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Coating: A paint, stain, varnish, lacquer, or other finish that both protects and provides decoration to the substrate.

Opaque Coating: A coating that hides the previous surface coating.

Reflective Coatings: A black tinted window coating. Reflective coatings greatly reduce the transmission of daylight through clear glass. Commonly used in hot climates in which solar control is critical.

Powder Coating: A durable, weather-proof, polymer coating for metals applied in a spray and then cured in an oven.

Lens Coating: Layer or multiple layers of thin anti-reflective materials applied to the surface of lens elements to reduce light reflection and increase the amount of transmitted light.

Clear Coating: A transparent protective and/or decorative film.

Enteric Coated: A coating added to some vitamins and drugs which stops them from being broken down by stomach juices. This enables the substance to be absorbed in the intestine.

Withering: Withering a loss of gloss is sometimes caused by varnishing open-pore woods without filling pores, use of improper undercoating or applying top coat before undercoat has dried.

Conditioner: Another name for lane oil. All lanes need some type of protective coating to prevent burn marks in the heads from the force of the thrown balls. In the old days lane conditioner was used pri . . . View Full Definition

Heat Absorbing Glazings: A technology that uses heat-absorbing glazing with tinted coatings to absorb solar heat gain through windows. This approach does allow some light to pass through the tinted windows.