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surfaces are new to the paint and coatings industry. As early as the 18th
century there was a certain interest in matted surfaces for furniture.
In those times, however, attaining eggshell-like surfaces required much
handiwork, ie. brushing the completely dried paint surface with fine sand
and brushes.
In other continents, like Asia, a more common trend is glossy-surface
articles. Gloss means new and expensive, whereas matt imparts a more authentic
and used look.
In this Matting Effect Center we offer the following items:
In our everyday life we come into contact with many
matt surfaces: at home, on the way to work, or at night in restaurants.
In our homes most of the furniture has a matt appearance and when wood
panels cover the sealing in a restaurant they are more or less matt.
The choice between gloss or matt is not only influenced by factors relating
to fashion and appearance; practical issues such as clean-ability, surface
sensitivity, and haptic qualities, influence our decision too. When we
travel to the office, whether it be by car, bus or rail, interior decoration
is mostly matt. In schools blackboards are less glossy for antiglare reasons,
and also for convenience and safety purposes. Similar aesthetic effects
are also found in automobiles. For example, the economic efficiency instruments,
and the interior view of the car are antiglare coated for safety reasons.
Antiglare is a topic. Skyscrapers are not painted instead,
pre coated panels with coil coatings that are based on
steel or aluminum. Most of them are matted in order to avoid dangerous
reflections into the eyes of pedestrians or automobile drivers.
Economic efficiency is another important consideration
when choosing between a glossy or matted surface. For example, in some
coated applications scratches, craters and impurities on the substrate
are not easy to recognize after applying matted coatings, whereas this
is not the case with glossy surfaces.
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