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Posted by Red Cloud© on June 16, 2005, 9:15 am
wrote:
>Red Cloud® wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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.
???
Your definitions say Kinch is wrong. Review what he said, and then
have someone parse these definitions for you.
"Latex" is not an emulsion. SYNTHETIC latex is used as one ingredient
of an emulsion that is included in so-called latex paint.
rusty redcloud
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