Life Style / Painting Glossary

Contact Cement: Completely non-staining cement. Ideal for applying wall paneling and for covering counters, cabinets and table tops with both porous and non-porous surfacing materials ranging from linoleum . . . View Full Definition

Conte Crayon: Introduced by Nicholas Jacques Conte, they are sticks of compressed compound of binder and pigments; the colours being sanguine, sepia and black. They are grease-free and can produce very se . . . View Full Definition

Copper Staining: Usually caused by corrosion of copper screens, gutters or downspouts washing down on painted surfaces. Can be prevented by painting or varnishing the copper.

Coquille Board: An illustration board intended for the commercial artist. The working face has a shallow dotted, stippled or textured embossing. When this is drawn upon with crayon or pencil a type of half- . . . View Full Definition

Corrosion Inhibitor: Any material applied in order to prevent the rusting of metals.

Coverage: The area over which a given amount of paint will spread and hide the previous surface. (Usually expressed in square feet per gallon).

Cracking: The type of paint failure characterized by breaks in irregular lines wide enough to expose the underlying surface.

Crawling: Varnish defect in which poor adhesion of varnish to surface in some spots causes it to gather up in globs.

Crazing: Small, interlacing cracks on surface of finish.

Creosote: A type of liquid coating made from coal tar that is used as a wood preservative. It should not be used on wood that will be painted later.

Crocodiling: A pattern that appears on paint due to the inability of the paint to bond to the surface below.

Cross-Hatching: A technique for making depths of tone in pen and ink and pencil drawings, also in etching and engraving. Regular lines are drawn in series, first one way and then across each other. The mann . . . View Full Definition

Cubism: Said to have evolved through a chance remark of Cezanne that all nature consisted of the cone, the cube and the cylinder, but has since been accepted as a new way of breaking up reality and . . . View Full Definition

Curing: Final conversion or drying or a coating material.

Custom Color: Special colors made by adding colorant to paint or by intermixing colors, which permits the retailer to match a color selected by the consumer.

Cutting In: Painting a surface next to another surface that must not be painted. For example, painting the frame of a window but not the glass.

Deckle: The tapered rough edges of watercolor and drawing papers, also referred to as 'barbs'.

Degreaser: Any material used for removing oils or grease from a substrate.

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