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caulks and joint compounds

Spanish translation: compuestos para juntas y calafateos

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English term or phrase:caulks and joint compounds
Spanish translation:compuestos para juntas y calafateos
Entered by: Raúl Casanova

17:29 Apr 15, 2011
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Construction / Civil Engineering / caulks and joint compounds
English term or phrase: caulks and joint compounds
Buenos días,

Espero que puedan ayudarme con una expresión al español: “caulks and joint compounds”, relacionada con los riesgos de la salud en la industria de la construcción. Muchas gracias:

“In construction, asbestos may be found in boiler and pipe insulation. It’s found in sprayed- or troweled-on surfacing material; transite pipes and wall sheeting; gaskets, caulks, and joint compounds; and brake and clutch linings.”

G. Vargas
Giovanni Vargas
Local time: 18:42
compuestos para juntas y calafateos
Explanation:
Compuestos generalmente con consistencia de masillas que se aplican para rellenar juntas de unión.
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Raúl Casanova
Uruguay
Local time: 20:42
Grading comment
Muchas gracias.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3compuestos para juntas y calafateos
Raúl Casanova


  

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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
compuestos para juntas y calafateos


Explanation:
Compuestos generalmente con consistencia de masillas que se aplican para rellenar juntas de unión.

Raúl Casanova
Uruguay
Local time: 20:42
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 200
Grading comment
Muchas gracias.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Toni Romero: Muy bien. Aclarando que caulk es calafateo o calafateado y joint juntas, porque el orden de la respuesta es inverso al de la pregunta :-)
6 mins
  -> Muchas gracias, Toni. Tienes razón, el orden está invertido.
agree  cranesfreak
1 hr
  -> Muchas gracias, cranesfreak.
agree  slothm
9 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias, slothm.
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