Painting and Wall Covering: Essential Careers (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781639878116)

Painting is done on a building, a room or a structure, such as eaves, fireplace, etc., to improve its appearance and protect it from corrosion, rust, mold, water and insects. This process involves a number of stages, such as preparing the surface to be painted by patching holes or masking surfaces that do not require the paint, determining a suitable paint mixture, applying the paint and cleaning it. The processes and paints for floor painting vary as per the floor type such as for basement, concrete, hardwood, vinyl, tile, linoleum kitchen floor, etc. Wallpaper or wall covering is a material that is used in interior decoration for the decoration of the interior walls of residences and public buildings. Wallpapers can be plain or textured. There can also be painted wallpapers, hand-printed stencil wallpapers, blockwood wallpapers and flock wallpapers. Painting and wall covering are great for interior decoration. Some of the professionals in these domains are house painters, painting contractors and wallpaper covering designers. This textbook is compiled in such a manner, that it will provide in-depth knowledge about the latest trends and themes that are in vogue in the interior decoration of homes. It aims to shed light on some of the unexplored aspects of painting and wall covering. It will serve as a reference to a broad spectrum of readers.

Author: Arlo Collier
ISBN-10: 1639878114
ISBN-13: 9781639878116
Publisher: Murphy & Moore Publishing
Language: English
Published: 09/26/2023
Pages: 222
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.66lbs
Size: 10.88h x 8.00w x 0.56d