Wood stains, solvent based and wáter based
Solvent based Wood stains:
Even the first Wood stains were wáter based, in the last years were solvent based.
Today more and more are replaced by wáter based stains. Water soluble dye stuff, coming from the textile industry, are used.
In northern countries, Scandinavian, Germany, almost all stains used in the furniture industry, are wáter based. In Spain, still today, solvent based Wood stains are the most used.
Also oil stains.
Solvent solubles dye stuff
Water soluble dye stuff
Oil based wood stain
Pigment preparations, semitransparent, for wáter or for solvent based binder systems.
Acidic metal complexe dyes wáter soluble
Acidic metal complexe dyes solvent soluble
Oil and fat soluble dyes
For exterior application, with high light fastness, transparent iron oxyde pigments are used.
interior color card
exterior color card
Interior color card different wood
Light fastness of soluble dye stuffs, solvent based or wáter based, are limited for interior application.
exterior color card different wood
Autoclave
Stain applied by Autoclave:
For total coloured veneer, the stain must be applied by Autoclave.