monocoat
verbEtymology From mono- + coat.
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To apply this kind of coating to.
monocoat
nounEtymology From mono- + coat.
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A topcoat used to finish a surface and not followed by the application of a clearcoat.
- Identification of some organic pigments used in red and brown nonmetallic and metallic monocoats – quinacridones.2001, Brian Caddy, Forensic Examination of Glass and Paint, page 272:
- Until the early 1980s almost all top coats were monocoats, a single coating composition applied in several coats. Monocoats have been largely supplanted by base coat–clear coat systems.2007, Zeno W. Wicks, Jr.; Frank N. Jones; Socrates Peter Pappas, Organic Coatings: Science and Technology, page 598: