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  2. Primer (paint) - Wikipedia

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    Primer reduces the number of paint coats needed for good coverage and even color. A thin layer of paint may still be permeable to water. Water can permeate into the wood and cause warping, mildew, or dry rot. Primer improves the waterproofing of the finish. [4] Primers are not used as part of a wood stain treatment because they obscure the wood ...

  3. Water miscible oil paint - Wikipedia

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    At midrange (between short paste and long paste) water miscible oil paint is gouache-like, sharing the properties of both transparent watercolor and opaque oil (in the manner of watercolor, for example, some colors will darken upon drying, the more so as more water is mixed into the paint, and in the manner of oil, the paint film will have some ...

  4. Paint - Wikipedia

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    Wood stain is a type of paint that is formulated to be very "thin", meaning low in viscosity, so that the pigment soaks into a material such as wood rather than remaining in a film on the surface. Stain is mainly dispersed pigment or dissolved dye plus binder material in a solvent.

  5. Water heating - Wikipedia

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    A 46 kW (157,000 BTU/h) heater, as might exist in a tankless heater, would take about 15 minutes to do this. At $1 per therm , the cost of the gas would be about 40 cents. In comparison, a typical 230 L (60 US gal) tank electric water heater has a 4.5 kW (15,000 BTU/h) heating element, which at 100% efficient results in a heating time of about ...

  6. Home Depot - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 February 2025. American multinational home improvement supplies retailing company The Home Depot, Inc. A Home Depot in Onalaska, Wisconsin Company type Public Traded as NYSE: HD DJIA component S&P 100 component S&P 500 component Industry Retail (home improvement) Founded February 6, 1978 ; 47 years ...