- Industry: Construction
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The ease with which a material can be applied with a brush under practical conditions.
Industry:Construction
Marks of the brush that remain in the dried film of a finishing material. They are caused by working the material after its solvents have evaporated to the point that the flowing power has been lost or by defects in formulation that prevent the material from leveling out after it has been brushed.
Industry:Construction
A specific type of warping when a parquet slat or plank unit has a curvature from end to end, flat wise, from a straight line.
Industry:Construction
The distortion of lumber in which there is a deviation, in a direction perpendicular to the flat face, from a straight line from end to end of the piece.
Industry:Construction
Simple or intricate designs which frame and customize a flooring installation.
Industry:Construction
a.) The adherence of one material to another. b.) The adhesion between two dissimilar materials.
Industry:Construction
A 72-hour test to determine if resilient flooring can be adhered to the subfloor with the recommended adhesive. The test determines whether the adhesive is compatible with the subfloor. It can also detect the presence of moisture. Bond testing determines the compatibility of adhesive with sealers, curing agents and other foreign matter and determines the necessity of their removal.
Industry:Construction
Part of the function of the polyethylene foam underlayment is to prevent the bonding of the laminate floor to the subfloor. Without a bond breaker, the glue pressed out of the bottom during the glue up step will adhere the floor to the subfloor.
Industry:Construction
The temperature at which the vapor pressure of a liquid equals the air pressure, or the temperature at which a liquid begins to boil.
Industry:Construction
a.) Often used to describe the consistency of viscosity of a finishing material. It's also used to describe the fullness or thickness of film on the work. b.) The consistency of an adhesive.
Industry:Construction
