This volume represents 27 peer-reviewed papers presented at the ICOP 2013 symposium which will help conservators and curators recognise problems and interpret visual changes on paintings, which in turn give a more solid basis for decisions on the treatment of these paintings. Th…
AS COATINGS, ARTISTS' PAINTS ARE DECORATIVE IN NATURE and are usually intended to endure for decades or centuries under conditions of indoor storage and display. Relative to other coatings, they are highly loaded, most often with a single pigment. Thickness of application ranges…
The importance of appropriate sampling for analytical work cannot be overemphasized. Unfortunately, this topic is often not given sufficient thought, and there is often not enough training on the subject. A clear understanding of the nature of the problem or the reason analysis …
MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT PURCHASE paint products in large volume for maintenance and construction projects require conformance to their respective specifications. Such organizations may be federal, state, and local government departments and agencies, large industries, public uti…
Water-borne liquid paints can experience viscosity loss, putrefaction, gas formation, color change, and pH drift as a result of the degradation of some or all of the organic constituents [1]. This deterioration can be caused by bacteria or fungi-releasing enzymes in the paint or…
PRIOR TO THE 1960s the coatings industry enjoyed a somewhat predictable regulatory and economic environment. The paint formulator developing a solvent-based coating selected solvents on the basis of evaporation rate, solubility parameter, density, flammability, and, of course, c…
Offers an account of the principles involved in the optical properties of paints, covering both the physical and aesthetic aspects of opacity and color, and discussing the physics of paint and the physical chemistry of dispersions. Reviews the polymer chemistry of common paint b…
Comprehensive and authoritative, this up-to-date exploration of the science and technology of paints and surface coatings covers the theory often missing in other texts and introduces state-of-the-art developments and cutting-edge proposals. Offers an easy-to-read account of the…
Offers an account of the principles involved in the optical properties of paints, covering both the physical and aesthetic aspects of opacity and color, and discussing the physics of paint and the physical chemistry of dispersions. Reviews the polymer chemistry of common paint b…
Part travelogue, part narrative history, Colour unlocks the history of the colours of the rainbow, and reveals how paints came to be invented, discovered, traded and used. This remarkable and beautifully written book remembers a time when red paint was really the colour of blood…