Interior Design and Decorating Paint Finishes for the Home
All You Need to Know About Paint
Paints are thin coatings applied to surfaces in a liquid form.
They dry and become flexible solids.
They have many uses, the protection of the surface from sunlight, dampness, dust, abrasion, and weathering.
They provide easily cleanable surfaces that help keep the substrates clean and tidy.
Paint can alter the interior by the use of color, light or darkness, matt or reflective surfaces and not to forget with texture.
Paint and Clear Finish Composition
Clear Finish = Binder + Solvent + Additives
Paint = Binder + Solvent Additives + Pigment + Extender
Clear Finishes and Paint
Clear Finishes (lacquer or varnish), are transparent and are used so that the substrate's appearance is enhanced by the application as well as protected.
They are made up of a binder, solvent and additives.
Paint composition is similar but requires pigments for color and extenders for opacity.
The Ingredients
Film Former (medium, vehicle, binder)
- It is a liquid form
- It binds together the components of the paint (or clear finish)
- It influences the gloss level, degree of sheen in the film
- It keeps the pigment in suspension
- It provides paints with water resistant properties
- It provides the adhesion of the coating to the substrate by softening the previous dry coat
Examples of binders are:
- Drying oils - linseed, soyabean, tung, olive
- Natural Resins (either from living or fossilised remains) - kauri, damar, ester, lac, rubber
- Synthetic Resins - Alkyd, acrylic, polyurethane, PVA, silicone, epoxy, phenolic
To Continue Articles on Interior Design and Decorating Interior Finishes - All You Need to Know About Paint
- next page is Pigments
Paint Composition
Pigments
Additives
Pure Oil & Oil Based Paint & Varnish
Water Thinned Coatings
Timber Stain
Spirit Type Coatings
Different Types of Paint Names
Paint Manufacture
Breakdowns or Defects - 1
Breakdowns or Defects - 2
Paint Systems
Special Types of Paint
Paint Application Tools
DIY Tips for Perfect Paint Jobs
More Interior Decorating Finishes - Menu
Carpet, what ist is made of and how it is constructed, it's appearance pitfalls, types of carpet, underlay, installation types.
Paint, how it is made, what are it's uses, oil based, enamel, acrylic, PVC paint, which paint to use.
Paint manufacture, recognising painting defects, specialist paints
Wallpaper, wallpaper defects, types of wallhangings, adhesives, stone flooring, timber flooring, hard flooring, vinyl flooring
Types of timber, countries of origin - South America,Canada / Usa, Europe, Africa, Pakistan / India / Burma / Sri Lanka / Malaysia / Indonesia, Australia / New Zealand / Pacific Island
Introduction to metals, types of metals, ferrous metals, non ferrous metals
Timber / Wood - What it is and how it is used in interior design, Trees and how we get timber, Properties of Timber - flexibility, colur, strength and more. Timber Deviations - grain and figure, Timber Based Boards - different types of boards made from timber. Uses for Timber - flooring, panelling, veneer, Timber Moldings- different types made from timber.
Decorative Painting, Faux Finishes, Decorative Finishes
Different types of fabrics, their definitions, the fibers used in making fabrics
