Finish vs Chatoyance

[chatometry]

Hi everyone
This is Paolo, from the PZC Chatometry – A standard system to measure wood chatoyance (http://www.chatometry.com) team... just to share some results we are collecting with our chatoyance measurements with different finishes.

Finishing Maple:
Finishing Maple – PZC Chatometry (https://www.chatometry.com/finishing-maple/)

Finishing Curly Maple – PZC Chatometry (https://www.chatometry.com/finishing-curly-maple/)


Finishing Okoume:
Finishing Okoume – PZC Chatometry (https://www.chatometry.com/finishing-okoume/)

Epoxy on different wood species:
Epoxy resin – PZC Chatometry (https://www.chatometry.com/epoxy-resin/)

Sanding vs raw veneer:
https://www.chatometry.com/case-studies/raw-veneer-vs-fine-sanded/

https://www.chatometry.com/surface-preparation-on-curly-maple/

I hope this info can be useful to the community.
Any suggestions for further testing are warmly welcome.

Paolo

[BobL]

Thanks for all the info on chatoyance
I'd like to know more about the "blonde" and "Red" oils you refer to in your testing.

[chatometry]

These are local brand oils, with a relatively low cost. However, their packaging provides no information at all about their content. The "blonde" oil does not alter colour, while the "red" oil leaves a reddish hue.
I believe that the red hue is responsible for the higher visible chatoyance, and any other dye would work as well...

[double.d]

Thanks for all the info on chatoyance
I'd like to know more about the "blonde" and "Red" oils you refer to in your testing.

Red Oil - Constantia Organic Finishes (https://constantia.com.au/product/red-oil/)

[chatometry]

Red Oil - Constantia Organic Finishes (https://constantia.com.au/product/red-oil/)

I don't know, mine was a very cheap oil (~5$/L) from a general housebuilding store, not specialized quality wood stuff...