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2. Wood finishing - Wikipedia

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   Wood finishing refers to the ... for example tonal qualities of musical instruments and hardness of flooring. [4] [5] In addition, finishing provides a way of giving ...

3. Wood flooring - Wikipedia

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   Wood flooring is a popular feature in many houses. Engineered wood flooring consists of two or more layers of wood adhered together to form a plank. Typically, engineered wood flooring uses a thin layer of a more expensive wood bonded to a core constructed from cheaper wood. The increased stability of engineered wood is achieved by running each ...

4. 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.

5. Sustainable flooring - Wikipedia

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   Reclaimed mixed hardwoods floor. When reclaimed wood is used for wood flooring, [13] it is taken for reuse from many different sources, including old warehouses, boxcars, coal mines, gymnasiums, homes, wine barrels, historic barns, and more. Wood can also be recovered from rivers in the form of fallen trees along with logs that were once sent ...

6. Flooring - Wikipedia

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   Flooring is the general term for a permanent covering of a floor, or for the work of installing such a floor covering. Floor covering is a term to generically describe any finish material applied over a floor structure to provide a walking surface. Both terms are used interchangeably but floor covering refers more to loose-laid materials.

7. Floor sanding - Wikipedia

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   A timber floor after carpet has been pulled. The "fluff" is carpet adhesive. A rimu timber floor after the first cut. Preparation is the first stage of the wood floor sanding process. All nails which protrude above the boards are punched down. Nails can severely damage the sanding machines which are being used.