Painting/Decorating 2nd Year Apprenticeship

This is the second year course for individuals in the building trades' Painting/Decorating apprenticeship program. This course is taken twice in the second year. The total embedded material is covered when this course is taken twice in one year. Course covers, preparation of interior surfaces; materials; equipment and application techniques; moisture control; paint failures (interior and exterior) causes and cures. A study of the materials of the trade -- manufacture, storage, characteristics and use of enamel, emulsion paints, casing paints, cement paints, specialty coats, phenolics, epoxy resins, silicones, vinyl's, rubber base, varnish, lacquer, shellac, oil, primers, sealers, removers, fillers, bleaches, thinners and deodorants. A study of the psychology of color, industrial uses, mixing and matching. Industrial safety. This course satisfies 45 hours of instruction toward specified programs and certificates for AAS Science/Quantitative Reasoning General Education requirements