The painting of wood consists in applying a product, the stain, which penetrates the surface, enhancing its particular characteristics such as the pore or grain.
Wood staining is carried out to enhance common types of solid wood or veneer to make them resemble more valuable wood, to improve the uniformity of the veneer, and to vary the natural colour of the wood.

ILVA Polimeri offers a complete range of colours and bases and their relative vehicles and thinners which, mixed together, make it possible to reproduce a large number of shades in all color ranges:

Spray or roller application stains to be diluted either with water or solvent
Stains which can be diluted with water or solvent are made up of finely-powdered, soluble dyes and/or pigments which make it possible to obtain high transparency, uniformity of colour and high resistance to light, enhancing the wood grain.

Concentrated stains
Concentrated stains are used in painting transparent varnishes of the nitro-cellulose and polyurethane types. They possess excellent colouring capacity and give transparency and brilliance to the wood. The colours used are characterised by good resistance to light, even if not specifically suited for exposure to the sun.

Roller application tints
Tints produced with special powdered organic pigments which provide excellent stability to light. They are to be applied by roller to flat surfaces and possess excellent uniformity characteristics.

Antiquing
Colour paints to be applied by means of steel wool to obtain an antiquing or decapè effect. The difference between them is the greater or lesser ease with which they can be removed, which indicates whether they are suitable for manual steel wool application or by means of Scotch-Brite.

Uniform glaze tints
Tints with which it is possible to obtain a decorative and uniform effect typical in the reproduction of antique furniture.

Positive effect tints
Tints with a water-soluble base for painting conifer wood (pine and fir); they possess good resistance to light and excellent resistance to water. They are available in the wax version, where the final brushing operation gives the wood a particular mellowness, and in the superimposed version suitable for industrial cycles and with greater chemical resistance.

Water-based tints applied by dipping
Water-soluble tints mainly used for painting chairs and various shaped articles; they give excellent colour uniformity without leaving marks.