Protective and decorative coatings; paints, varnishes, lacquers, and inks.

"References" at end of most of the chapters.I. Raw materials for varnishes and vehicles.--II. Raw materials: pigments, metallic powders, and metallic soaps.--III. Manufacture and uses. Colloids, oleoresinous vehicles and paints, water and emulsion paints, lacquers, printing inks, luminescent paints, and stains.--IV. Special studies: wetting, grinding, color, consistency, hiding, adhesion, permeability and film structure, livering, microscopy, vacuum technology, emulsions, and ultraviolet absorption of drying oils.--V. Analysis and testing methods: analysis of resins and drying oils, testing of metal finishes, spectral characteristics of pigments and resinography.Mode of access: Internet