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2. Bookmatching - Wikipedia

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   Bookmatching is the practice of matching two (or more) wood or stone surfaces, so that two adjoining surfaces mirror each other, giving the impression of an opened book. [1] As applied to wood, bookmatching is usually done with veneer (produced in one of several ways), but can also be done with solid wood. The technique is used to beautify a ...

3. Wood stain - Wikipedia

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   Wood stain is a type of paint used to colour wood. It consists of colourants dissolved and/or suspended in a vehicle or solvent. Vehicle is the preferred term, as the contents of a stain may not be truly dissolved in the vehicle, but rather suspended, and thus the vehicle may not be a true solvent. The vehicle often may be water, alcohol, a ...

4. Wood finishing - Wikipedia

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   Wood finishing refers to the process of refining or protecting a wooden surface, especially in the production of furniture where typically it represents between 5 and 30% of manufacturing costs. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Finishing is the final step of the manufacturing process that gives wood surfaces desirable characteristics, including enhanced appearance ...

5. Wood veneer - Wikipedia

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   A continuous sheet of veneer coming out of a peeling rotary lathe. Veneer is obtained either by "peeling" the trunk of a tree or by slicing large rectangular blocks of wood known as flitches. The appearance of the grain and figure in wood comes from slicing through the growth rings of a tree and depends upon the angle at which the wood is sliced.

6. French polish - Wikipedia

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   French polish. French polishing is a wood finishing technique that results in a very high gloss surface, with a deep colour and chatoyancy. French polishing consists of applying many thin coats of shellac dissolved in denatured alcohol using a rubbing pad lubricated with one of a variety of oils. The rubbing pad is made of absorbent cotton or ...

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