| 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
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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.
X
Xanthorrhea. Australian species of tree producing a resin called Black Boy Gum used in the colouring of spirit varnishes.
XIM Bonder.XIM Products, Inc. was founded in 1935 as a manufacturer of bonding primers and sealers. XIM is located in Westlake, Ohio, just west of Cleveland. Early XIM products had the characteristics of both a paint and an adhesive. One of the earliest XIM products was designed to bond to aluminum without pre-treating or etching. The product was called Flashbond®. The name XIM came from a filing formula on the test records. “XIM” which stood for X1000. The product and company were thereafter named XIM.
Xerox.Copy. To reproduce as a stencil.
X-ray eyes. tiny bubbles appearing in gloss finishes
due to minute pieces of wax.
Xylem. Tiny vessels in tree roots soaking up moisture from the ground.
Xylene. Aromatic hydrocarbon solvent. Toxic.
Xylol. Similar to xylene. Toxic.
X-pinene. An ingredient of turpentine.
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