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Who has reaction stains?

SIMILAR, YET COMPLETELY DIFFERENT A REACTIVE STAIN REACTS COMPLETELY DIFFERENTLY FROM A CLASSIC STAIN

Photo – Ciranova

We’ve already devoted articles to reactive stains, which work totally differently from standard colour stains. When you apply a reactive stain, the stain reacts with the tannic acid in the wood to discolour the stained wood. The discolouration is very intense since it occurs in the cell wall of the wood.

It’s worth knowing that no two trees contain an identical quantity of tannic acid. This means that the end result will always depend on the amount of tannic acid. In this article we ask a number of specific questions and we start with how reactive stains are applied.

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