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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9 entries for “Flashing”
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.
Roof leaks, failed flashing, and loose building components require their own repairs.
If a touch-up leaves flashing, use Diagnosing and Correcting Paint Flashing to plan a uniform finish across the appropriate natural breaks.
Pay close attention to repair transitions, coverage, cut-ins, roller marks, and uneven sheen.
Inspect during application for runs, holidays, bubbles, flashing as it becomes apparent, pinholes, and missed crevices.
Look for missed areas or holidays, uneven coverage, roller marks, patch outlines, and differences in sheen or flashing. Inspect the final dried coat under the work light and the room's normal lighting, from more than one angle.
Field practiceI spot-coat the repair, then recoat the entire door to avoid flashing.
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.