descriptions of all the tools you will need for any painting job. The
remainder of this chapter deals with the specific problems and the
techniques of interior painting.
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Paint and Wallpaper Home Repair and Improvement pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024