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  2. Behr (paint) - Wikipedia

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    Behr Paint Company (stylized as BEHR) is a supplier of architectural paint and exterior wood care products to the American and Canadian do-it-yourself markets. BEHR manufactures interior and exterior house paints, decorative finishes, primers, stains and surface preparation products sold exclusively at The Home Depot. [2]

  3. Samuel Cabot Incorporated - Wikipedia

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    Samuel Cabot Incorporated is a manufacturer of wood stain and other wood finishes. It was founded by Samuel Cabot IV in 1877 and remained privately held until it was acquired by the Valspar Corporation in 2005. [1] Its best-known brand is Cabot Stain. Its headquarters are in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

  4. History of the lumber industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    However, necessity required clearing the land of timber resulting in an abundance of optimal material for building wood-frame houses. Regarding the architecture of the typical seventeenth century home, the structures were on average one-story structures with a loft accessible via a ladder-like stairway.

  5. Stain - Wikipedia

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    The material that is trapped coats the underlying material, and the stain reflects backlight according to its own color. Applied paint, spilled food, and wood stains are of this nature. [5] A secondary method of stain involves a chemical or molecular reaction between the material and the staining material. Many types of natural stains fall into ...

  6. Power conditioner - Wikipedia

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    A power conditioner (also known as a line conditioner or power line conditioner) is a device intended to improve the quality of the power that is delivered to electrical load equipment. The term most often refers to a device that acts in one or more ways to deliver a voltage of the proper level and characteristics to enable load equipment to ...

  7. Mapuche - Wikipedia

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    Chile exports wood to the United States, almost all of which comes from this southern region, with an annual value of around $600 million. Stand.earth , a conservation group, has led an international campaign for preservation, resulting in the Home Depot chain and other leading wood importers agreeing to revise their purchasing policies to ...

  8. Thickening agent - Wikipedia

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    Potato starch slurry Roux. A thickening agent or thickener is a substance which can increase the viscosity of a liquid without substantially changing its other properties. Edible thickeners are commonly used to thicken sauces, soups, and puddings without altering their taste; thickeners are also used in paints, inks, explosives, and cosmetics.

  9. Preconditioner - Wikipedia

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    In linear algebra and numerical analysis, a preconditioner of a matrix is a matrix such that has a smaller condition number than .It is also common to call = the preconditioner, rather than , since itself is rarely explicitly available.