A Holiday is a bad word for a painter, check out the other 9:

The Ten Top words or phrases a painter does not want to hear:

1. Holiday: This is not a trendy relaxing vacation on the shores of South beach, This is a missed area while painting.
2. Backroll: This is not a crouching knees bending backwards gymnastic term for a painter.  This is when an area is sprayed with a paint from a spray gun then a paint roller is used to smooth out the area.
3. Popcorn: A delicious snack often eaten during Movie time, or now a days found in 1901 different flavors for about $3 a bag in the grocery store , but for a painter ….. This is a texture often found on ceilings from the late 80’s and early 90’s time period with an appearance of popcorn in texture
4. Orange peel:  A succulent fruit with a textured skin, not for a painter…Orange peel to a painter is the texture that is achieve when applying some paints.  When dried the surface resembles an orange peel.
5. Flashing;  Often heard when someone exposes a certain part of their body to surprise another person.  For a painter this is when the paint sheen is not uniform and from an angle is looks to hve light and brighter areas.
6. Chalking; This is not when the kids decide to draw all over the sidewalk with chalk or to smash two erases together at school.. For a painter this would be a powdery substance found when a finish surface starts to disintegrate and when a hand is brushed over it, it leaves a chalk like substance residue on your hand.
7. Raised Grain:  In some parts of the country this might be related to back country stills but for a painter this is usually achieve after priming a new piece of wood and the grain rises after priming due to the absorption of moisture.
8. A Wet Edge:  When running in bare feet over hot beach sand you are usually running to the WET EDGE of the water to cool your feet.  But for a painter this is the leading edge of the painted surface which is still wet and is still workable with a brush or roller.
9.   Cracking:  When one takes an egg and slams it into the edge of the bowl prior using it to make a cake.  In a painters world this is when the surface of the paint starts to develop cracks for many reasons, all not very good.
10. Alligatoring:  This is often found in Florida when a resident brings a pet alligator home to make a new pet.  In the painting world this is when the surface of the paint cracks in many areas close together often resembling an alligators back.

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