- Industry: Construction
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The ability of a film to flow out free of ripples, pock marks, brush marks or other surface defects.
Industry:Construction
Long strings of adhesive developed between the flooring and the substrate as a result of the water evaporating or migrating from the adhesive. This is normally seen in rubber-based adhesives and is a desirable characteristic. It is important to remember that not all adhesives have legs and legs are not a necessary characteristic for good adhesion to occur.
Industry:Construction
A green building rating system that was developed by the U.S. Green Building Council in 2000 through a consensus based process. LEED is a tool for buildings of all types and size. LEED certification offers third party validation of a project’s environmental features and verifies that the building is operating exactly the way it was designed to.
Industry:Construction
Lines chalked on a substrate to guide in accurately setting tile.
Industry:Construction
a.) Used as a verb, lap means to lay or place one coat so its edge extends over and covers the edge of a previous coat, causing an increased thickness where the two coats are present, as compared to the single thickness on either side of the lap. b.) As a noun, lap is that portion of a coat of finishing material that extends over the edge of and onto a previous coat.
Industry:Construction
A milky, rubbery fluid found in several seed plants. Originally, latex meant the natural rubber dispersion as it came from the tree. Today, it includes synthetic rubbers or other polymers dispersed in water.
Industry:Construction
A composition of MDF board and multiple layers of impregnated papers and Aluminum Oxide.
Industry:Construction
A finish containing nitrocellulose more often used as a sealer. The fast curing properties of this finish are created by using a solvent with a very low flash point which causes it to be very flammable. Ambers little, cures rapidly, but may water spot and become cloudy when applied in high humidity.
Industry:Construction
Voids produced by the dropping of knots from the wood in which they are originally embedded.
Industry:Construction
The portion of a branch or limb that has been surrounded by subsequent growth of the stem. The shape of the knot as it appears on a cut surface depends on the angle of the cut relative to the long axis of the knot. In hardwood flooring, small and pin knots aren't more than one-half inch in diameter. A sound knot is a knot cut approximately parallel to its long axis so that the exposed section is definitely elongated.
Industry:Construction
