Finishing process for textured panels, and structures made thereby
AssigneeMasonite Corporation
InventorsRaymond H. Pittman, Mark A. Ruggie, Karine A. Luetgert
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Abstract
A process of pre-finishing wood composite panels and/or structures having flat and contoured surfaces to result in a structure exhibiting the appearance of natural hard wood includes the steps of (1) providing a textured substrate; (2) applying a ground coat to the substrate; (3) applying a buffing glaze to the substrate; (4) selectively removing a portion of the buffing glaze from the substrate; and (5) applying a sealer to retain the remaining buffing glaze in textured ticks of the substrate.
Claims53
A process of pre-finishing a wood composite structure comprising the consecutive steps of:
- (a) providing a textured substrate with pitted and smooth surface portions and further having flat and contoured surface portions;
- (b) applying a ground coat having smooth, opaque pigments to the substrate to substantially uniformly coat both the pitted and smooth surface portions;
- (c) applying a buffing glaze to the substrate;
- (d) buffing the substrate using a brush to selectively remove the buffing glaze from portions of the substrate;
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- (e) applying a sealer to the buffed surface to protect the remaining buffing glaze from being removed in subsequent operations.
The process of claim 19 wherein the brushes are disposed at an angle of between about 35.degree. and about 45.degree. with respect to the direction of travel of the substrate.
A semi-finished wood composite panel or structure comprising:
- (a) a wood composite substrate having a textured surface with pitted and smooth surface portions;
- (b) a ground coat layer having smooth, opaque pigments substantially uniformly coating the pitted and smooth surface portions of the substrate;
- (c) a buffing glaze disposed in the pitted portions of the substrate;
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- (d) a clear sealer substantially coating the ground coat and the buffing glaze.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.