Tanalised Timber

Tanalised timber.

TANALISED, is timber which has been impregnated with TANALITH (a combination of copper and organic biocide) wood preservative. See VAC-VAC.

Timber treated in the same pressurised chambers as for the Vac-Vac process

and is more associated with sawn timber and coloured green or brown.

Generally used for external works such as fencing, sheds, posts and cladding.

 


Tannic Acid in Wood

Tannic Acid

Tannins in wood is held in the the sap and or residue and is activate during the timber drying process, when the moisture carries the Tannis onto the timber surface. The staining is shown byway of a yellowish, dark grey or blueish colour.  As this residual staining will bleed through an applied paint coating special primers have to used.

 


Tape Test

A method of checking the adhesion of paint coatings.


Tensile Strength

Resistance of a coating remaining in a continuous film to breaking under stress.


Terebine

Drier for alky paints originally based on linseed oil/solvent/metallic salts.


Thinners

Volatile liquids which are used to adjust the viscosity of coatings, (see Solvent).


Thixotropic

False body gels which break down when agitated by re-structure on standing.


Tinsley Gauge

 

 

 

Pencil-like magnetic gauge used to measure the dry paint film thickness applied to steel/iron.


Tinting

The final adjustment to achieve the correct colour by the addition of tinter colourant


Tip Size

The size of an airless spray tip.