Effects of NaOH/H2O2/Na2SiO3 Bleaching Pretreatment Method on Wood Dyeing Properties

Bleaching is a common modification method widely used in the industrialization of wood dyeing. Bleaching can regulate the color of the wood, and it also has great effects on the subsequent wood dyeing properties. In this work, three woods, Ayous, Linden, and Poplar, were processed by using the NaOH/H2O2/Na2SiO3 bleach pretreatment method. Then, the pretreated wood and untreated wood were stained separately by means of water bath dyeing with three dyestuffs: blue anthraquinone and red and yellow double-azo dyestuffs. The study mainly focused on the effect of the bleach pretreatment on the color control and dyeing properties of the wood by analyzing the color difference, staining rate, and final dyeing rate of the dyed wood. The results were as follows: For the color difference, the L* and h* values showed increasing tends, while the a*, b*, and c* values showed decreasing trends. For the staining rate, Ayous reached an equilibrium staining rate at 3~4 h, but for the others, this was not obvious. For the dyeing rate, red and blue Linden veneers and blue Ayous veneers were similar to the unbleached ones, while the final dyeing rate of the other veneers was less than that of the original wood, and the staining rate of the Ayous red and yellow veneer, Linden yellow veneer, and Poplar veneer was less than that of the original wood. The final dyeing rate of the Ayous red and yellow veneers, Linden yellow veneer, and Poplar red, yellow and blue veneers decreased by 4.54%, 2.91%, 5.45%, 10.75%, 2.66%, and 9.55%, respectively. In general, the bleach pretreatment made the staining color of the material surface uniform. The dyeing rate increased due to the increase of the veneers’ permeability. Thus, the veneers quickly reached the equilibrium staining rate, but the equilibrium staining rate of some test pieces decreased. This work provides scientific support for the dyeing process.