On 25 Jul 2004 18:46:22 GMT, Ed Clarke wrote:

In article , Phil Hansen wrote:
In article ,
says...
G'day Phil,
And to you too mate,
It's funny but it seems every continent has its own naming convention
for the same thing.
Latex
Acrylic
PVA
Emulsion.
I wondered why somebody would paint their house with what we would use
to line a spray booth!

PVA means poly-vinyl-acetate to me. That nasty old white glue that
everyone sells for too much money for the performance you get out of
it.


white glue, yup.

also the gazillion other members of that chemical family tree, ranging
from some really expensive archival grade adhesives to yellow glue to,
yes, latex paint