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Woods Flashcards

1
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Light grayish brown to reddish brown striking grain

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Oak

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2
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Creamy white to light reddish brown straight grain

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Maple

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3
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Light gray brown to dark purple brown

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Walnut

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4
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Cream color to light reddish brown visible resin canals and growth rings

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Pine

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5
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Cream white to light reddish brown extremely small pores

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Birch

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6
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Light to dark reddish brown, straight grain and small individual pores

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Cherry

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7
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Grayish through creamy white through to a reddish dark brown

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Ash

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8
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Yellowish brown through reddish brown to dark red

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Mahogany

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8
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Very light brown hardwood

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Beech

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9
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QLight yellow to brownish yellow with green tinge

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Poplar

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10
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Tawny yellow to dark brown with frequent lighter an darker streaks

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Teak (Indonesia)

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11
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Creamy white to reddish brown occasional dark brown

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Pecan

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12
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Light brown to dark brown often containing shades of red

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Elm

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13
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Various shades of dark brown to dark purple

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Rosewood

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14
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Creamy white to yellowish with obvious differences between spring and summer growth

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Fir

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15
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Deep reddish brown with obvious alternating spring and summer growth rings

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Redwood

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16
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Light red with light colored streaks running throughout

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Cedar

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17
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Pale Reddish Brown

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Sycamore

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18
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Pale to dark brown with occasional red streaks running throughout

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Butternut

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19
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Creamy white to creamy brown with frequent reddish markings

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Basswood

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20
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Strip piled to solid foundation allow air to circulate around every piece while sloping allows water to run off quickly

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Natural Drying- Air/ Sun Drying

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21
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Done in dry kiln lumber is artificially dried in correct moisture content

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Kiln Drying

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22
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Fibers running in the same direction as the main axis of the Tree

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Straight Grain

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23
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Grains are in successive layers in opposite direction

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Inter-locked Grain

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24
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Constantly changing in orientation so that a line drawn parallel their direction appears as wavy

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Wavy or Curly Grain

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25
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Gain logged not sawn along its vertical axis

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Diagonal Grain

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26
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Grain of tree grows twisted

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Spiral Grain

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27
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fiber’s run approximately parrallel with vertical axis of log

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Straight Grain

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28
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Grain direction of wood fibers has constantly changed

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Wavy Grain

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29
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Fibers at directions that are varying and irregular from from log’s vertical axis

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Irregular Grain

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30
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Grain structure sawn fibers lined up in opposite directions

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Interlocked Grain

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31
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Grain structure sawn board is cut in grain direction but through radius

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Quarter/Radial Grain

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32
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Grain structure sawn cut across the grain

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End Grain

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33
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Methods of sawing : most common method, highest quality usable lumber

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Plain Sawing

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34
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Methods of sawing: cuts log in quarters

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Quarter Sawing

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35
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Methods of sawing: sawing through and through

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Live Saw

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36
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effect of basal stumps of incipient or cast off branches in the living tree

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Knots

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37
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Small knots caused by shedding of early branches

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Pin Knots

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38
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Knots sliced through their length during sawing, “slash knots”

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Spike/ Slash Knots

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39
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Dead Knots which are still sound and difficult to dislodge

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Encased Knots

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40
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two or three knots springing from a common center

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Branched Knots

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41
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medullary and springwood are weaker than remainder and built in tensions

42
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log piths or heart radially along medullary rays that the tree has passed its prime

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Radial Shakes

43
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Project inwardly from definite frost rib on cambium, result of severe weather

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Frost Shakes

44
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Soft Springwood splits away from harder summerwood during seasoning or shearing stress caused by old age

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Tangential Shake

45
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Failures caused by compression

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Cross Shakes

46
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“Resin Pockets” appear as thin veins or shallow cavities filled with resin

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Pitch Veins, Pitch pockets

47
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Repeated damage to cambium layer by small insects

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Pitch Flecks

48
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Patches of ingrowing bark cause of exterior damage to growing tree

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Rind Galls

49
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Sapwood dies ring by ring forming heartwood, if sapwood survive within heartwood, show as lighter patches in Rio rosewood

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Internal Sapwood

50
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not usually classifies as defects, may enhance value of timber

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Burls/ Burrs

51
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Tissue formed over wound in tree resulting unnatural growth

52
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Fungoid disease

53
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Partially heated fire scar

54
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Wood shrink on drying creating internal strains and stresses

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Artificial defects

55
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Hollows across width

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Cupping/ Rounding

56
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Curved throughout its length, succession of short bows

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Cupping/ Rounding

57
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Edge Bend, wood remains flat hut bends edgewise on own plane

58
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Twists on its longitudinal axis long edges are straight and diagonals are curved

59
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Synonymous terms for distortion in one or more directions

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Warping/ Casting

60
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Butt end of plank splits open caused by rapid drying

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End Splitting

61
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wood covered with small splits along the grain by too rapid drying in hot sun

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Sun Checking

62
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Wood lifts in innumerable small flakes or layers which spring under cutting action preventing smooth surface

63
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Grain runs obliquely to the longitudinal axis due to incorrect sawing

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Diagonal Grain

64
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If wood dried too quickly

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Case Hardening

65
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If kiln-drying of case hardened timber is continued to dryness then natural shrinkage movement of moist interior will locked in

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Honeycombing

66
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Too rapid kiln drying of green timber can result in a flattening of wood cells by vacuums

67
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Part of Tree perpendicular to growth rings

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Medullar Rays

68
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Chemical belonging to such groups as acids, alcohol, resinous substances, oils, dyes, and pigments

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Wood Finishes

69
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Emphasize and enhance charm of natural wood color and grain

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Transparent

70
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Soak into wood pores to give natural look and feel

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Penetrating Finishes

71
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Seals wood pores for protection against water and other destrucutive elements

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Surface Coating

72
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from resins dissolved in ethyl alcohol, high gloss when dried

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Clear Lacquer

73
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Resin +Ethyl Alcohol=

74
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from various gums and resins dissolved in an oil or alcohol, elastic finish

75
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Resins+Oil=

76
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from gums derived from plants, insects, and vegetable matter

77
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from synthetic resin, esterified glycerineq

78
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Spirit Varnish made by dissolving lurified lac flakes in denatured alcohol

79
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Lac Flakes+ Denatured Alcohol=

79
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achieved by boiling linseed oil or various other oils

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Oil Stain Finish

80
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Transparent plastic finish made of polyhydric esterified with etc . Very tough, hard, flexible finish

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Polyurethane Finish

81
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Achieved by brushing, rubbing or spraying processed fatty acids from animals and vegetables combo with alcohol, hardness and durability

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Wax or Films

82
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Dyes or pigments suspended in water or oil, alters coloring of the wood accentuates without covering grain of wood

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Wood Stain Finish

83
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Achieved by applying various acids and chlorine compound by bleaching agents, lightening wood color to yellowish

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Bleach Finish

84
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Comparatively weak, removing chemical, dyes, ink, and water stain

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Chlorinated Laundry Bleach

85
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Best bleach to use not only on natural wood colors but also many water and chemical stain

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Oxalic Acid

86
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Fairly expensive and extremely strong, bring out really light on dark wood

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Two-Solution Bleaches

87
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Gives solid finish for protection and decoration

88
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mixture of solid pigment suspended in a liquid vehicle

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Paints and Enamels

89
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finely ground insoluble substance suspended in a liquid vehicle to impart color and opacity

90
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either white lead, oxide, lithophane or titanium

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White pigment

91
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derived from minerals or clay

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Colored pigments

92
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whitting talc or silica

93
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nonvolatile fluid in which solid body material is suspended

94
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volatile liquid used to dilute paint or varnish to the desired or proper consistency

95
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added to paint to accelerate oxidation and hardening of vehicle

96
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Simulates appearances and textures or natural materials such as marbles granite and other stones

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Other Decorative and Fanciful Finishes

97
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Made of thin veneer sheets glued together arranged crosswise

98
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size of wood boarda

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4’x8’ or 1200mmx2400mm

99
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Series of wood core strips glued together side by side to form slab sandwiched

100
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Composed of wood chips carefully graded mixed with synthetic resin glue and pressed

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Particle Boards

101
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Used extensively in the building industry in various density, application for furniture used for back panels and drawer bottoms

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Fiber Boards

102
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Same construction as fiberboards except that it has thin outer pressed melamine finish

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Melamine Boards

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