Imitating oak grain
Figure 1: Sequence of operations for imitating oak grain
Painting windows, doors and fitted furniture
Table 1: Painting windows, doors and fitted furniture with oil-based and enamel paints
Varnishing windows, doors and other joinery products
Table 2: Varnishing windows, doors, lift cabins and fitted household furniture with oil-based and spirit varnishes
Polishing joinery products
Table 3: High-gloss polishing of joinery products with shellac polish in the natural colour of the wood
Drying and finishing sequence
The grain is imitated with a special brush, but not over the entire surface at once; instead, it is done section by section. The product is then dried for 2–3 hours and varnished with an oil varnish whose viscosity is 7–10 seconds, applied by brush or spraying (Fig. 1).
To obtain a smooth coating, the surface should be polished with shellac polish. When nitrocellulose varnish is used, the sequence of technical operations remains the same as for oil-based and spirit varnishes, but the drying time of the nitro primer and nitrocellulose varnish is reduced to 1 hour.
If you would like to see how this process looks in a finished product, view our wooden windows, wood-aluminium windows and made-to-measure doors.