FFI 116 May 2021

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Pre-colouring

OLD FORMULAS AND TECHNICAL RENEWAL PRE-COLOURING CREATES A WOODEN FLOOR WHICH IS ‘THAT LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT’

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Everyone seems to be talking about pre-colouring these days, but what is it exactly? We skimmed the market with that question to look for more information. Initially, the Internet provided little guidance, but thankfully we got some help from producer Blanchon, which provided answers to a number of pressing questions.

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A definition In answer to the question as to what pre-colouring is exactly, we heard loudly and clearly that it is the operation which brings about a shade, colour, patina, or an effect. This pre-colouring can be applied to both basically sanded parquet and, on the other hand, parquet which has been ‘prepared’. That ‘preparation’ includes, for instance, the creation of scratches. All that is designed to imitate the look of old parquet to

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