Journal
FORESTS
Volume 14, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/f14050996
Keywords
furniture wood; surface roughness; surface free energy; wettability; waterborne acrylic; bonding quality
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This study investigated the wood surface roughness, surface free energy, wettability, and bonding quality of water-based acrylic coatings. Different wood species and sandpaper grits were used for testing. The results showed that sanding improved the wettability of wood surfaces. The highest surface free energy was observed in radiata pine sanded with 180 grit. Hardwood exhibited slightly better coating adhesion than softwood. Wettability, indicated by K values, was a good indicator of bonding quality for water-based acrylic coatings.
Wood surface roughness, surface free energy (SFE), wettability, and bonding quality for water-based acrylic coatings were investigated. The samples tested in this study included Pinus radiata, Pinus sylvestris, Larch, Hemp oak, Catalpa tree, and Camphor. Sandpaper with grits of 180, 240, 320, 400, and 500 was utilized to sand wood surfaces. The van OSS-Chaudhury-Good equation (vOCG) was used to calculate the SFE values. The modified model (M-D) was used to calculate the wettability based on the contact angle change rate (K value). The higher the K value, the faster the contact angle approaches equilibrium. A cross-cut test was used to evaluate the coating's bonding quality. The anatomical structure of wood has an impact on the roughness of hardwood. The equilibrium contact angle is influenced by the wood species and sandpaper grit size. Sanding can make the surface of wood more wettable. Radiata pine that had been sanded to 180 grit had the highest SFE value. After finishing with waterborne acrylic, hardwood had a slightly better coating adhesion than softwood. Hemp oak wood had the lowest coating adhesion (0.6) and the highest K value (0.82). The best bonding quality (0.4) was supplied by the camphor wood with the lowest K value (0.13). Wettability in terms of K values was a good indication of determining the bonding quality of the water-based acrylic coatings.
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