Chang, C.-W.; Lee, H.-L.; Lu, K.-T. Manufacture and Characteristics of Oil-Modified Refined Lacquer for Wood Coatings. Coatings2019, 9, 11.
Chang, C.-W.; Lee, H.-L.; Lu, K.-T. Manufacture and Characteristics of Oil-Modified Refined Lacquer for Wood Coatings. Coatings 2019, 9, 11.
Chang, C.-W.; Lee, H.-L.; Lu, K.-T. Manufacture and Characteristics of Oil-Modified Refined Lacquer for Wood Coatings. Coatings2019, 9, 11.
Chang, C.-W.; Lee, H.-L.; Lu, K.-T. Manufacture and Characteristics of Oil-Modified Refined Lacquer for Wood Coatings. Coatings 2019, 9, 11.
Abstract
Oriental lacquer, a natural and renewable polymeric coating, comes from the sap produced by lacquer trees. For practical application, oriental lacquer must be refined to reduce excess water and enhance its quality. In this study, drying oils were blended with oriental lacquer during the refining process to prepare an oil-modified refined lacquer (OMRL). The type and adding amount (0, 10, and 20% by wt.) of drying oils for wood coatings utilization were evaluated. Rhus succedanea oriental lacquer is composed of 54.1% urushiols, 34.3% water, 7.2% plant gum, and 4.4% nitrogenous compounds, and drying oils, including tung oil (TO), linseed oil (LO), and dehydrated castor oil (DCO) were used as materials in this study. The results show that the drying oil acts as a diluent, which reduces the viscosity and enhances the workability and could shorten the touch-free drying time and speed up the hardened drying of the OMRL. The results also indicate that the hardness, mass retention, Tg, tensile strength, abrasion resistance, and lightfastness of OMRL films decrease as more drying oils are blended. Conversely, the bending resistance, elongation at break, impact resistance increase, and particularly, the gloss, is greatly improved through the blending of more drying oils. In conclusion, the LO-modified refined lacquer (RL) has the highest film gloss and the DCO-modified RL has the shortest drying time for coating; otherwise, the film properties are similar among the three types of drying oil.
Chemistry and Materials Science, Surfaces, Coatings and Films
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