| Pool filter using sand as filtering medium.
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| Rough finish plaster wall.
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| Tiny pits in the surface of ceramic tile.
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| see Soft Mud Brick.
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| Loose granular material resulting from the natural disintegration of rock or from the crushing of friable sandstone, passing through a #4 sieve but predominantly retained on a #200 sieve; manufactured sand is the fine material resulting from the crushing and classification by screening, or otherwise, of rock, gravel or blast furnace slag.
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| A bag filled with soil or sand to act as a temporary barricade or dam.
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| The act or process of abrading or cutting masonry structure surfaces, using sand ejected from a nozzle at high speed by compressed air; effective form of cleaning masonry, but used sparingly because of its inclination to remove the outer, weather resistant, usually glazed or polished, surface.
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| A system of cutting or abrading a surface such as concrete by a stream of sand ejected from a nozzle at high speed; compressed air is used to propel a stream of wet or dry sand onto the surface; often used for cleanup of horizontal construction joints or for exposure of aggregate in architectural concrete; a method of scarifying the surface of concrete or masonry to provide a bondable surface; used to clean metal before painting.
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| A machine that smoothes or polishes by means of abrasive material usually in the form of a disk or belt; Disk sander or Belt Sander.
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| In gypsumboard joint finishing, a sandpaper holder affixed to the end of a handle with a swivel to aid in the sanding process.
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| A lacquer used as a seal coat over a filler; usually given some filling action by adding inert substances.
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| Rubbing sandpaper or similar abrasive over a surface before applying a finish.
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| Paper with sand or other abrasive stuck to it for smoothing or polishing.
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| A sedimentary rock formed from sand.
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| A pane of glass that contains an inner layer of material between two outer layers of glass to provide additional insulating properties or resistance to breakage.
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| A panel consisting of two outer faces of wood or metal, bonded to a core of insulating foam.
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| In manufacturing gypsumboard, forming the gypsum core between two plys of paper.
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| A surface condition having the appearance of sandpaper; may result from overspray; or a finish with sand or walnut shells.
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| Any single unit or a combination of water closets, urinals, lavatories, bathtubs or showers, together with the room or space in which they are housed.
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| Drain, waste, and vent plumbing systems.
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| A sewer used only for carrying the liquid or water-borne wastes from plumbing fixtures; does not include storm, surface, or ground water.
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| A fitting in a DWV plumbing system.
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| One of three groups of antimicrobials registered by EPA for public health uses; EPA considers an antimicrobial to be a sanitizer when it rces but does not necessarily eliminate all the microorganisms on a treated surface; to be a registered sanitizer, the test results for a product must show a rction of at least 99.9% in the number of each test microorganism over the parallel control.
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| Most of the fluids in a tree; certain secretions and excretions, such as oleoresin, are excepted.
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| Number of milligrams of potassium hydroxide needed to neutralize the acid in one gram of substance after it has been saponified.
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| To convert an oil or a fat into soap by action of an alkali; when linseed oil paint comes in contact with a surface that contains strong alkali and water, like new concrete floor, the oil is saponified and loses its bonding qualities.
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| The wood of pale color near the outside of the log; under most conditions the sapwood is more susceptible to decay than heartwood.
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| A stone coffin.
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| A spring-loaded device for counterbalancing the weight of a vertical sliding sash as on a double-hung window.
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| A strip with one edge molded, against which a sash slides.
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