Long natural processes contribute to the transformation of tree species. By this concept, one can mean not only negative influencing qualities, but also positive ones. As a result of being under water for tens, hundreds of years, and even millennia, oak trunks acquire invaluable qualities, becoming extremely hard and getting a unique color of a singed or even blackish tint.
Under water, the integrity of the oak is preserved due to a unique characteristic - the presence of a special tannin in the structure of the tree.
Bog oak is a component of an exquisite and expensive interior.
Features of the passage of the reaction
Change in the physical and mechanical characteristics of wood associated with the passage of complex chemical reactions: leaching of water-soluble substances contained in the cell walls. The process has been proven by the results of numerous studies conducted by N. T. Kuznetsov back in the 30s of the last century.
As a result, it was found that stained wood contains 75% less water-soluble substances than natural wood. This indicates an increasecell porosity and a decrease in their density, which as a result leads to an increase in saturation limit moisture, balancing shrinkage, maximum moisture. It is this factor that explains the absolute shrinkage of boards or blanks during the drying of the sawn material.
The data of the analysis contributed to the development of thought and the formation of a new technology for drying wood and blanks made from it with a thickness of up to 22-32 mm in a convective or convective-microwave oven, vacuum-dielectric dryer.
The use of advanced technologies has resolved the issue with the temperature treatment of wood. Internal and external cracking is practically absent. Collapse in such cases is unacceptable.
Interesting concepts put forward by researchers and scientists do not end there. The study of the properties of stained wood is in the process of processing geoanalysis data and continues its evolution in the world.
Features of extraction and processing of oak
The process is complex and time-consuming, and not every specialist can handle wood. Despite this, the products deserve the highest praise due to their quality.
Important! If you intend to process or decorate the surface with stained wood, then try to prepare the material in advance. It takes more than one year to process a tree.
To obtain such a valuable material, water areas of significant volumes are examined, especially the bottom of reservoirs. At the same time, the work is carried out in very difficult conditions.
How is a tree brought to the surface?
Discoveringtrunk, bog oak raise ashore. In this case, one cannot do without the use of technology, since one tree weighs in the region of 10-20 tons. Before proceeding with the sawing of the material, the wood pulled out of the water at the first stage is evaluated for quality. Sometimes a tree that has been taken out of the water and prepared for processing is completely unsuitable for further work. As soon as the material is sawn, immediately proceed to the manufacture of parquet, furniture, doors or window frames. Untreated stained wood, aged under water for many years, quickly becomes unusable on the surface. Therefore, it must be processed immediately. As you may have noticed, bog oak mining is a labor intensive process.
Scope of material
Even if you have never heard of this material, you can imagine that this type of wood is used in not one, but at least five applications.
Due to the fact that bog oak is quite rare and even more valuable material, it involves manual fine processing.
Most often wood is used to make furniture, souvenirs that are doomed to turn into antiques. It is worth noting that the floor or other types of coatings used in interior design have a long service life.
Can bog oak be produced artificially?
Due to the development of innovation and the movement of technological progress, the change in natural characteristics, properties and indicators of natur altimber is possible. Today, scientists manage to successfully imitate the stained wood color, while maintaining aesthetic and durable characteristics, achieving maximum moisture resistance.
As an option - oak staining at home. This feature is simple and affordable and is ideal for those who want an unusual oak material with silver veins inside.
Stain is useful for this - a special mixture that imitates the color of a natural wood stain.
The product is applied in two stages: the first time on the surface of the tree under a slight slope, drawing strokes across the fibers, the second time along. During work, they use a flat wide brush - a flute, intended for applying stain and simulating imperceptible natural tone transitions. This is the best tool, characterized by softness and at the same time elasticity of the pile. Stains are often used to mimic the "bog oak" shade of laminate flooring.
What is included in wood stain?
Impregnation is made on the basis of three components:
- Water. Water-based formulations absorb better and are more readily absorbed by the wood species. During processing, the wood needs to be dried, which takes more time. The result is a uniform shade that is easy to correct with a sponge. After waiting for the material to dry completely, it is covered with paintwork materials.
- Ethyl alcohol. It lends itself to instant evaporation, therefore it requires high-quality and fast application and caution inactions. Work with such impregnation only in special gloves and a mask. Otherwise, it will not be possible to achieve uniform tinting of the material. Therefore, craftsmen prefer not to work manually, but using special equipment - a spray gun.
- Alkyd. In addition to obtaining wood in the desired shade, alkyd stain allows you to increase the resistance of the material to external negative factors affecting the material. Therefore, varnishing the product can be missed, except for shine.
Remember that home-dyed raw materials are easy to distinguish from natural bog oak. Therefore, artificial material is often used in baths, saunas, swimming pools, and other rooms with high humidity.
Why is stained wood popular?
Even at the time when man had just begun to explore the Earth, the tree took a reliable allied position as the first available material. No matter how the conditions and the development of scientific and technological progress develop, natural wood has always been in demand, and this trend will remain leading for more than one century. Environmentally friendly wood is not only safe, but also gives the room a special charm and comfort.
Given that ordinary wood has become not so interesting in recent years compared to other progressive materials, it's time to collect laurels from bog wood. In terms of strength characteristics, the material resembles a stone due to thewater properties.
The color of bog oak is not the main advantage that makes the material the preferred choice. The aged wood is not afraid of cold, moisture, or pests that destroy hectares of forest. The stained material does not require specific care or additional processing. At the same time, it remains the standard of naturalness, environmental friendliness, purity.
How is it that the result is stained wood?
The whole secret is in tannins, which, as a result of the formation of compounds with iron s alts, are transformed into heavy-duty and durable. Stained oak boards can be called a newly reborn material with unique characteristics.
Interesting! The timber was rafted naturally along major rivers throughout the world. The banks of the rivers were strengthened with oak groves, and when the trunks fell into the water, they remained there for natural processing by the elements of nature. 90% percent have already been recycled, but some of the trees were covered with silt, and have remained under water to this day, acquiring even greater value.
The use of stained wood in construction
Guess why such a house will not be afraid of snow, rain, windy or frosty weather. All thanks to the "school of survival" passed by the wood at the bottom of the bay, polynya, lake, pond or other body of water where it was.
The main advantage of building from stained wood is environmental friendliness. It is difficult to imagine an even more natural material for constructing a residential building. Bog oak siding looks interesting.
One of a kindThe absence of shrinkage during the drying process also makes it an ideal material for construction. The newly built housing is completely ready for operation without risks to human life and he alth.
Stained wood in the interior
To create a unique style often used:
- larch;
- birch;
- oak.
The only requirements for the material used in interior decoration are environmental friendliness and aesthetics, and bog oak products fully fill these requirements. Often in mansions you can find bog oak parquet, which looks unsurpassed.
No fungi or insects are afraid of wooden buildings of this type. Therefore, such a coating does not require additional treatment with protective agents, and this is another plus for the environmental friendliness of the house.
Timber price starts from 12,500 rubles per 1m3. It doesn't matter how much bog oak costs, the main thing is that the material is of high quality.
Production of stained wood furniture
For such purposes, best suited:
- oak;
- larch;
- birch.
Describing furniture made of bog oak, a simple name is appropriate - "exclusive material". The tone and texture of natural wood is unique. The color depth varies from light gray to black-blue tones, from pale pink to amber shades.
Interesting! Masters compare the pattern of slices of bog oak with a mapthe starry sky - the same unimaginably beautiful picture.
Unmistakably such furniture is an unobtrusive, but pronounced sign of the taste and specific level of well-being of the owner of the house.
Production of stained wood products
Products made from natural wood species that have undergone centuries-old natural processing are widespread on the market. Bogwood is produced from:
- stairs of any shape;
- windows "bog oak" (shade);
- window sills;
- furniture panels;
- floor covering;
- wall panels;
- tinted bog oak doors;
- siding and other materials for outdoor construction and home improvement.
Stained wood is an interesting solution for creating a Scandinavian-style room.
It's nice to look at the interior when there is something unusual in it. Bog wood is the element that fully meets the needs of the designer, creating new and new things to improve human comfort.
