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| Lacquer | A coating based on a thermoplastic polymer dissolved in organic solvent and which dries primarily by solvent evaporation. The coating can be redissolved in its’ original solvent blend. The most common polymers used in lacquers are nitrocellulose, vinyl resins and acrylic resins. |
| Latent Solvent | A solvent which is not a true solvent for the material being dissolved, but which will act as a solvent in the presence of an active solvent. Alcohols are the most common latent solvents. |
| Latex | A stable dispersion of a polymer in a continuous liquid medium, usually water. Prepared by emulsion polymerization. |
| Latex Paint | A coating which uses a latex as the principal binder. Widely used for interior and exterior house paints. Contains only small amounts of solvents, usually glycols, glycol ethers and glycol ether esters. |
| Lifting | The wrinkle or seedy look which occurs from the stripping effect a topcoat with active solvents has on a cured bottomcoat. |
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