The Effect of Pretreatment Method on the Decorative Effect of the Wax Furniture

Abstract

In this study, the authors used hot wax selected from beeswax and insect wax. These two types of wax are blended with a 1: 1 ratio. Then use three methods of surface treatment before wax coating on the Ash wood surface including hydrothermal method, compound lye method, and plasma method. Through comparative analysis of 4 properties: color, adhesion, hardness and surface properties of the hydrophobic coating. The results show that the hot wax coating on the ash surface can maintain the original color of the wood. Comparison of three methods of wood treatment shows that: plasma method for the coating surface has the best adhesion, hydrothermal method for best surface hardness of the coating, and the hydrophobicity of hot wax after hydrothermal pretreatment is the best.