Marine glue

Description

A waterproof, tar-like coating that is used to seal the seams on wooden ship decks. Marine glue is a solution of shellac, asphalt, or rubber dissolved in naphtha, benzene, turpentine, or oil.

Synonyms and Related Terms

marine adhesive; colle marine (Fr.)

Other Properties

Insoluble in water

Authority

• R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopaedia, Dover Publications, New York, 1966

• G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 369

• Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996

• Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

• Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000