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Carpentry
Of or relating to the art of making objects, buildings or furniture out of wood.
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Burn-in
Construction; Carpentry
Method of filling a defect in wood using a hot knife and a Burn -In Stick of resin or shellac.
Coating
Construction; Carpentry
Any material applied to a surface leaving a protective layer on that surface. e.g. lacquer,polyurethane, vinyl, acrylic, butyrate, Danish or drying oils, and shellac are all types of coatings.
Cold checking
Construction; Carpentry
The cracking of a finish due to exposure to cold temperatures.
Crawling
Construction; Carpentry
When a coating applied tends to flow away from areas leaving them uncoated. This is usually caused by grease or oil contamination of the surface to be coated.
De laminate
Construction; Carpentry
The separation of layers due to lack of intercoat or substrate adhesion.
Distressing
Construction; Carpentry
Fly speck spotting (and/or other age marks) in the finished surface or on the substrate.
