Sandblasting is a surface treatment technique in which the final result is the removal of material from the surface. We processed radial and tangential patterns of the selected wood species of four conifers and thirteen deciduous trees in a sandblasting chamber. Based on the preliminary experiment, we chose white corundum with a grain size of 425-500 μm as the abrasive. We observed the processed sample profiles at the macroscopic – ocular and microscopic level using SEM. We measured the roughness of the profiles on an electron microscope and compared it with the previously measured hardness of early and late wood of the wood species in question. We determined the loss of thickness and mass for samples before and after the treatment process. We also defined the suitability of the selected wood species for artificial ageing using the sandblasting process. Selected coniferous species showed better effects than the deciduous species. Diffuse porous hardwoods proved to be less suitable than ring-porous hardwoods, although the latter were also partially suitable. We treated the test subjects with a solution of ferrous (II) sulphate to fully simulate the ageing of wood. The greying of the surfaces gives the wood an aged appearance, and in the case of more successful species, a completely worn-out appearance.
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