Finish vs Chatoyance

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

Finishing Maple:
Finishing Maple – PZC Chatometry

Finishing Curly Maple – PZC Chatometry


Finishing Okoume:
Finishing Okoume – PZC Chatometry

Epoxy on different wood species:
Epoxy resin – PZC Chatometry

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

https://www.chatometry.com/surface-p...n-curly-maple/

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

Paolo

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.

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...

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Originally Posted by 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.

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Red Oil - Constantia Organic Finishes

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Originally Posted by double.d

Red Oil - Constantia Organic Finishes

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