Red CloudŽ wrote:
On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 01:35:39 GMT, "jeffc" wrote:
"Richard J Kinch" wrote in message
.. .
The word "latex" in general and with regard to paint means
"emulsion", nothing more.
Thanks
The word "latex" means the liquid that comes out of certain plants,
like rubber trees and milkweed. The word "latex" on paint refers to a
synthetic form of latex that is used as a binder.
Latex in no way or context means "emulsion", except in the mind of
Kinch. Look it all up in a dictionary. Kinch is a usenet kook, who
also believes that WD-40 is a healthy thing to drink. That may be why
he comes up with all these other strange and erroneous posts.
Kinch will no doubt reply to this post, but as I said, the dictionary
is your friend. Kinch is not.
I'm no chemist but his post certainly seems accurate to me. Dang site
better than people thinking latex paint is made with rubber (even though
the miserable stuff sands as if it were).
LATEX
A milky-white, fine dispersion of a solid resin in an aqueous medium.
Also used to describe water-thinned paints, the principal vehicle of
which is latex.
LATEX PAINT #1
Paint containing colloidal binder particles formed by emulsion
polymerization. A common term for water-based and water-reducible
coatings.
EMULSION #1
Liquid droplets dispersed in another immiscible liquid.
EMULSION #2
A colloid in which both phases are liquids
LATEX PAINT #2
Water-based paint made with a synthetic binder (latex), such as acrylic,
vinyl acrylic, or styrene acrylic latex.
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