Unfinished Wood: You Can Feel the Grain

A set of wood surfaces treated only with oil and wax. The wood has no film coating, only treated with penetrating plant oil and wax, so what the hand touches is the wood itself, not a coating; the surface is completely matte, almost non-reflective, and the grain height and pore depressions can be felt with fingertips. The natural knots, color variations, and subtle cracks of the wood are all preserved. Because there is no film coating protection, ring marks from water cups and light white marks from hot cups will appear on the tabletop, but these can be lightened by re-oiling. The tabletop in the picture has several overlapping water rings and a few scratches. The wood color is a warm medium brown. Avoid: using high-gloss and semi-gloss finishes, filling knots and cracks, eliminating water stains and scratches, or dyeing the wood dark to cover the texture.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組只上油蠟的木質表面。木材沒有任何漆膜,只以滲透性的植物油與蠟處理,因此手摸到的是木材本身而不是塗層;表面是完全的啞光,幾乎不反光,可以用指尖摸出木紋的高低與導管的凹陷。木材的天然節疤、色差與細微的裂紋全部保留。因為沒有漆膜保護,檯面上會出現水杯的環狀痕跡與熱杯留下的淺白印,但這些可以靠重新上油淡化。畫面中的桌面有數個交疊的水漬圈與幾道刮痕。木色是溫暖的中褐。避免:使用高光與半光的漆面、填補節疤與裂紋、消除水漬與刮痕、把木色染深遮蓋紋理。