gloss paint

British  

noun

1. Also called: gloss.  a type of paint composed of pigments ground up in a varnish medium, which produces a hard, shiny, and usually durable finish

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Example Sentences

The graffiti, believed to be done in white gloss paint, appeared overnight on the properties overlooking the River Cam.

From BBC

Their bodywork is faded and peeling, often touched-up with a spot of household gloss paint.

From BBC

Some staff wear mandarin-collared silk, but many don’t, and the lacquer on the table seems, on closer inspection, to be red gloss paint.

From The New Yorker

There are shelves packed with tins of gloss paint, a table covered in plastic containers of the same, and another long table inches deep in discarded pieces of drawing paper and pages torn from magazines.

From The Guardian

At first though they are literally stuck into gloss paint on canvas.

From Salon