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NALT Full

Preferred term

paints

Type

Topic

Definition

Any pigmented liquid, liquifiable, or mastic composition designed for application to a substrate in a thin layer that converts to an opaque solid film after application.
Source: Forest Products Laboratory. 2010. Wood handbook - Wood as an engineering material. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-190. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

materials

In other languages

pinturas

Spanish

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/626

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