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Who has reaction stains?
THE ‘MAGIC POTION’ FOR INSTANT AGEING REACTIVE STAINS REACT TO THE TANNIC ACID IN THE WOOD wood. Stains which are suitable for outdoors usually have a moisture-regulating effect and often provide UV protection. There are also stains which give a different shade, but no protection. There are stains based on water, oil, and alcohol. Transparent stains use different colours to give a hint of different wood sorts. There are also colourless variants; these variants preserve the original colour, but offer less protection against sunlight and discolouration.
Colour stains of parquet
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There are various sorts of stains. That is sometimes extremely annoying because the term stain applies to several products which are basically not related to each other at all, but which on the other hand all relate to some kind of wood treatment. We identify indoor and outdoor stains, covering stains, normal and transparent stains, and solvent stains or water-based stains. If we limit ourselves to indoor applications, we look for colour stains and reactive stains.
Stains for colouring We cast a glance outdoors Staining means applying a transparent or covering coat to protect wood fibres in all weather conditions and make the surface look attractive. Unlike varnish and lacquer, stain penetrates partially into the
Staining parquet can colour the wood as required, from black and blue-grey to white, anything is possible. The stain penetrates the wood deeply, gives it a nice contrast, and thereby highlights the specific wood structure. It can be combined afterwards with oil, beeswax, or varnish. A stain is often a traditional wood refinement product based on natural linseed oil. This wood stain is ideal for colouring wood, parquet, and wooden floors and can be used on both ordinary and noble wood. Stains appear in a vast range of colours. In the past, most stains were available in wood colours, so it was possible, for instance, to make a cheap pine floor look like oak by using a dark oak colour. Nowadays, colouring agents are appearing in a range of trendy colours. Any wood sort can be given a completely different appearance by applying certain colours. By applying a red shade, for instance, you get the look of American red oak.
Yes, there’s reactive stain Reactive stains work entirely differently to ordinary colour stains. When a reactive stain is applied, it enters into a reaction with the tannic acid to bring about a discolouration in the stained wood. Since the discolouration occurs in the cell wall of the wood, it is very intense. The final colour is affected by the amount of tannic acid in the wood. And so, that is the way to obtain a unique floor covering. The tannic acid in wood is never identical in two different trees. Even if the producer offers dozens of colours, the end result will still depend on the tannic acid. An example of a reactive stain is the lye stain
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