wood finishes magazine
Don't be intimidated by the finishing process. we'll guide you to the right finish for your project—polyurethane, lacquer, shellac, and more—and show you how to get picture-perfect, repeatable results.. The u.s. department of agriculture, forest products laboratory has published the ratings for what is known as finish moisture-excluding effectiveness (mee) for some of the more common finishes used on wood. mee of a finish is a measure of its resistance to diffusion of water vapor (that is, a measure of the permeability of a coating to water. All wood finishes can be classified as one of two distinctly different types, based on how they dry, or cure. evaporative finishes–such as lacquer, shellac and many water-based finishes–dry to a hard film as the solvents evaporate. (water is not a solvent — it’s a carrier for the finish emulsion.).
