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  2. Gunnar Asgeir Sadolin - Wikipedia

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    In 1907, he established a small business, Gunnar A. Sadolins Farvefabrik (paint factory), with funding from his brothers Frode Sadolin and Jørgen Theophilus Sadolin and the physician Olav Høgsbro, who each invested DKK 100 in the venture. The production took place in a single room in Fasangården with Sadolin's fiancé and later wife as the ...

  3. Wood stain - Wikipedia

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    Wood stain is a type of paint used to colour wood comprising colourants dissolved and/or suspended in a vehicle or solvent. Pigments and/or dyes are largely used as colourants in most stains. The initial application of any paint or varnish is absorbed into the substrate similarly to stains, but the binder from a stain resides mainly below the ...

  4. Sunless tanning - Wikipedia

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    Note that the "color additive" dihydroxyacetone is itself colorless.) [65] Air brush tanning is a spray on tan performed by a professional. An air brush tan can last five to ten days and will fade when the skin is washed. It is used for special occasions or to get a quick dark tan. At-home airbrush tanning kits and aerosol mists are also available.

  5. Falu red - Wikipedia

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    As falu red ages the binder deteriorates, leaving the color granules loose, but restoration is easy since simply brushing the surface is sufficient before repainting. [ 2 ] The actual color may be different depending on the degree to which the oxide is burnt, ranging from almost black to a bright, light red.

  6. Black and Tan Gun - Wikipedia

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    The song describes an Irish Republican Army volunteer who fights in the Irish War of Independence in a skirmish near Bantry, being killed in combat by a member of the Black and Tans (the additional men recruited into the Royal Irish Constabulary in 1920–21, named for their uniforms, which mixed police black with military khaki).

  7. Varnish - Wikipedia

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    Lacquer is typically sprayed on, within a spray booth that evacuates overspray and minimizes the risk of combustion. The rule of thumb is that a clear wood finish formulated to be sprayed is a lacquer, but if it is formulated to be brushed on then it is a varnish. Thus, by far most pieces of wooden furniture are lacquered. [citation needed]

  8. Wood stabilization - Wikipedia

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    Wood stabilization is a series of processes which use pressure and/or vacuum to impregnate wood cellular structure with certain monomers, acrylics, phenolics or other resins [1] to improve dimensional stability, biological durability, hardness, and other material properties. [2]

  9. Tanning (leather) - Wikipedia

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    Tanning, or hide tanning, is the process of treating skins and hides of animals to produce leather. A tannery is the place where the skins are processed. Historically, vegetable based tanning used tannin, an acidic chemical compound derived from the bark of certain trees, in the production of leather. An alternative method, developed in the ...