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The phrase "applying a coat" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the action of putting a layer of paint, varnish, or similar substance onto a surface.
Example: "After preparing the surface, I started applying a coat of primer to ensure better adhesion of the paint."
Alternatives: "putting on a layer" or "applying a layer".
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Applying a coat of red to your lips has an ximmediate energising effect.
"My age, my job, my bills — none of it matters here," she said, applying a coat of chalk to her hands.
Painters are applying a coat of cerulean blue, a hue evoking longings of escape -- from the heat, from work, from summer in the city.
Working in the garden's conservatory, she was hunched over a blue tub, applying a coat of glue to dozens of tiny objects in the basin, which contained an intricately detailed structure that she had sculptured out of plastic foam.
That includes painting the bike lane green, buying the chairs, tables, benches, umbrellas and planters and applying a coat of small-grained gravel mixed with epoxy onto the pedestrian areas, which will set them off from both the street and the bicycle path.
On any given day, from Palm Sunday, when Astroland Park opens for business, through Labor Day, he might be found touching up the bright block lettering on the facade of Ruby's Bar and Grill on the boardwalk, applying a coat of linseed oil to the roller coaster cars on the Cyclone or changing the prices on the menus at Nick's Greasy Spoon on Surf Avenue.
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First spray on a coat of rustproof primer, then apply a coat of metal paint.
Then apply a coat of metal primer, preferably the type made for applying over rust.
If you have stained the shutters, you will want to apply a coat of clear varnish.
When this dries, apply a coat of low-luster clear varnish to protect the finish.
When this is dry, sand it, then apply a coat of primer.
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