Check reduction in red oak (Quercus spp.) lumber using diffusion resistant coatings

Approximately five percent of the volume of red oak lumber which is harvested for use in the furniture and flooring industries in the United States is unusable due to surface checking. This thesis investigated the possibility of reducing surface checking by controlling the lumber boundary conditions. Boundary control was accomplished by applying a coating directly to the lumber surfaces.· The investigation included development of a computerized simulation to model drying behavior, testing a number of coatings to determine moisture loss resistance and evaluation of a coating using full-sized lumber tests. The results indicate a coating can be a viable method of reducing surface checking under severe drying conditions.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S.

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Forest Products

Department dc:contributor.department

Forest Products

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Year dc:date.issued

1985

Author dc:creator

• Rice, Robert W.

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10919/106056

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/106056