Your Guide to Wooden Office Furnitures-II
On the more technical aspect, here are the things that you need to know about wooden office furnitures:
About the finish. The finish of a wooden office furniture has evolved and made fine with all the innovations in the office furniture today. The finishing process undergoes a lot of operations. After a piece has been sanded, a stain will be sprayed on or wiped on. Sometimes, the grain is “highlighted” using a steel wool. If the piece is traditional in design, some fly specking can be added using anything from a chain with bolts to a paintbrush dipped in the desired colored paint to give the piece an “aged” look.
After which, a sanding sealer will be applied to prepare the piece for the final finishing steps. A final sanding coat will be done before applying the topmost coat. Lacquer is commonly used to top this off, giving the piece its finished appearance. So whether a piece is flat or buffed high, it is the lacquer that provides the water resistant and durable qualities that are most desired today.
About engraving or printing. Other pieces of office furnitures may look like wood are not necessarily wood. But because of veneering, a method wherein the grain of wood can be replaced photographically. This image of the wood is then over to the flat panels to simulate a wood surface. There are two ways to tell if what you are looking at is an engraved or just a printed surface. If it is too perfect with no flaws of nature, then it is not real wood.
This adopted process is done to provide the surface of the backs of cabinets where the manufacturers feel that they can save on expenses without being obvious. However, on less expensive furniture, engraving is obvious in all the parts of the furniture. Engraved surfaces have a catch: they are not repairable and the grain may come off due to some use of solvent. So, ask the sales representative before purchasing and consider only a small area to be engraved.
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