Proučevanje penetracije lužila v les

Po postopku luženja z vodnim lužilom so v lesnoobdelovalnem podjetju naleteli na problem različnega nabreka posameznih letvic znotraj lepljenega elementa. Zaradi tega smo obstoječe lužilo poskušali modificirati na ta način, da bi zmanjšali njegovo penetracijo v les. Pripravili smo 15 novih formulacij, še pred tem pa smo morali razviti hitro, enostavno in zanesljivo metodo za določanje globine penetracije lužila v les. Ugotovili smo, da so štirje novi pripravki penetrirali signifikantno manj od izvornega vodnega lužila. Le-te bomo preskusili tudi v industrijskem merilu. Dobljene razlike v globini penetracije preskušenih pripravkov so izkazale, da je novo razvita metoda zanesljiva. Kljub temu pa jo bomo v naših nadaljnjih raziskavah poskušali izboljšati. Prav tako bomo proučili vpliv vlažnosti lesa pred luženjem na globino penetracije lužila. During the staining a company, producing wood furniture, encountered a problemof uneven swelling of small boards in glued elements. Therefore we tried to modify the used stain in the way that it would penetrate less into wood. We prepared 15 modified formulations of the waterborne stain, but firstly, we had to develop a simple, quick and reliable method for determination of the stain penetration into the wood. We have found that four modified waterborne stain formulations penetrated significantly less than the original one. Their performance on the industrial scale will be evaluated by further tests. The observed differences between penetration depths of the tested formulations proved that the new method is reliable. However, in order to improve the method, some further investigations will be carried out. We also intend to investigate the influence of wood moisture content on the penetration of the stain.