Wood

Question 1

Name trees that contain resin

Answer 1

-pine
-fur
-spur

Question 2

Describe fur wood

Answer 2

Hydro fuse wood and will not rot as fast as pine and will repel water

Question 3

Describe pine wood

Answer 3

-Old buildings used pine wood floors
- it is the most produced wood in Canada
-pine is a soft wood , so easier to work with

Question 4

What should you do before buying wood

Answer 4

Check moisture In wood to avoiding warping

Question 5

Name 4 types of ways wood is cut

Answer 5

1. Plainsawn
2. Quartersawn
3. Riftsaw
   4 livesawn

Question 6

What is the most used cut of wood and what properties will not make it warp

Answer 6

-Quatersawn is most used
- the harder the wood the less prone to warpage

Question 7

What is MDF

Answer 7

-Medium Density Fiberwood
- manufactured wood used for floors, dressers (furniture) and you can pain over it.
-combines wood fibres with resin

Question 8

What is HDF

Answer 8

-High Density Fiberwood
- manufactures wood used for insulation, soundproofing

Question 9

Name 3 su trap materials used

Answer 9

1. MDF
2. Plywood
3. Particle board

Question 10

Explain the manufacturing MDF process

Answer 10

1. Wood chips are washed to remove dirt and bugs
2. Then heated to turn into uniformed fibres
3. fibre drying
4. After the hot press, they are placed in the cooling wheel
5. Finishing

*sometimes they keeps the wood chips to make panels which are called particle board

• a lot of ikea furniture uses particle board
• can’t pai. Over cause it’s very choppy and soaks all the paint like a sponge

Question 11

What is melamine

Answer 11

A plastic finish they add on wood

Question 12

What is plywood

Answer 12

1. Plys of different t layers of wood
   -they are called floating floor because you clip them in over a floor.
   - cross grain type
   -the more layers, the thicker it’ll be and the stronger
   - can go up to 10-15 plys
   - used In Flooring and furniture
   -best uses in basements

Question 13

Pro of plywood

Answer 13

Stats stable during humidity

Question 14

What are the steps when putting in wood floors

Answer 14

Stack vaneer with plywood and then a different wood material

Question 15

Name 3 types of wood floors

Answer 15

1. White maple
2. Birch
3. Oak

Question 16

Describe white maple wood

Answer 16

Very easy to stain, very hard and affordable. Can be in high food traffic area

Question 17

Describe birch floors

Answer 17

It is the softest floor and cheapest

Question 18

Describe oak floors

Answer 18

Are softer and cheaper than white maple

Question 19

What do they put on particle board

Answer 19

Melamine (cheaper
Can get any colour but very easy to chip

Question 20

What is used to glue laminate sheets together

Answer 20

Contact cement which is then glued on plywood or particle board

Question 21

How is laminate (HPDL) made

Answer 21

-multiple layers are fused together under high heat (paper is included) which is layer of craft paper with resin
1. Paper is coated with resin and dried in ovens
2. Decorative paper is cut and melamine is applied on top to seal
3. Phenolic treated Kraft paper is added to the layers
4. Then they are all pressed with heat and sanded together (the heat Melts the resin so everything sticks together

Question 22

What is P.M.S

Answer 22

Panton match system matches the colour exactly when you want a specific colour