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  2. Pressed wood - Wikipedia

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    Pressed wood is a very common material used to make wooden pallets. [4] This is because of how cheap pressed wood can be and how pallets can easily be constructed out of pressed wood. [ 4 ]

  3. Inlays and onlays - Wikipedia

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    The use of gold as a restorative material for the production of inlays and onlays is fading due to the increase in usage of more aesthetically pleasing tooth coloured materials. Gold has many advantages as a restorative material, including high strength and ductility, making it ideal to withstand the masticatory forces put upon the teeth.

  4. Inlays and onlays (bookbinding) - Wikipedia

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    Leather inlays, which are similar in form to inlays in woodworking, are shaped pieces of leather the same thickness as the covering leather on a book.A piece of leather the same shape, size, and thickness as the inlay is removed from the covering leather, and the inlay is placed into the resulting space.

  5. Wood engraving - Wikipedia

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    Though not, as frequently asserted, the inventor of wood-engraving, he was the first to recognise that, as the incisions made by the graver on the wood block printed white, the right use of the medium was to base his designs as much as possible on white lines and areas, and so he became the first to use his graver as a drawing instrument and to ...

  6. Woodblock printing on textiles - Wikipedia

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    Woodblock printing on textiles can be traced back to the primeval use of blocks of stone and wood, carved to make impressions on various materials. Ancient civilizations such as those in China , Egypt , and Assyria likely used printing on textiles alongside other materials from a very early period.

  7. Wood finishing - Wikipedia

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    The material then can enter an oven or be sanded again depending on the manufacturer’s setup. The material can also be recycled through the line to apply another coat of finish or continue in a system that adds successive coats depending on the layout of the production line. The systems typically used one of two approaches to production.

  8. Wood glue - Wikipedia

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    Wood glue is an adhesive used to tightly bond pieces of wood together. Many substances have been used as glues. Many substances have been used as glues. Traditionally animal proteins like casein from milk or collagen from animal hides and bones were boiled down to make early glues.

  9. Wood–plastic composite - Wikipedia

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    Wood-plastic composite. Wood–plastic composites (WPCs) are composite materials made of wood fiber/wood flour and thermoplastic(s) such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), or polylactic acid (PLA). In addition to wood fiber and plastic, WPCs can also contain other ligno-cellulosic and/or inorganic filler materials.