uPVC Unplasticised Polyvinyl Chloride

Unplasticised Polyvinyl Chloride (uPVC

 


Urea Formaldehyde

Special type of resin used for stoving systems or air drying floor lacquers.


Urethane Resin

Resin which is produced by reaction of isocyanates with other specific resins


Vac-Vac Treated Timber

Vac-Vac Treated Timber.

Timber which is impregnated with a clear water based wood preservative, VACSOL (fungicides and insecticide) byway of a double vacuum process.

Generally used in building construction, windows, roofing and internal stud work.


Vacu-blast

A method of preparing concrete floors or steelwork by the use of blasting abrasive grit on to the surface which is in turn re-circulated with the foreign matter being extracted


Varnish

Composition of resin thinners and driers which, when applied and dried form a translucent or transparent film.


Vehicle

See Binder, Resin, Media).


Vinyl Acetate

Obtained by reaction of cetylene and acetic acid, (see P.V.A.).


Vinyl Coating

A product in which the majority of the resin is vinyl.