monocoat

English

Etymology

mono- +‎ coat

Noun

monocoat (plural monocoats)

1. A topcoat used to finish a surface and not followed by the application of a clearcoat.
   • 2001, Brian Caddy, Forensic Examination of Glass and Paint, page 272:

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

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

     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.

Verb

monocoat (third-person singular simple present monocoats, present participle monocoating, simple past and past participle monocoated)

1. (transitive) To apply this kind of coating to.