Insulation and Painting

Insulation is the process of keeping heat, sound, or electricity from spreading that applies the material or substance to prevent, slow down or stop heat, electricity, or sound from going into or out of objects. The Insulation types are Thermal Insulation (Hot and Cold) and Acoustic Insulation.

Painting is a practice of applying paint, pigment, colour or other medium to the surface of equipment and materials used as the decorative or protective coating.

Coating is a thin layer of solid material, liquefied or mastic composition that covers the surface of substance to improve protective or decorative material surfaces, or functional properties.

Acoustic Insulation is an ability of building elements or structures to reduce the sound transmission. The Acoustic Insulation is mainly for providing comforts working atmosphere for commercial buildings such as theatres, studios, hospitals, and plants where simultaneous operations are going on. 

Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral substance that can be used in the past in buildings, clothing, etc. as a protection against fire and as a form of insulation pulled into a fluffy consistency. Asbestos Exposure to asbestos fibbers increases the risk of developing lung disease so that most products made today do not contain asbestos.

Batt is a piece of felted material that is a flexible roll or strip of insulating material in widths suited to standard spacings of building structural members. (Also called as the Blanket)

Beadwall is a mobile insulation device that uses tiny polystyrene beads blown into the space between two window panes.

Blown In Insulation is the loose-fill type of insulation that is shredded and blown into the designated area. Cellulose is typically installed as loose-fill. (Refer to the Loose Fill Insulation)

Cellulose Insulation is a type of insulation that is plant fibber used in wall and roof cavities to insulate.

Cold Insulation is a type of insulation required for environment temperature below ambient which is typically capable of preventing condensation, moisture intrusion and long term degradation. Moisture from condensation is a problem in any cold system.

Enclosure is the housing or area surrounded by fences or walls that supports the active parts and protects them.

Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) is a type of insulation that is a rigid, tough and lightweight thermoplastic product to produce coarse, closed cells containing air.

Extruded Polystyrene (XPS) is a type of insulation material that is formed with polystyrene polymer using an extrusion process. The XPS has a high R-value, good moisture resistance, and high structural strength.

Fiberglass Insulation is the type of insulation that is commonly used in two different types of insulation: blanket which is batts and rolls, and loose fill, also available as rigid boards and duct insulation applications.

Insulation Blanket is a pre-cut layer of insulation material such as fiberglass, mineral wool or natural fibbers that applies around a water heater storage tank.

Insulator is a device or material with a high resistance to electricity, heat and sound flow.

Loose Fill Insulation is a building insulation material that consists of small particles of fibber or foam made from rockwool fibbers, fiberglass, cellulose fibber, vermiculite, or perlite minerals. There are three most common types of loose-fibre insulation, namely: Cellulose; Fibreglass; Mineral (Rock or Slag) Wool. the Loose Fill Insulation can conform to any space without disturbing structures or finishes.

Movable Insulation is a device that reduces heat loss at night and heat gain during the day that is used for easy insulated curtains, a huge variety of panels inside windows, outside, and fold up and down.

Reflective Insulation is thermal insulation composed of enclosed air spaces that is an aluminium foil fabricated insulator.

Rigid Insulation Board is a continuous insulation material made of a fibrous material or from foam plastics such as Polyisocyanurate or Polystyrene that provides thermal and acoustical insulation strength with low weight.

Rock Wool is a type of insulation or soundproofing material made from virgin basalt, inorganic material made that is also the fire resistant.

Thermal Insulation is the reduction of heat (thermal energy) transfer between objects of differing temperature in thermal contact or in range of radiative influence. The Hot Insulation is required for environment temperature exceeding 60°C. 

Thermal Resistance (R-Value) is a heat property measured the temperature difference by which an object or material to heat conduction that is the capacity of a material to resist heat transfer such as a layer of insulation, a window or a complete wall or ceiling, resists conductive flow of heat. The R-Value measures the thermal resistance per unit of a barrier's exposed area, the greater the R-value the larger the number.

Thermography is a building energy auditing technique using an infrared camera for locating areas of low insulation in a building envelope on a component operating under normal conditions.

Adhesion Promoter is the systems for coating, bonding, printing, and laminating of polyolefinic plastics that is a material built into a binder or to form primary bonds to either the substrate or the previously applied coating.

Airless Spraying is a process of painting or coating technique that uses high hydraulic pressure to spray painting or coating fluids.

Alligatoring is a pattern of cracking over the surface of a coating, which producing a pattern of cracks similar to an alligator's hide.

Architectural Coating is the painting and other coating used to coat buildings and homes that is an organic coating intended for onsite application to interior or exterior surfaces.

Barrier Coating is a coating that has a high resistance to permeation of liquids and/or gases.

Bleeding is the diffusion or seeping of a soluble paint from the substrate through the top coat colour. (e.g., visual effect achieved when a dark colour bleeds into a lighter colour)

Casein Paint is the painting executed with colours ground in a solution of casein that water-thinned paint with vehicle derived from milk.

Chalking is the appearance of non-gloss paint that is a development of loose at the surface of an organic coating, usually caused by the chemical deterioration and weathering.

Caulking Compound is a soft and plastic pigment material consisting of the pigment and vehicle used to seal areas of potential air leakage into or out of a building envelope.

Coating System is a complete system or requirement of the number of coatings and types to be applied to a substrate in accordance with the specifications or procedures.

Curing is a chemical process or physical action of developing the intended properties, resulting in a harder, stronger, and more stable.

Curing Agent is a chemical additive used for curing a coating or other material to improve the properties.

Curing Time is the minimum period of time between application and the time needed for something to fully cure to attain the intended physical properties.

Delamination is a separation between one or more coats from another coat within a coating system or a mode of failure for composite materials.

Dry Film Thickness is a thickness of a dried film, coating, or membrane.

Drying Time is the minimum time required for an applied coating to reach the desired stage by which the material will no longer be adversely affected by weather conditions.

Dye is a coloured substance that change a colour using aqueous solution to a natural or synthetic substance that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is being applied.

Emulsion Paint is water based with vinyl or acrylic resins added to make them more hard wearing than traditional emulsions.

Enamel is a ​type of ​paint that ​forms a ​shiny ​surface when ​dry.

Extended Pigment is a substance of the organic pigments diluted with an extender. (e.g., alumina trihydrate, blanc fixe or calcium carbonate)

Filler is a substance that is a pigmented composition for filling pores or irregularities in a surface.

Film is 1) a thin, not necessarily visible layer of material; 2) a series of story or event recorded by a camera, usually shown in a cinema or on television.

Fire Retardant Coating is to retard or inhibit the combustion of flammable materials (e.g., wood, foam, textile fabrics, electric cables, and fiber reinforced composites) whereas fire resistant or fire protective coating that will is to reduce the flame spread; resist ignition of the substrate when exposed to high temperatures; or insulate the substrate to reach its ignition, melting or structural-weakening temperature.

Flatting Agent is a material added to a coating material to set with a matte surface, or to reduce the gloss of the dried film.

Gloss Paint is a type of paints composed of pigments ground up in a varnish medium, which produces a shiny surface when it dries.

Intumescent Coating is a passive fire resistance coating by which a foam produces by non-flammable gases such as carbon dioxide and ammonia when they heated. 

Lacquer is a liquid coating substance that is applied on wood or metal for the hard and shiny surface by solvent evaporation (dry). 

Laminate is an overlay on a flat surface with any protective material that is made by sticking several layers.

Latex Paint is a paint containing a stable aqueous dispersion of synthetic resin such as a latex that is usually polymerised in water phase.

Mildew Resistance (or Fungus Resistance or Mold Resistance) is the ability of a coating to resist the growth of molds and mildew.

Mistcoat is a highly atomised thin coat of paint applied by spray as a mist of spray, used to improve adhesion of a new coat to an existing.

Nonvolatile Content is the soluble, suspended, or particulate material that does not evaporate at normal temperature and pressure. The percent volatile content is obtained by subtracting the nonvolatile content from 100.

Oil Paint is a paint that contains of particles of pigment suspended in oil or oil varnish as the binder.

Open Time is the period of time an adhesive or a coating remains wet enough to allow for drying.

Paint is a ​coloured ​liquid that is applied on the surface to decorate or protect after dried and produced a thin layer or film. The Paint consists of pigments and a binder such as oil (oil or solvent based paints use mineral spirit), or water (Latex or Acrylic paints use water for a binder), and additives for the special purpose such as thinner.

Paste Paint is a paint in which the pigment is sufficiently concentrated in the binder that may need to add the binder before use.

Peeling is detachment or partial detachment of a coating from the substrate.

Pigment is a solid substance that gives a particular colour.

Pigment Volume is the volume percentage of solid particles in the system after film formation, as calculated from bulking value and composition data. 

Pinhole is a very ​small ​hole through a coat or coats that exposes an underlying coat or the substrate.

Primer is a coating or painting material intended to be applied as the first coat on an uncoated surface.

Protective Coating is a type of coating or painting, varnish, or lacquer applied to a surface to protect the substrate from corrosion.

Selective Surface Coating is a material with high absorbance and low emittance properties that allows the conversion of a high proportion of the solar radiation into heat, simultaneously reducing the re-emission of heat.

Shop Coat is one or more coats applied in a shop that is a priming coat applied in a manufacturing plant prior to shipment.

Tack Coat is a thin bituminous liquid asphalt, emulsion or cutback layer applied to the surface that is allowed to dry just until it is tacky before application of a thicker wet coat.

Thinner is a substance that is a volatile solvent used to make paint or other solutions less viscous.

Varnish is applied liquid to a surface dries to form a hard and transparent coating.

Vehicle is 1) the liquid portion of a formulated coating or painting material; 2) a machine, usually with wheels and an engine, used for transporting people or goods on land.

Wash Primer is a synthetic primer that is a thin and usually chromate pigmented, with a polyvinyl butyral binder.

Water Percent Solid is the percent ratio of the mass of dissolved solids to the total mass of the solution that remains as part of the dry film (a portion of a coating) expressed as weight.

Water Paint is a water emulsion paint in which water is the volatile portion of the binder and ingredients are chemically reacted with water.

Wet Film Gauge is a device designed to measure the thickness of coatings or paintings immediately after they have been applied to a substrate.

Wet Film Thickness is the measured thickness of any applied wet paint that applies before any appreciable solvent has evaporated or drying has taken place.

Wet Weight is any quantity of a substance weight before it is dried that is a plant, animal, or other material containing the chemical of interest is not dried to remove water.

Wrinkling is a formation of a surface appearance in a coating resembling the skin of a dried prune, usually caused by crumpling, folding, or shrinking.