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2. Wash (visual arts) - Wikipedia

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   In interior design, a wash or color wash of paint on a wall can be used to create a textured effect as a faux finish. [2] In ceramics, a wash is typically a coloring oxide thinned with water applied to the piece to achieve an effect similar to a glaze. [3] Digital image creation software can have features that simulate the painting technique. [4]

3. 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 ]

4. Paint Colors That Can Make Your Walls Look Dirty

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   Finding the best wall paint colors for your interior walls can be overwhelming. You might be haunted by paint colors of the past. If you repaint, make sure to use a quality white or gray primer ...

5. Whitewash - Wikipedia

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   Whitewash, calcimine, kalsomine, calsomine, asbestis or lime paint is a type of paint made from slaked lime (calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH) 2) or chalk (calcium carbonate, CaCO 3), sometimes known as "whiting". Various other additives are sometimes used.

6. Paint - Wikipedia

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   Flat Finish paint is generally used on ceilings or walls that are in bad shape. This finish is useful for hiding imperfections in walls and it is economical in effectively covering large areas. However, this finish is not easily washable and is subject to staining.

7. Lead-based paint in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The District of Columbia defines "lead-based paint" as any "paint, surface coating that contains lead equal to or exceeding 0.7 milligram per square centimeter (0.7 mg/cm2) or 0.5% by weight." [9] This is more stringent than the HUD lead-based paint standard of 1.0 mg/cm2) . Some states have adopted this or similar definitions of "lead-based ...

8. Distemper (paint) - Wikipedia

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   Distemper is a decorative paint and a historical medium for painting pictures, and contrasted with tempera. The binder may be glues of vegetable or animal origin (excluding egg). Soft distemper is not abrasion resistant and may include binders such as chalk, ground pigments, and animal glue.

9. Gouache - Wikipedia

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   Gouache paint is similar to watercolor, but it is modified to make it opaque. Just as in watercolor, the binding agent has traditionally been gum arabic but since the late nineteenth century cheaper varieties use yellow dextrin. When the paint is sold as a paste, e.g. in tubes, the dextrin has usually been mixed with an equal volume of water. [1]