is automatically providing variable amounts of glazing on a wood surface to highlight the grain pattern of the wood application_number US 93882578 A description one of the steps in the conventional finishing of furniture is the application of a glaze glaze is normally a dark relatively viscous coating that is applied by spraying and then removed by hand wiping during removal a trained finisher will be sure to leave a certain amount of glaze on areas of the surface while wiping other areas relatively clean this is done to highlight the natural grain pattern of the wood employed in real wood veneers each surface is unique and therefore the glaze pattern is unique this is why this aspect of furniture finishing has resisted automation and even though it is costly it is still done by hand when embossing grain details or other visual details on a fiberboard surface the areas to be highlighted remain constant from one surface to another by including certain surface effects in the embossing plate it is possible to provide for an automatic glazing effect the surface effects are provided to the embossing plate by roughening selected areas of the embossing plate so that they thus provide pockets or depressions in corresponding areas of the fiberboard surface now the glazing will tend to remain the.