Wood filler serves as a filler pores or holes in the wood. Wood filler that both must meet the following requirements:
a. Can fill the pores with a good, dry quickly, easily sanded, and can absorb the color or coating material finisihing on it properly. Judging dri diluent wood filler material can be classified to:
– Wood Filler is reconstituted with water.
– Wood Filler with a carrier oil.
– Wood Filler with synthetic resin material.
The use of wood filler will be very dependent on the nature and type of wood to be processed finishes and types of finishing materials that will be applied.
Wood Filler.
Wood Filler is used to cover the pores or small holes on the surface of the wood. Wood Filler or putty has many dipormulasi for wood finishing system. Wood Filler in use can by using a putty knife or with a brush and leveled with cloth rags and smoothed with sandpaper.
Figure 4.1. Examples of solvent base color wood filler
b. Filling knife or a putty knife as frequently as, diulaskan in conditions such as wet mush. If the filler the mixture began to dry and begin flour for too long on the surface and are not immediately applied, should not be used to fill the pores. For filler will not enter and will not be attached to the pore walls well, until the sanding process will further detaching. Some rubbed their artisan insert filler contrast this with how wiped with a cloth until the pores were filled.
That way no one, because the result is the same, only use a cloth or rag socks is wasteful. After filling the pores of solid and evenly, wait a while until nearly dry. Then, sandpaper clean all with any excess with sandpaper number 220-240. Only filler contrast are left behind to fill the pores.
Dyes / Wood Stain
(1) Serves to give color to the wood.
(2) Wood Stain described herein is associated with coloration that is transparent.
(3) Wood Stain according to the solvent is divided into two, namely:
(4) Solvent Stain
(5) Water Stain
(6) Wood Stain builders will give color so it does not reduce the impression of wood in general.
(7) both solvent type dye stain and water stain generally been packed ready for use, can be directly applied undiluted
(8) Wood Stain is intended to give color to the wood according to taste. However, not all types of wood or not everyone is happy, when added color fiber builder. (At this stage can be omitted when not needed).
(9) Wood Stain in use can be by using a brush or cloth rags and then leveled with cloth rags and smoothed with sandpaper.