Process	Painting & printing
	Paint is applied for protection, decoration and reduced wear. Paint protects metals and steels from rust, wood from decomposition, concretes from carbonizing. Paints are a fluid material composed of pigments, binders, fillers, solvents, and additives. Commonly paints are classified according to the type of binder. Drying can be physical (e.g. tar, bitume, acryl, vinyl) or chemical (e.g. epoxies.) Examples of paints are alkyd paints, aqueous acrylic dispersions, chlor caoutchouc paints, epoxy paints and tar-epoxy systems.
Danish Name	Maling og trykning
Category	Surface processes
Painting	Airless spray painting Air spray painting Dyeing Electrostatic spraying painting
Printing	Aqua transfer printing In-mould labeling In-mould printing Offset printing Pad printing Silk screen printing
Environmen- tal notes	Depending on the components, printing liquids can be harmful for the environment, as well as for the human health.
Additional info	The result of painting strongly depends on many variables, such as substrate, ambiental conditions, previous surface treatments, binder, number of layers, and painting method.
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