Influence of a dipping preservative treatment on the performance of wood finished with waterborne coatings

IRG/WP 98-40121

M De Meijer, J Creemers, W Cobben, P Ahola

Within a larger European research project on the performance of joinery finished with waterborne coatings, the influence of a water based dipping preservative treatment was studied in several ways. Six different waterborne coatings were tested with and without a preservative underneath the coating. The performance was tested on pine sapwood and spruce panels in a 2-year outdoor weathering trial on two different sites in Europe. The panels were evaluated visually with respect to cracking, flaking, surface mould growth and development of blue stain underneath the coating. In several cases the preservative treatment improved the performance of the coating, not only with respect to biological deterioration but also for cracking and flaking of the paint. A limited number of coatings were also tested on L-joints according to the EN-330 and of national dutch design. The EN-330 L-joints appeared to be a more challenging substrate compared to the national type, which had a glued connection between tenon and mortise. The influence of the preservative on the moisture content of the wood was evaluated by monthly weighing of the samples exposed outdoors and by laboratory measurements of the coating permeability. At least in laboratory trials the dipping treatment caused a slight reduction of the water permeability. This is most likely the result of the polymeric binder material present in the preservative. The presence of polymeric material underneath the coating was also confirmed in a microscopic evaluation of the distribution of the dipping preservative. The preservative was not equally distributed in the wood, but showed a clear preference for the ray-tissue.


Keywords: WATERBORNE COATINGS; DIPPING TREATMENT; WEATHERING RESISTANCE; MOISTURE PERMEABILITY; COATING PENETRATION; COATING PERFORMANCE

Conference: 98-06-14/19 Maastricht, The Low Countries


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