Process for treating a wood substrate and water-based wood treatment solution and kit associated therewith
AssigneeAdaptiva Innovations Inc.
InventorsTHOMAS THIBAULT, VICTORIA TONG
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Abstract
The present description relates to processes, water-based wood treatment solutions and kits for treating wood substrates so as to obtain colored (or altered) wood substrates, where mineral compounds that impart the color or other desirable characteristic(s) to the wood substrates are formed in the colored or altered wood substrates. The mineral compounds formed comprise the products of a chemical reaction which occurs between the wood substrate, a metal salt, and an oxygen source.
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A kit for treating a wood substrate, the kit comprising:
- a pouch comprising a water-soluble metal (II) salt in solid form;
- a pouch comprising a water-soluble acetate salt in solid form;
- a pouch comprising a water-soluble tannin-rich material in solid form;
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- a user guide providing instructions for dissolving a dose of the water-soluble metal (II) salt and a dose of the water-soluble acetate salt in an amount of an aqueous solvent to thereby obtain a water-based wood treatment solution having a concentration of water-soluble metal (II) salt and water-soluble acetate salt sufficient to allow the water-based wood treatment solution to color the wood substrate, and instructions:
- for dissolving a dose of the water-soluble tannin-rich material in the aqueous solvent along with the water-soluble metal (II) salt and the water-soluble acetate salt;
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- for dissolving a dose of the water-soluble tannin-rich material in another aqueous solvent to thereby obtain a water-based tannin-rich treatment solution having a concentration of water-soluble tannin-rich material sufficient to allow the water-based tannin-rich treatment solution to at least partially saturate the wood substrate.
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The kit of claim wherein the water-soluble acid is provided in form of solid powders.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.