Styling of surfaces

1 PowerPoint presentation by Isabel Stegmeier

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Aims of refining surfaces

• embellishing

• colour change

• protection against outer influences

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Changing the look of wood by

• flaming

• flaming & brushing

• staining

• bleaching

• liming

flaming a board of spruce

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Changing the look of wooden sheet material by

• varnish

• veneer

• oil ( medium densitiy fibre board )

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Treatment of natural wood

Staining

raw beech

stained beech

• water surface

• sand upcoming pores

• apply the stain (chemical or natural)

• wipe off surplus

• wait until dry

final treatment

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Treatment of natural wood

Bleaching

raw beech

• corrosive

• mix waterperoxide & ammonia 25 : 1

• apply on wood

• wait until dry

• repeat process

• wash off thoroughlybleached

beech

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Treatment of natural wood

Flaming• soft wood only

• put board on non - flammable surface

• flame until soft annual rings turn black

• wait until cold

final treatmentraw spruce

flamed spruce

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Treatment of natural wood

Liming

• ready – made liming putty available

• range of several liming coulors

• rub paste into pores

• wipe off surplus thoroughly

• varnish surface

raw oak limed oak

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Treatment of wooden sheet materials

• used for mdf, fibre boards

• seal pory surface with filler

• wait until dry

• varnish: silky mat or high shiny

fibre board / mdf board

fillered blue varnish

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Final treatment

Varnish• sand roughly

• water surface

• sand upcoming pores

• allow to dry

• intermediate sanding

• final layer of varnish

• polish ( polyester varnish )varnishing equipment

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Final treatment

Oil & Wax• pure oil or hardened oil

• pure oil: natural colour of wood turns darker – litle resistable

• hardened oil : hardwear surfaces

• wax applied with brush or linen cloth

• polish silky mat shine

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Used Material

Fachkunde Holztechnik, Haan-Grüten, 17. Auflage

Gebrauchsanweisungen div. Farben. Fa. Clou

http://www.rotil.de

http://www.goldseidel.de

http://www.taunton.com