Wood paint selection guide

Many people tend to pay more attention to the purchase of wall paint when they are at home decoration, and ignore the purchase of wood paint. However, the role of wood lacquer in home decoration is not small. The following furniture fans share with you the experience of purchasing wood lacquer, hoping to help you buy a healthy and environmentally friendly wooden lacquer.

Wood paint selection points

Wood paint

Wood lacquer is mainly used on the surface of wooden materials such as wooden doors, furniture, cabinets and wooden floors.

Wood is a natural product with shortcomings such as uneven material, porous, and hydrophilic expansion. If the furniture is not carefully maintained, it is easily damaged. The wood lacquer is specially used to paint the surface of wooden furniture, which plays a role in decoration and protection.

Main classification of wood lacquer

There are many kinds of wood lacquers, which are divided into different materials. Wood lacquer can be divided into nitro wood lacquer, polyurethane wood lacquer and waterborne wood lacquer. They have different advantages and disadvantages. For example, nitro wood lacquer dries quickly, but the disadvantage is not Wear-resistance; polyurethane wood lacquer has high hardness, but the disadvantage is that it is not easy to repair once it is damaged; water-based wood lacquer has good environmental performance, but the disadvantage is that it requires high construction environment.

Wood paint type

Wood paint can be divided into varnish and color paint according to color. The varnish is transparent, which changes the color of the wood while still keeping the wood grain visible, making the wood grain look lifelike. The varnished furniture is as beautiful as wearing a beautiful coat.

It is worth mentioning that the wood paint also has the primer and the top coat. The top coat and the primer can be used together to achieve the maximum effect of the product.

In addition, wood lacquer can also be divided into high gloss, matte and semi-matte according to gloss; single component, two component and three components according to nature; furniture lacquer and wood lacquer according to use.

Frequent problems with poor quality wood lacquer

When choosing wood lacquer, it is necessary to choose high-quality wood lacquer to be healthy and environmentally friendly. Inferior wood lacquer often has the following problems in use. If your home's wooden furniture also has such problems, you should pay attention to whether it needs to be replaced.

1, taste licking nose

Inferior wood lacquers often contain a lot of volatile organic compounds, benzene-based substances and other harmful substances, accompanied by a strong pungent odor, long evaporation time, the taste is difficult to completely dissipate.

2, crack fading

The quality of wood lacquer is not good, the aging film is prone to aging decomposition, cracking and peeling, not only does not achieve satisfactory decorative effect, and the performance is greatly reduced.

Cracking

3, yellowing and dull

Inferior wood lacquered furniture, the surface is prone to yellowing of the paint film, darkening of the color, etc. Make the furniture look old and affect the overall appearance of the home improvement.

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Wood paint selection standard

So what kind of wood lacquer is high quality? Let's take a look at the following purchase criteria:

1. Environmental protection is the premise

Wood lacquer is not environmentally friendly, and home decoration is naturally not environmentally friendly. We can check whether wood lacquer is environmentally friendly by the following methods:

(1) Clear water paint

Wood paint is divided into two categories: oil-based and water-based. It is recommended to use water-based wood lacquer with high environmental performance during home decoration. Traditional oil-based wood lacquers use organic solvents as thinners; while water-based lacquers use clear water as a diluent, and do not contain harmful substances such as benzene series. Generally, the outer packaging will be marked with water or water-soluble.

(2) Identify the smell

Environmental protection cannot be determined by odor alone, but smell can be used as one of the methods of judgment. Many wood lacquers on the market have been treated with a clean taste, but the inferior and environmentally friendly wood lacquer still has a pungent taste, and good wood lacquer has no odor.

(3) Test report

In addition, you can also check the wood paint outer packaging and logo to find out whether the brand has a national or authoritative inspection report, whether the test is up to standard, etc. These are the criteria for judgment.

Environmentally friendly wood paint

2, quality is the key

Generally speaking, regular brand stores will display sample books with different painting effects. When purchasing, consumers can judge the quality of the products through the introduction of the clerk, the model book and their own feelings. The following three points can be used as a reference:

(1) Wear resistance and scratch resistance

Most furniture are afraid of bumps and bumps. The hardness and scratch resistance of the paint film determine whether it actually protects the furniture. When shopping, you can try to use nails, coins and other items to try to draw, if the pattern appears scratches, shedding, etc., you must be careful to buy.

(2) Anti-yellowing

Yellowing resistance is an important physical property of wood lacquer. The anti-yellowing factor in high-quality wood lacquer can effectively reduce the yellowing of paint film caused by substrate problems.

(3) Water resistance and heat resistance

The water resistance and heat resistance of wood lacquer mainly depend on the performance of the resin. Taking the water-based wood lacquer as an example, it uses high-performance water-based resin as the base material, which has good water resistance and heat resistance, and water immersion at room temperature. There will be no whitening in the hour and boiling water for 5 minutes.

3, beautiful is the result

After the correct construction, the high-quality wood lacquer has good hiding ability and strong decoration. It can often achieve the most ideal decoration effect and make the wooden furniture glow vitality. Generally, the coating effect can be verified by the following points:

(1) The coating hand is sensitive and smooth

After the good wood paint is applied, the wood surface feels comfortable and can fully retain the true texture of the wood.

(2) The paint film is tight and scratch resistant

The high-quality wood lacquer film is firm and wear-resistant, and the cracking and falling off of the paint film will not occur in the long-term use.

(3) Process diversification

Different processes can exhibit different coating effects. For example: the transparent natural color process can highlight the natural grain of wood; the transparent color changing process can not only retain the wood grain but also increase the variety of colors.

Selection of wood lacquer

In addition to the basic purchase criteria, we also need to pay attention to the following shopping points:

1, the material should be healthy and harmless

When purchasing wood lacquer, you should carefully check the product introduction and various indicators. Such as: whether to use high-quality environmentally friendly raw materials, do not add harmful chemicals, whether to replace organic solvents with clean water, to ensure that there are no harmful substances in the drying process, irritating smell, can quickly stay.

Wood paint selection points

2, quality and construction are equal

In addition to comprehensively examining the various indicators of the product, do not forget that the coating is only a semi-finished product. In order to obtain the desired decoration effect, construction and service are also essential, which requires manufacturers or merchants to provide comprehensive services, including technical consultation and construction guidance. Wait. In addition, the choice should also pay attention to the primer and topcoat to buy and use.

3, pay attention to quality

Wood lacquer is not only related to the beauty and comfort of the home, but also related to the health of the family. In order to prevent the purchase of counterfeit products, we should try to choose a wood lacquer brand with good reputation and high reputation to effectively protect the product quality and coating effect. The risk is also relatively reduced.

Furniture wood lacquer

When buying wood lacquer, we should learn to distinguish its pros and cons. The same is true when purchasing finished wooden furniture, and the wood lacquer used by the merchant should be inspected.

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