Determination of the artificial aging performance of the apricot wood applied with UV system parquet varnish used indoors

Abundantly grown for apricot tree fruit. Apricot wood is used for different purposes. The aim of this study is to determine the performance of the ultraviolet (UV) system parquet varnished layers against artificial aging applied to apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) wood. For this purpose, UV system parquet varnish was applied on apricot wood surfaces in 3 and 5 layers in accordance with industrial applications. The materials obtained were exposed for 252 and 504 h in an accelerated aging device with UVA-340 lamp. After aging, lightness (L*), red (a*) color tone, yellow (b*) color tone, perpendicular (⊥) and parallel (//) glossiness values to the fibers at 20o, 60o and 85o, adhesion resistance and pendulum hardness (könig method) tests were determined. According to the results of the research, variance analysis was obtained significantly for all tests. After aging, for both varnish applications, all glossiness values, yellow color tone and lightness values decreased, while red color tone values increased. While the hardness decreased in the 3-layer application, the adhesion resistance was increased, and the 5-layer application gave an opposite result.