| 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.
Period styles and decorating Styles are shown in blue.
L
Laquer. Transparent protective film. Can be
matt, gloss or eggshell.
Latex: (1) Stable dispersion of a polymeric substance
in an essentially aqueous medium. (2) Fine dispersion of rubber or resin,
natural or synthetic, in water; the synthetic is made by emulsion polymerization.
(Strictly speaking, after polymerization a latex is a solid dispersed in
water, and therefore is not an emulsion. Latex and emulsion are often used
synonymously in the paint industry.)
Lead paint.No longer allowed but is still found on old
paintwork.
Lilly Bristle. A brush used in wood-graining.
Linseed oil. Linseed oil is the general term for the
oil extracted from flax seed. Raw linseed oil has not been treated, and dries
very slowly. "Boiled" linseed oil has additives called "driers" which make
it dry quicker.
Liming.Lime was originally used as a protection against
worm and beetle attack but later became fashionable for the way it showed
off the grain especially in oak. it is now currently back in fashion.
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