The stabilization of wood is very influential if the wood is to be made furniture, because if the wood is not stable it will not be sturdy it can be destroyed, at least another bad thing is if the wood is not stable to make furniture, then at least it will be asymmetrical and wobbly. This instability is not only detrimental to the use of wood, it will also cause a person’s risk, unstable wood that is made into furniture at any time can fall on someone and fall, there will be injuries. For example, in furniture we often get loose connections which result in loose wood glue, slit doors, porous windows due to a lot of looseness. If the wood is for crafts, there needs to be sufficient drying. So that it is not damp and rotten, just imagine if your wood is weathered and damp then cracks will arise.
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Moreover, if the goods will be sent to various countries, then the quality must really be maintained so that it is stable, because every climate in a country is different.
Usually the method used by most people and has achieved perfect success is by using the bulking method and so on by dipping the wood and then soaking it for a long time in a solution of Polyethyleneglycol 1000.
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However, although the bulking method is the most popular, here we have to know another method to make wood stable, where we need to study wood dimensional stabilization, where there are several methods :
1. Coating method
The coating method is done by coating the surface of the wood which aims to be a cover, such as in paint and varnish. This method is done to minimize the exchange of moisture between wood and air. Although this does not fully affect the shrinkage.
2. Bulking method
This method is used to maintain dimensions, which expands the wood to maximum yield. Dimensions developed for example resin, glycol, polyethylene, etc.
3. Methods of changing the chemical compounds that make up wood
Changing the chemical compounds that make up wood is very necessary, where we can take the hydroxyl group compounds in cellulose and replace them with compounds that are less hydrophilic. Do you know what compounds are less hydrophilic? Examples that we often find are nitro compounds, acetyl, and methyl.
4. Using the cross-linking method
The use of this method aims to prevent a wooden surface from water that will enter. So that the wood remains stable, usually this formation is followed by cross-linking of the molecules of the cellulose chain.