Flashing
A visible difference in sheen or reflected appearance between areas of a painted surface, making a patch, overlap, or touch-up stand out from the surrounding finish.
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A visible difference in sheen or reflected appearance between areas of a painted surface, making a patch, overlap, or touch-up stand out from the surrounding finish.
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5 entries for “Flashing”
Flashing is an uneven appearance in the sheen of a painted surface.
Field practiceWe have found flashing and uneven spray application.
Field practiceA wall may look fine at first, then show flashing several hours later when the sun has moved and the reflection changes. If flashing remains in the dried finish, we coat the entire wall again.
Depending on sheen and visibility, a local correction may flash. I typically recoat from natural break to natural break to obtain a uniform appearance. Allow proper drying and inspect again before accepting the repair.
Check joints, windows, doors, flashing, penetrations, roofs, and gutters for plausible water-entry paths. Compare those observations with the failure pattern.
After drying, inspect for uneven coverage, missed spots (holidays), flashing, and tannin bleed-through. Assess the complete area and transitions, not only the center of the siding boards.
I typically paint from natural break to natural break to avoid flashing.
Inspection points: Look for runs, nibs, missed areas, uneven sheen, rough spray texture, and incomplete coverage in corners, profiles, and undersides.