This document provides information on Ermine Wood Coatings produced by Sansui Paints. It begins with an overview of the company's standard industrial wood finish product range and notes customized options are available. Later, it focuses on Ermine, a natural finish coating that enhances wood grain while protecting from heat, water and climate. Ermine Liau is introduced as a water-borne coating for exterior wood furniture that is environmentally-friendly and offers advantages over solvent-borne products like fungicides and ease of use. The document concludes by listing Sansui Paints' wood coating product lines including waterborne lacquers, polyurethane coatings, and stains.

1. Sansui Paints
Ermine Wood Coatings.
Product Catalogue for Industrial Wood Finishes.

2. “Ermine Wood
Coatings.”
Wood Coatings
This catalogue provides a brief overview of Ermine Wood Coatings’ standard
product range for the Industrial Wood Finishes. A wide range of customised
materials for specialist applications is also available.
Introduction
One of the most difficult woodworking tasks for
beginners is finishing. There is a bewildering array
of finishing products available to woodworkers
today but comparative product information is
hard to come by. All finishes have certain
strengths and weakness when compared to
each other...
This article is an attempt to provide you with a
few easy finishing procedures to follow and to
explain the differences between types of
finishes. Instead of an all-encompassing review,
these procedures are written expressly for
woodworks with little experience at finishing. By
following these simple steps, one should be able
to achieve a very nice finish on almost any
woodworking project.
General Advice:
The first procedure of a good finish starts with
surface preparation. Sand, scrape, or plane the
surface until the surface is free of defects and
uniform. The amount of sanding and the grit of
sandpaper used can have a significant impact
upon the way "stain" will appear on a wood
surface. The wood surface should be evenly
sanded to a 150 or 220 grit uniform surface. Take
care to remove all glue marks and scratches,
common stains will highlight these defects. If you
have not done much staining you should
experiment before applying any stain to your
project. When applying several coats of a film
type finish, it is best to apply the gloss version of
the product as a base even when a satin sheen is
desired as the end product. The satin sheen
products contain particles in them to detract light.
Many layers of these detractors may make a finish
look muddy compared to a finish built up with
clearer products.
When sanding the finish between coats,
sandpaper is used to remove any large
irregularities and to make the finish level. Scotch
pads or synthetic steel wool is used afterwards to
more uniformly abrade the surface and obscure
any scratches made by the sandpaper and to
provide a better surface for the following finish
layer. As the finish is built up into a more level
surface, the grit number of the abrasives used
between coats is increased. Do not apply any
stains or finishes in direct sunlight. If the finish has
not dried thoroughly it will ball up or make "corns"
on the sandpaper. If this is the case, allow the
finish to dry more, continuing to sand and
applying more finish on top may degrade the
overall finish quality. One technique always use is
to make a sample board out of cutoffs from the
project. With this sample piece you can test
different stains and finishes to see how the project
will appear when complete. It is also used to test
any finishing technique deviations before
applying them to the project. Be sure to read and
follow the safety precautions listed on the product
container.

3. Ermine Wood Coatings,
Information and product details.
Presenting Ermine Wood Coatings.
ERMINE:
Ermine is a Natural Finish wood coating used for
decorative and protective means of wood, it gives
wooden surface a rich and a natural appeal,
enhancing the wood grain patterns and protects it
from heat, water, climatic changes, etc. It has
excellent resistance to stain of oil and hot food
beverages At Sansui, we enhance the natural
beauty of wood even as we sheath it with classy,
protective polish, and Sansui wood coating
enhances aesthetic appeal and provides surface
protection
That improves the durability of your furniture. Sansui
Coats cater to the specific needs of a range of
wood products, keeping in mind the varied
susceptibilities of wood. We introduce our range of
wood coatings – ERMINE
Water-borne Coating for Wooden Exterior
Furniture
Tightening environmental legislation means that
the wood industry needs more environmentally
friendly products, which ensures that water-borne
products in particular will become increasingly
popular in the wood industry. Traditionally, exterior
wood coatings have been solvent-borne
products, but Sansui has developed a new water-
borne product- Ermine Liau, which offers many
advantages over older solvent-borne product,
Ermine Liau is a fast drying, waterborne wood
coating that penetrates deeply into the wood; it
contains highly efficient fungicides and ant mould
agents, which prevent the growth of mould and
blue stain. Coating also has very good water-
repellent properties that reduce cracking in the
wood. Ermine Liau can be tinted with variety of
wood stains.
As a water-borne product, Ermine Liau is
environmentally friendly and easy to use. During
application and drying the smell of the product is
only slight and the solvent emissions are very low
compared to solvent-borne products.
Recommended uses all the principal wood types
- pine, maple, oak, etc Application methods
Ermine Liau can be applied by spraying, dipping
and flow coating or with a hand wiping, , and the
application process is very simple. Normal wet film
thickness, without thinning, is approx. 80-120 g/m²
and the drying time at room temperature is from
10 to 60 min., depending of colour,
Temperature and ventilation. The coating can
be used as a primer and as a top layer; a separate
impregnation agent is not required. Good external
durability is achieved by using 2- or 3-layer systems.
For example, on exterior walls 2 layers are
sufficient. Note: It is also very important to paint the
ends of wooden panels to prevent water
penetration through the open pores in the wood.
The lifetime of these systems is normally 2-5 years,
depending on weather conditions, e.g. sunshine,
temperature and rain. A major benefit of Ermine
Liau is that it is fast drying compared with
conventional painting systems.
Application by dipping or flow coating is easy and
production efficiency is very high. Ermine Liau can
also be polished with a soft cloth or other soft
media. Polished surfaces are silkier and feel
smoother on contact, which is an advantage for
garden furniture, for instance.
Maintenance: Repainting with Ermine Liau is very
easy. Deteriorating, dirty surfaces can be washed
or sand using 80-100 grit papers, followed by 150-
180 grit paper. Then thoroughly rinsed with water.
Loose material must be removed with a scraper or
sand paper. To improve adhesion, the area should
be lightly sanded and the sanding dust removed.
The surface can be repainted with l or 2 evenly

4. Ermine Wood
Coating
Products :
Waterborne Lacquers High Performance:
A market-leading range of high performance waterborne lacquers ideally suited to spray
application offering excellent clarity and build. This range is fast drying, sprays beautifully
and sands easily. It satisfy to FIRA 6250 for horizontal surfaces (Excluding kitchen worktops)
in heavy severe use and BS 6222, part 3 – Domestic kitchen equipment finish
performance, other surfaces. Formulated on an internally cross linking aqueous polymer
system and recommended for use as a coat on coat system.
1K / 2K PU Lacquers :
Clear Acrylic Polyurethane Lacquers a fast curing non-yellowing lacquer with excellent
durability. Suitable for coat-on-coat application or over polyurethane painted finishes.
Catalysed at 2:1 this lacquer has a usable pot life of 3 hours at 20°C.An outstanding
properties to, abrasion, heat, chemical attack and water ingress. Suitable for application
coat-on-coat or over polyurethane sealer
ONE-MINUTE SERIES:
As the name suggests, this series offers incredible drying speeds, with a one pack, and
alternatively two pack water based polyurethane solution. It facilitates easy use, through
its good, non clogging sand ability. The One Minute Series is ideal for harsh conditions,
and offers excellent resistance against UV emissions, humidity, and generally wet ambient
conditions. Apart of the above features One Minutes Series has excellent chemical
resistance properties.
* We recommended air-fed asks when spraying any polyurethane products.
Polyurethane Wood Coatings
Epoxy Gel Coat Lamination
STAINS :

5. Sansui Paints
Block J, Unit 108, Ansa Industrial Estate, Sakivihar Road,
Sakinaka, MUMBAI – 400 072. INDIA.
Tel: +91 22 2847 45 45. Fax: +91 22 2847 4343.
Email : info@sansuipaints.com
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