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DIFFERENT TYPES OF PAINT
A brief description of the different colors and how they are made and used.
WALL COLOR
The color is as the name suggests, for walls in bedrooms, living rooms, offices and hallways with at least 6-10 in
gloss.
CUTTING or VARNISH PAINT
Is a paint suitable for painting carpentry both outdoors and indoors. A distinction is made between water- and
solution-based paints made from synthetic substances, but there are plenty of environmentally friendly
alternatives based on natural vegetable oils, among other things. Water-based paints are mainly
intended for indoor use, while white spirit-based paints are for outdoor use. The advantage of
solvent-based paint is the time it takes to dry out, which is longer than with
water-based. It takes between 3-5 hours to become dry, while the water-based is dust dry already
after ½-1 hour, but is odorless but then only ironable for a few minutes. Both types of paint are
however, as a rule, not overpaintable until after about 12 hours.
LINSEED PAINT
The paint is for outdoor use for materials such as wood, sheet metal and , but also excellent on top of old
linseed oil paint without scraping off the old, but then can not reach down into the substrate, which means that you
lose all the good properties of linseed oil paint. For indoor use, it is suitable for wood, plaster, iron, etc. in
both dry and damp areas. The gloss of the paint is glossy as freshly painted, but goes down to semi-matt
after a few months.
BETS
Stain is a surface treatment of wood with water or alcohol solutions of colorants. Staining colors the surface
without covering it, the surface structure remains unchanged. It is mainly used on wooden interiors, perhaps
especially on furniture. Glaze is a thinner topcoat and has the ability to cover all the natural
grain of the wood, whereas stain emphasizes the structure and shows through.
HARD WAX OIL
It is a durable finish used on most types of wood, mainly , but also on
materials such as worktops and furniture. As the name suggests, it contains a mixture of
both oil and wax. The oil nourishes the wood while the wax provides a durable and water-repellent protection. It
can also be used as a surface treatment for various stone materials such as cement, concrete and lime that benefit
from a surface treatment as protection.
