Durability of solvent based wood finishes on wood furniture components
1998
Frimpong-Mensah, K.
Furniture components are finished with chemicals to enhance their beauty and durability. Suitable finishing systems may improve colour and figure of the wood, as well as provide smooth, mirrorlike surfaces. Appropriate finishing operations and chemicals are required to add value to the wood products. In Ghana, furniture components usually exported include, chair parts, broomsticks, toys, flooring, parquets, T&G, and profile boards. Preferred species are Koto, Teak, Avodire, Black Hyedua, Apa, Odum, Mahogany and Asanfena. Preferred finishing chemicals used by a number of producers are the sanding sealers (Nitrocellulose), semi-matt and matt lacquers, standard lacquers, expoxy esters and polyurethanes. These are mostly solvent-based finishes. The paper investigates the factors of species, tooling, finishes and applications that influence the durability of the chemicals on the finished surfaces of the furniture and the ability of the wood components to resist imprinting, scarring, damage from spill water, beverages, cleaning agents and hot dishes on the finishing system.
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