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  2. Japanning - Wikipedia

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    In England, decoupage, the art of applying paper cutouts to other items, became very popular, especially the botanically inspired works of Mary Delany. A large amount of early amateur japanning can be attributed to the rise of the artform as a suitable pastime for young ladies between the late 17th and 18th century.

  3. Wood preservation - Wikipedia

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    CCA may no longer be used to treat wood used in 'intimate human contact' applications such as children's play equipment, furniture, residential decking and handrailing. Use for low contact residential, commercial and industrial applications remains unrestricted, as does its use in all other situations.

  4. Marquetry - Wikipedia

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    Marquetry (also spelled as marqueterie; from the French marqueter, to variegate) is the art and craft of applying pieces of veneer to a structure to form decorative patterns or designs. The technique may be applied to case furniture or even seat furniture, to decorative small objects with smooth, veneerable surfaces or to freestanding pictorial ...

  5. Surface finishing - Wikipedia

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    A drill bit with surface finishing to make the cutting edges harder. Surface finishing is a broad range of industrial processes that alter the surface of a manufactured item to achieve a certain property. [1]

  6. Paint - Wikipedia

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    After liquid paint is applied, there is an interval during which it can be blended with additional painted regions (at the "wet edge") called "open time". The open time of an oil or alkyd-based emulsion paint can be extended by adding white spirit, similar glycols such as Dowanol (propylene glycol ether) or open time prolongers. This can also ...

  7. Paint Township, Holmes County, Ohio - Wikipedia

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    Paint Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 4,564. According to the 2021 American Community Survey 's 5-Year Estimates, 16.2% of the township's population spoke only English , while 83.8% spoke an "other [than Spanish] Indo-European language."

  8. Paint Rock, Alabama - Wikipedia

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    Paint Rock is a town in Jackson County, Alabama, United States, along the Paint Rock River, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. It was incorporated in July 1894. [2] As of the 2010 census, the population of the town was 210, up from 185 in 2000. This was the first time in 100 years it increased in population.

  9. Impasto - Wikipedia

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    Impasto is a technique used in painting, where paint is laid on an area of the surface thickly, [1] usually thick enough that the brush or painting-knife strokes are visible. Paint can also be mixed right on the canvas. When dry, impasto provides texture; the paint appears to be coming out of the canvas.