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  2. Solved! How to Clean Suede Furniture So It Looks Brand New

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    Step 1: Check the Couch’s Cleaning Instructions. Wary, dirty faux-suede furniture owner, take heart: “Faux suede will be easier to clean because it’s composed of synthetic-based materials ...

  3. Wood finishing - Wikipedia

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    Successful filling of voids in wood requires the filler to precisely match the colour and grain pattern of the wood around the void, which is difficult to achieve in practice. Furthermore, filled voids do not behave like wood during subsequent finishing steps, and they age differently to wood. Hence, repairs to wood using fillers may noticeable ...

  4. Grain filler - Wikipedia

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    A grain filler (pore filler or paste wood filler) is a woodworking product that is used to achieve a smooth-textured wood finish by filling pores in the wood grain. It is used particularly on open grained woods such as oak , mahogany and walnut where building up multiple layers of standard wood finish is ineffective or impractical.

  5. Filler (materials) - Wikipedia

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    Filler materials are particles added to resin or binders (plastics, composites, concrete) that can improve specific properties, make the product cheaper, or a mixture of both. [1] The two largest segments for filler material use is elastomers and plastics . [ 2 ]

  6. Primer (paint) - Wikipedia

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    A water-based primer, used primarily on wood. A primer (/ ˈ p r aɪ m ər /) or undercoat is a preparatory coating put on materials before painting.Priming ensures better adhesion of paint to the surface, increases paint durability, and provides additional protection for the material being painted.

  7. Are Suede Jackets Worth the Investment? Here's My Honest ...

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    Sydney meister. Owning a suede coat like the Corrin or Lisa does require a little upkeep, but in my opinion, it’s worth the effort. After two months of heavy wear, I’ve found that a good ...

  8. Ammonia fuming - Wikipedia

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    Ammonia fuming is a wood finishing process that darkens wood and brings out the grain pattern. It consists of exposing the wood to fumes from a strong aqueous solution of ammonium hydroxide which reacts with the tannins in the wood. The process works best on white oak because of the high tannin content of this wood.

  9. Faux painting - Wikipedia

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    Graining, wood graining, or faux bois (French for "fake wood") is often used to imitate exotic or hard-to-find wood varieties. Trompe-l'œil , "fool the eye" in French, is a realistic painting technique often used in murals, and to create architectural details as well as depth and 3 dimensionality.