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2. Wood stain - Wikipedia

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   Wood stain "Rosewood color" is a type of paint used to colour wood comprising colourants dissolved and/or suspended in a vehicle or solvent. Pigments and/or dyes are largely used as colourants in most stains. The initial application of any paint or varnish is absorbed into the substrate similarly to stains, but the binder from a stain resides ...

3. Wood finishing - Wikipedia

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   Wood finishing refers to the process of refining or protecting a wooden surface, especially in the production of furniture where typically it represents between 5 and 30% of manufacturing costs. [1][2] Finishing is the final step of the manufacturing process that gives wood surfaces desirable characteristics, including enhanced appearance and ...

4. Behr (paint) - Wikipedia

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   BEHR provides painters a large array of colors, each with a creative name to help remember the color in the future. Behr was founded in 1947 when Otho Behr, Jr. sold linseed oil wood stains to paint stores from the back of his station wagon. [where?] Behr approached his father, a chemist, to develop a formula for a redwood stain.

5. Lake pigment - Wikipedia

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   Lake pigment A lake pigment is a pigment made by precipitating a dye with an inert binder, or mordant, usually a metallic salt. Unlike vermilion, ultramarine, and other pigments made from ground minerals, lake pigments are organic. [1] Manufacturers and suppliers to artists and industry frequently omit the lake designation in the name. Many lake pigments are fugitive because the dyes involved ...

6. Alcian blue stain - Wikipedia

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   Alcian blue (/ ˈælʃən /) is any member of a family of polyvalent basic dyes, of which the Alcian blue 8G (also called Ingrain blue 1, and C.I. 74240, formerly called Alcian blue 8GX from the name of a batch of an ICI product) has been historically the most common and the most reliable member. [1] It is used to stain acidic polysaccharides such as glycosaminoglycans in cartilages and other ...

7. Van Dyke brown - Wikipedia

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   Visual properties and permanence Van Dyke brown is typically made by mixing raw umber or burnt sienna with black pigment, and as a rich, dark brown color, it is often used to create shadows and depth and can be mixed with other colors to create a range of earthy tones.