platex

English translation: Platex

05:56 May 25, 2010

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting

Portuguese term or phrase: platex

referring to a painting support - is this 'hardboard'? I have found a reference to one of the works referred to on the internet, and it describes it as oil on hardboard.

"Relativamente aos suportes, X utiliza sobretudo a tela, e em determinados períodos, o **platex**.
[...]
O suporte de **platex** só ganha maior relevância no período em que o artista utiliza as tintas gliceroftálicas, uma vez que o seu curto tempo de secagem e a sua espessura exigiam uma superfície suficientemente resistente que permitisse espalhá-las de forma homogénea."

thank you!

Lucy Phillips KudoZ activity Questions: 301 (7 open) (9 without valid answers) (9 closed without grading) Answers: 488 United Kingdom
Local time: 17:11

English translation:Platex

Explanation:
A trade name for a kind of buckram.

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Note added at 8 hrs (2010-05-25 14:33:02 GMT)
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Yes, Lucy, I think you could.

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suesimons
Local time: 17:11

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thanks Sue and everyone who commented - I used platex board
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Platex

suesimons

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Prensado ou platex

Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães

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Platex

suesimons
Local time: 17:11
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

thanks Sue and everyone who commented - I used platex board

Notes to answerer

Asker: thanks Sue, I am just concerned that I can't find any references to painting on this material in the literature and also by the fact that, as I mentioned before, there is reference to the same work as being on hardboard. But, as you point out, platex is what is used in the original. Do you think I could use the more generic 'buckram' instead?

Reference comments

5 hrs

Reference: Prensado ou platex

Reference information:
O prensado ou platex é constituído por uma mistura de cascas de árvores com cola e posteriormente prensado, daí o nome. Este tipo de derivado de madeira apenas é utilizado em lugares que não fique á vista.
http://www.moveissantoagostinho.com/page_1191671770953.html

Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
Brazil
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

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