Wood Treatments

MDF: Medium Density Fiberboard

Compressed of fine wood dust and resin pressed into a board. MDF can be worked, sharpened.

Cost alot to manufacture lots as it blunts the blades quickly.


Hardboard:

Filling gaps, Made of wood fibres that have been pulped.


Chipboard:

Small chips of wood bonded together with resin and formed into sheets by compression


Block board:

Built up of a core softwood strips bonded together with adhesive and covered with a sheet of plywood.


Aeroply:

Outer skin of an air craft, think section of very high grade plywood stuck to a timber frame.

Mplex:

A new type of MDF that is used for furniture industry.


Veneering:

-Slice veneering, Taking a slice of the top of a block of timber

- Rotery veneering, slicing a rounded piece of timber continuously dill the diameter of the wood becomes very thin.


Finishing wood:

Polyurethane varnish, can be used to seal and protect the surface of the wood and gives it a smooth finish.



Wood staining:
Enhance colour.

Oils:
and be used to maintain the natural appearance of the wood.

Pewrservatives:
are generally applied to timber that is going to be used outside.

Paint:
colours and protects the wood.


Tanalised timber press, injects tanalise into the timber along the faces, Protects and preserves for 5 years and makes the wood life 4 times longer.