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The best paints won’t give value satisfaction if the job isn’t done right. Not doing it right invariably shows, sooner rather than later. But the blame is usually put on the quality of paint. To begin with, therefore, it’s best to watch out for painting defects and know how to solve them & educate the painter.

The sedimentation of pigment, extenders or other solid matter in a paint, on standing in a container, with a consequent, at the bottom of the can is called settling.

Vehicle is the phase in which pigment is dispersed, often a solution of binder, solvent and additives. Vehicle separation is a type of settling caused because of excessive wetting of the pigment. It is also called as soft settling. In this it is easy to re-disperse the settled particles back into the medium, only to settle again. Excessive wetting of the pigments can be because of: