How to select and apply the right paint or coating for any surface. Full advice on testing surface preparation, application, corrosion prevention, and troubleshooting. Covers wood, metal, composites, and masonry, as well as marine applications and roof coatings.

Paint Fundamentals / Trevellyan V. Whittington -- Paint Testing / Trevellyan V. Whittington -- Raw Materials / Elias Singer -- Selecting the Paint System / Paul E. Weaver -- Surface Preparation: Part I / Guy E. Weismantel -- Surface Preaparation: Part II / Kenneth B. Tator -- Coatings for Steel / Jon Rodgers and W. M. McMahon -- Coatings for Metals Other Than Steel / Donald R. Peshek -- Exterior Coatings for Wood / Benson G. Brand -- Interior Architectural Coatings / Howard W. Goetz -- Exterior Masonry Surfaces / Harry M. Herr -- Roof Coatings / Eric S. Wormser and Kenneth K. Kaiser -- Fireproof Coatings / Seymour I. Kawaller -- Marine Paints / Richard J. Dick -- Specification Products / Sidney B. Levinson -- Clear Coatings / Benjamin Farber -- Specialized Functional Coatings / William Lawrence -- Application Techniques / Gary Boyd Charlesworth -- Troubleshooting and Inspection / Neil B. Garlock -- Economics / Albert H. Roebuck and Guy E. Weismantel.