| 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.
T
Tacky. An indefinite term denoting a stage in the drying
of a paint finish when the finish is slightly sticky to the touch.
Terebine. Driers for oil-based paints
Terrazzo. A decorative finish for both walls and floors,
kitchen worktops and integral sinks. It is made of very fine chips or marble
or other stone set into mortar and then highly polished to give a very fine,
smooth appearance. It is expensive but very hard wearing. It is a good way
of picking up and continuing the colour scheme of a room.
Thinners. A liquid added to paints, emulsions, latex
etc to reduce their consistancy so they may be more easily applied.
Thixotropic: Adjective which describes full-bodied material
which undergoes a reduction in viscosity when shaken, stirred, or otherwise
mechanically disturbed and which readily recovers the full-bodied condition
on standing.
Tiffany. Broken colour glazing effects, at one time popular
in the USA.
Titanium Dioxide.(Titanium White) Rutile (TiO2): A high
opacity, bright white pigment of the non-chalking type, used as a prime pigment
in paints, rubber, plastics. Prepared from the mineral ilmenite, or rutile
ore. Anatase (TiO2): A high opacity, bright white pigment of the chalking
type, used as a prime pigment in paints, rubber, plastics. Prepared from
the mineral ilmenite, or rutile ore. Now the most widely used white
pigment.
Third man. Sub-turps or white spirit.
Tongue and groove. T&G. Boarding of equal widths
and lengths slotted together to form panelling. One edge has a tongue that
fits into the groove of the next block. You can buy it ready cut from most
DIY stores.
Tower. A smallish lightweight scaffolding built in a
square shape.
Transom. The horizontal beam on a window, door-frame
or panel-door.
Tread. The horizontal part of a step on a staircase.
Trompe l'oeil. Literally "trick of the eye", used to
show 3D scenes in blank alcove, door panels etc.
Tung oil. A drying oil otherwise known as China-wood
oil.
Turps Wood turpentine or turpentine substitute, a solvent
used to thin oil paints and clean brushes. Equivalent of White Spirit.
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