The term “paint” and “ surface coating” are often used interchangeably. Surface coating is the more general description of any material that may be applied as a thin continuous layer to a surface. Painting is distinguished from other forms of surface treatment such as electroplating, anodizing, and the lamination of the polymer film onto a surface. Paint is used to describe pigmented materials as distinct from clear films which are more properly called lacquers or varnishes.
Paint is defined as “thin coatings applied to surfaces in liquid form, which gradually dry to become gradual solids”.
The purpose of paints and surface coatings is two-fold:
These are the components that give the paint a spread able body:
-Relatively cheap particles , and for this reason may be used in conjunction with primary pigments to achieve a specific type of paint