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2. Varnish - Wikipedia

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   Varnish on wood stairs Varnished oak floor. Varnish is a clear transparent hard protective coating or film. It is not to be confused with wood stain. It usually has a yellowish shade due to the manufacturing process and materials used, but it may also be pigmented as desired. It is sold commercially in various shades.

3. Impregnation resin - Wikipedia

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   Although wood does have advantages over other building materials, it also has major disadvantages. Wood swells in high humidity and shrinks when the air is dry. [4] It can also decay if allowed to stay moist for extended periods, and has variable properties from board to board. Resin impregnation can improve all these properties.

4. Lacquer - Wikipedia

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   Lacquer is a type of hard and usually shiny coating or finish applied to materials such as wood or metal. It is most often made from resin extracted from trees and waxes and has been in use since antiquity. [1]

5. Shellac - Wikipedia

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   Wood finishing is one of the most traditional and still popular uses of shellac mixed with solvents or alcohol. This dissolved shellac liquid, applied to a piece of wood, is an evaporative finish: the alcohol of the shellac mixture evaporates, leaving behind a protective film. [39] Shellac as wood finish is natural and non-toxic in its pure form.

6. Phenol formaldehyde resin - Wikipedia

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   Ebonol is a paper-filled phenolic resin designed as a replacement for ebony wood in stringed and woodwind instruments. Novotext is cotton fibre-reinforced phenolic, using randomly oriented fibres. Tufnol is a laminated plastic available as sheet and rods, which is made from layers of paper or cloth which have been soaked with phenolic resin and ...

7. Wood finishing - Wikipedia

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   Wood finishing starts with sanding either by hand, typically using a sanding block or power sander, scraping, or planing. Imperfections or nail holes on the surface may be filled using wood putty or pores may be filled using wood filler. Often, the wood's color is changed by staining, bleaching, or any of a number of other techniques.