Currently there are two major trends in staining. Joinery is either
being stained extremely dark, or extremely light. The dark stains commonly
being requested are usually variations of Black or variations of Dark
blackish/brown. Lighter stains are usually variations of white or slightly
tinted whites.
Friday, 27 November 2020
Friday, 13 November 2020
Lacquer Additives.
Despite our industry being quite small there is still many hundreds of
thousands of dollars being spent every year on research and development. Much
of this research is completed by overseas suppliers who’s markets in Europe,
Asia, and America are many times larger than ours.
Friday, 30 October 2020
Gluing MDF is not the same as welding steel.
Recently we
had a new client who asked us to paint some MDF shop fittings. Not a difficult
task to complete nor should it be too complicated for our multi talented team
of polishers and painters. Problem was he had
constructed a number of large bulkheads by butt gluing large sections of MDF
together and then puttying up the joins.
Friday, 16 October 2020
Holding finished goods in stock due to delays on site
Recently we had a client pick up a very large project from
us after completion of the polishing. Six truck loads left our factory,
invoices were sent out and all was complete.
Friday, 2 October 2020
Stories you won’t believe
More
and more often we are asked to make up a colour in a half strength version. The
story normally goes something like this; cabinet makers client can’t quite find
the exact colour they want, they like a certain colour but it feels a little
darker than they want, they ask the cabinet maker to prepare a sample in a half
strength version.
Friday, 18 September 2020
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