| Cautionary Notice!
Paint used on woodwork up until the 1960's and until later on
metalwork(red lead or red oxide) often contained lead which is now considered
harmful. Appropiate care must be taken when sanding and stripping off old
paint which may potentially contain lead compounds. |
Glossary of Decorating
terms and Painters jargon.
Registered and Trade Mark names are shown in
green.
H
Hammerite®. A one coat hammered-finish
paint for ironwork.Also comes in a smooth finish.
Heat-gun. An electric blow-torch for safely burning off
paint.(Referred to in the trade as a hair-drier)
Herbol. Akzo Nobel paint brand..
Hessian. A coarse fabric wallcovering in common
use.Also known as burlap(USA).
HVLP. High volume low pressure, paint spraying
equipment
I
Imitation Marble. Technique used on all surfaces
to give appearance of marble.
Inglenook. A type of fireplace that spanned the entire
length of a chimney-breast and had seating either side.
Indigo. A dark blue colour.
Inlay. A decorative technique used in furniture design.
Small holes are gouged out of the wooden carcass and materials inserted flush
against the wood to make a pattern - you can use mother of pearl, ivory,
metal and glass. It can also be used on small objects. The Italians often
used semi precious stones for their inlays known as pietre dure. Mother of
pearl and tortoiseshell inlays were particularly popular during the Art Deco
period.
Inset. Recessed panel in a door.
Interlux. Akzo Nobel paint brand.
International Paint. Akzo Nobel hardwearing paint
brand.
International style. Whereas Modernism refers to a complete
break with the past, which was not so much a movement as a way of thinking,
'International Style' was the name of an exhibition in New York in the thirties
and the name promptly stuck. Buildings by Le Corbusier, such as his Villa
Savoie at Poissy near Paris and Walter Gropius' Bauhaus art school had flat
roofs and large expanses of glass and were labelled as being international
style.
Interpon. Akzo Nobel powder coatings brand.
Intumescent Coatings: Fire retardant coating which, when
heated becomes plastic and produces nonflammable gasses, such as carbon dioxide
and ammonia. The gasses are trapped by the film, converting it to a foam
about fifty times as thick as the original paint film. At this stage, the
film solidifies, resulting in a thick, highly insulating layer of carbon,
which effectively protects the substrate from fire.
Ivory. Creamy off-white colour.
J
Jade. Faded green colour.
Japanese. A style about simplicity and ritual. It uses
natural materials, such as wood, cane, bamboo and paper. The space is divided
with sliding screens and tatami mats are used for eating, sitting and sleeping.
Everything is low off the floor and the colour scheme is muted colours with
accents of red, black and gold. Its pared down look hugely influenced the
Western trend of minimalism.
Jasmine. A lemon yellow colour.
Johnstone's. Paint subsidery of Kalon
Jojoba.Liquid wax from tree of same name.
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