Woodworking

In woodworking Ethylene copolymer based hot-melts are widely used in applications such as edge banding and veneering In furniture manufacture, reconstituted and laminated wood can be given the appearance of noble wood using films (typically, PVC which can imitate the grain of the wood or colored for decorative purposes), or by rolling out a thin wood veneer onto boards. Hot melts for woodworking applications need a very high "hot-tack" to maintain the PVC edge under high stress immediately after application. A good wettability of both wood and PVC is required to achieve immediate quality requirements and long term ageing performances. For some applications requiring very high heat and moisture resistance reactive hot-melts are used but the EVA and Ethylene / acrylic ester copolymers products are suitable for a large number of applications in the furniture industry. Hot-melts for woodworking applications can be highly filled and are applied at higher temperatures than packaging or bookbinding hot-melts in order to increase the "hot tack" by a "viscosity effect".