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Informationen zum Autor About the Author Derek Butterfield, formerly Curriculum Manager for Construction Crafts at Reading College Klappentext Painting & Decorating consists of a series of concise, well illustrated and easily understood technical information sheets which provide the student or practicing painter and decorator with essential job knowledge. Both decorative and industrial materials and equipment are thoroughly covered, and health and safety information is emphasised throughout the text. Printed for the first time in full colour, the sixth edition has been revised to include new developments in tools, equipment and materials, particularly with regard to spray painting technology and low VOC paints. The chapters on scaffolding and health and safety have also been updated to ensure they reflect current regulations and best practice. The content covers the knowledge requirement for both National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) and Scottish National Vocational Qualifications (SNVQs) in painting and decorating. The book's extensive but concise information will also make it an excellent reference for practising painters and decorators. Zusammenfassung This textbook presents a series of concise! simply written and well illustrated technical information sheets! providing essential job knowledge and understanding for the painter and decorator. It gives thorough coverage of materials and equipment ? both decorative and industrial ? currently in use! and gives useful guidance on specification. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editor's note xi Preface to the sixth edition xii Part 1 Tools and Equipment 1 1.1 Small tools and equipment 3 1.1.1 Painters' hand tools 3 1.1.2 Paint containers 7 1.1.3 Mechanical hand tools 8 1.1.4 Burning-off equipment 11 1.1.5 Brushes: components and types 12 1.1.6 Paint rollers 15 1.1.7 Paint pads and mittens 19 1.1.8 Paperhangers' tools and equipment 19 1.1.9 Graining, marbling and broken-colour tools and brushes 22 1.1.10 Signwriting and decorative painting tools and brushes 25 1.1.11 Gilding tools and brushes 28 1.1.12 Texture-painting tools 29 1.2 Stripping and cleaning 31 1.2.1 The steam stripper 31 1.2.2 Flame-cleaning 32 1.2.3 Blast cleaning 33 1.3 Spraying 37 1.3.1 The spray gun 37 1.3.2 Containers for spraying 40 1.3.3 Compressors, receivers, transformers 42 1.3.4 Hoses and connections 44 1.3.5 Types of spray system 46 1.3.6 Airless spray 49 1.3.7 High-volume low-pressure spray (HVLP) 52 1.3.8 Cleaning, maintenance and storage of spray equipment 53 1.3.9 Spray guns for special purposes 54 1.4 Power sources 57 1.4.1 Compressed air 57 1.4.2 Electricity 58 1.4.3 Gases 60 1.4.4 The internal combustion engine 61 Part 2 Surface Coatings and Specialist Materials 65 2.1 Introduction 67 2.1.1 Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) - 2010 Legislation 67 2.1.2 Composition 68 2.1.3 Pigments and extenders 70 2.1.4 Film-formers 71 2.1.5 Thinners and driers 77 2.1.6 Properties of paint 79 2.2 Primers, undercoats and stoppers 81 2.2.1 Acrylic primer/undercoat 81 2.2.2 Alkali-resisting primer 81 2.2.3 Aluminium wood primer 82 2.2.4 Quick-drying acrylic metal primer 82 2.2.5 All-purpose primer 83 2.2.6 Calcium plumbate primer 83 2.2.7 Etch primer 84 2.2.8 Wood primer 84 2.2.9 Preservative primer 85 2.2.10 Knotting solution 85 2.2.11 Flexible filler 86 2.2.12 Spirit-based aluminium sealer 86 2.2.13 Primer sealer 86 2.2.14 Stabilising primer (also called stabilising solution) 87 2.2.15 Plaster sealer 87 2....
