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Laitance, sapponification, delamination oh my!

Posted by brian on Wednesday, February 10, 2010,
Just to keep my mind fresh and my blog up to date I thought I would include some definitions of some more paint disasters waiting for the uninitiated and unprepared.  

 
Main Entry: lai·tance 
Pronunciation: \ˈlā-tən(t)s\
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from lait milk, from Latin lact-, lac — more at galaxy
Date: circa 1902

: an accumulation of fine particles on the surface of fresh concrete due to an upward movement of water (as when excessive mixing water is used) 



Laitance creates an unsta...
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Common Painting Problems - Chapter 3 Bleed through

Posted by brian on Friday, October 9, 2009,
How many times have you painted a new piece of wood trim, old cedar, water stains, grease or ink that only to see that same stain bleed right back through?  I've personally tested how many times it would take to paint a water stain with normal latex paint before it would fail to bleed through.  I stopped at fifteen!  Latex is unable to handle many common stains.

Follow the punch list below for solutions to the toughest bleed through issues.  

- Grease around the oven.  Step one is to scrub th...
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Common Painting Problems Chapter 2 - Getting reds to cover.

Posted by brian on Monday, September 7, 2009,
This week we tackled a kitchen remodel overseen by Jason Ring of Scene Construction.  The color of choice for the kitchen was a salmon red to replace the existing light yellow.



Red is a translucent color and getting it to cover without showing the underlying color or having the hue effected by it is easy to achieve by using a gray scale primer.  Sherwin Williams fan decks will indicate what scale primer on the back of the color as a P1 through P4.  These numbers determine how dark the underlyi...
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