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55 Cards in this Set
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A substance that pollutes the surface being preped |
Contaminant |
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The roughness of a surface which helps a covering to adhere |
Key |
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Coshh |
The control of substances hazardous to health regs |
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First fix timber |
Door and window frames, flooring, stud partitions, staircases |
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Second fix timber |
Kitchen units, skirting, architraves, mouldings, |
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Decorative timber |
Furniture, bannisters, high quality joinery |
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Deciduous trees |
Slow growing, hardwood |
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Coniferous |
Fast growing softwood |
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Properties of timber |
Tactility, porosity, aesthetics, insulation, hardness, strength, flexibility |
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How much pressure a metal can take without breaking |
Malliability |
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How much a metal can be stretched permanently without damage e.g. when making wiringl |
Ductility |
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The max strength of a metal |
Tensile strength |
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Millscale or scale |
A bluish black layer of metal oxides that occurs during production of metal sheets. |
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Happens when 2 different metals come into contact with an electrolyte such as water causing corrosion to one of the metals |
Galvanic action |
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Cathodic protection |
A way of stopping a metal corroding by using another metal to attract the corrosion. |
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Gypsum |
A naturally occurring white chalky rock used in plaster and plasterboard |
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A process that creates a type of soap that attacks painted surfaces. |
Saponification |
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Prep of upvc |
Decrease, thin coat of oil based product to help adhesion, spirit based undercoat, coat of gloss |
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Priming |
The very first coat onto a bare surface |
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Stopper |
Like fillers bit stiffer |
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Back filling |
Used on deep holes or gaps in layers |
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Wetting in |
Wetting scored wallpaper to loosen it |
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A flexible acrylic filler |
Caulk |
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Date for lead in paint |
Pre 1980 |
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Dealing with contaminated solvents |
Send them for controlled disposal |
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Adding detergent to water for wetting in |
Breaks surface tension, helps water penetration |
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Purpose of soaking wallpaper to assist stripping |
To soften the adhesive paste |
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Filler for grain filling coarse grained timber |
Fine surface filler |
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Lowest flash point |
Acetone |
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Saponification |
Alkaili attack on oleo resinous coating |
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Best tool for denibbing ceiling |
Pole sander |
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Best way to reduce risk when prepping surfaces |
Produce a method ststement from a risk assessment |
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Best way to clean off liquid paint remover residue from soft wood |
Abrasive fibre pad and soapy water |
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Paint surfaces which have cracking should be |
Completely stripped |
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A primer for resinous woods |
Aluminium primer |
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Primer for soft and hard wood |
White primer |
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Primer for soft wood |
Pink primer |
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Blooming |
Gloss loses its sheen due to drying in cold |
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Flash point |
The temp at which something turns to vapour which could ignite |
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Emery paper |
For metal, could lube with oil |
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Wire wool |
For finishing timber |
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Aluminium oxide |
Stays sharp, long lasting, cheap |
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Name for wet n dry |
Silicone carbide, |
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Name for oil based paint |
Oleo resin |
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Zinc phosphate primer |
For bare metal, rust inhibiting |
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Primer for bare metal |
Zinc phosphate |
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Kippers |
Knot, prime, stop |
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Surfactant leaching |
Water soluble ingredients on the durface of latex paint eg in high humidity. Sugar soap, seal with shellac based sealer, repaint. |
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Efflorescence |
Water releases lime in bricks as a white powder |
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Sugar soap from bottom to top |
Bottom up |
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Why prime brfore filling |
Primes nail heads, |
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Which side of plaster should be skimmed ivory or brown |
Ivory |
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Commom/fletton bricks should not be painted, why |
Cos of their salt content |
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Engineering bricks should not be painted, why |
Cos of their non porous surface |
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Which bricks will accept paint |
Rustic sand faced bricks |