Step panel for furniture finishing

When we make step panel we need to consider to the condition and facilities that is available in the finishing room. We need to ensure that the finishing step in the step panel is really applicable in the production. The substrate for the panel should be the same with the substrate that will use for the furniture product. How to prepare the step panel such as the sanding, the distress, is also need to follow the production. For furniture product with certain forms such as carvings, arches, profiles or veneer with a special arrangement, the step panel needs to represent the forms of furniture product. The step panel also should be completed with the explanation of the material used, how the application techniques and other technical data such as the viscosity of the finishing materials, the drying time of each process, and other necessary information to do the process.

In the furniture factories which are produce furniture in big quantities (mass production) the step panel is very important. There will no finishing process start before the step panel has been approved. For small-scale production step panel is still necessary because this panel is a guide on how to do a finishing process to produce the color and appearance of the desired finish. Step panel is a document that can be seen and review if necessary when there is a finishing problems. Step panel can also be stored as a document of a finish when later we need to make finishing with the same color and appearance.

Step panel is a color panel that shows all the necessary finishing processes to achieve certain desired finish. Color panel is a model finishing color and looked for furniture product. How to get the color is shown and explained by the step in step panel. Step panel is a kind of pilot run for the finishing process. Since that the step panel must clearly show the color and appearance of the desired finishing and also how the finishing steps to get that finishing appearance and color. Before the finishing process on furniture product is started, the step panel for that finished should be made first. Although it seems that to make a step panel is an extra job, but actually it will make finishing job easier. After the step panel is made, then the finishing process for the product just needs to follow the step finishing that shown in the step panel.