monocoat

plural monocoats

1. A topcoat used to finish a surface and not followed by the application of a clearcoat.

   Identification of some organic pigments used in red and brown nonmetallic and metallic monocoats – quinacridones.

   2001, Brian Caddy, Forensic Examination of Glass and Paint, page 272

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   Until the early 1980s almost all top coats were monocoats, a single coating composition applied in several coats. Monocoats have been largely supplanted by base coat–clear coat systems.

   2007, Zeno W. Wicks, Jr.; Frank N. Jones; Socrates Peter Pappas, Organic Coatings: Science and Technology, page 598

present singular third person monocoats · participle present monocoating · participle past monocoated · past monocoated

1. transitiveTo apply this kind of coating to.