FURNITURE MANUFACTURING Simplifying furniture manufacturing with a multicoat system 40 <strong>Panels</strong> & <strong>Furniture</strong> <strong>Asia</strong> | <strong>September</strong> / <strong>October</strong> <strong>2022</strong>
FURNITURE MANUFACTURING Adding wooden furniture in the bathroom is an environmentally friendly option, along with an earthy feel that brings people closer to nature. Whether it is a bench, a stool, a vanity shelf above the countertop sink, or a toiletry cabinet at the bottom, wooden furniture with warm texture can create a centrepiece to any bathroom, providing functional space in any style, from minimalist to traditional. Wooden bathroom furniture is primarily made from solid wood, plywood, medium-density fibreboard (MDF) or melamine panels. However, untreated 1 wood substrates are susceptible to damage caused by water splashes, warm bath vapour and moisture absorption from high humidity. Therefore, a safely treated, waterproofed wood substrate and finished surface by the furniture manufacturer helps to ensure a long lasting performance of the wooden bathroom furniture. Additionally, a wellventilated bathroom keeps the humidity levels under control, while routine housekeeping, for instance removing soapy residue, will make the wooden furniture last longer. COMMON PROBLEMS OF WOODEN BATHROOM FURNITURE Water and moisture affect all wood properties. The penetration of water or moisture over time can cause the wood substrate to swell, weaken, rot, fall apart and allow mould to grow. Thus, apart from using moisture-resistant wood substrates, manufacturers must ensure the coated finishes create a barrier to prevent moisture or water from seeping into the wooden furniture and causing irreversible damage. The right coating materials and finishes not only make wooden furniture easier to maintain but provide additional protection, such as against stains, discolouration or scratches. wood, MDF, high moisture resistant (HMR) board or particleboards. This product has a triple function of being a primer, basecoat and topcoat that provides adhesion-, sealing- and moisture-resistance properties. According to Teknos, this new WB Spray Basecoat can be tinted to match any colour with a master colour sample or international colour chart like RAL, NCS or Pantone colour spectrum. This allows flexibility in creating effects for achieving the ideal shade to complement the interior. This product is developed to support the multicoat pigmented coating system for bathroom furniture and can be applied on doors too or any type of interior furniture that are often exposed to water. Before It provides optimal sealing with moisture barrier protection, which prevents water from seeping into the wood substrate and retains the natural feel or authenticity of wood materials. Thus, it is a better choice as an environmentally friendly product as compared to traditional solvent-based coating. PROCESS OPTIMISATION Using the multicoat pigmented coating system can simplify the process by reducing the build-up from the conventional five-layer coating which generally uses three products, to three layers with one single product of Teknos’s WB Spray Basecoat 234. This can optimise the coating consumption that is required in the whole process to achieve the desired quality. The process After Delamination from substrate Surface swelling SOLUTIONS Teknos has recently launched the new pigmented Waterborne (WB) Spray Basecoat 234 that can be applied by spray in the coating process of solid The effects of prolonged water and moisture absorption or exposure on the wood substrate <strong>Panels</strong> & <strong>Furniture</strong> <strong>Asia</strong> | <strong>September</strong> / <strong>October</strong> <strong>2022</strong> 41