Ann VanDyk

Toronto’s Grange Park playground won the 2017 Wood Design & Building Award hosted by Wood Design & Building magazine.  The Wood Design & Building Awards is the only program to award excellence in architecture in which wood plays a significant role.

The art-themed destination playground, jointly owned by the Art Gallery of Ontario and the City of Ontario, mimics an artist’s bustling studio with climbable, larger than life art tools (a paint can, paint tube, charcoal pencils and painter’s palette). Wood was chosen to allow customization/creativity, invite touch, and replicate the experience of play in the natural world.

Sansin: Provided Sansin DEC, which was selected for its performance, environmentally friendly benefits, and for its ease of use, and maintenance.

Other contributors include:

PFS Studio – Prime Consultant & Lead Designer (Park and Playground)
Art Gallery of Ontario – Owner/Developer
Earthscape – Playground Design & Build
thincdesign – Local Landscape Architect
Ninth Street Photography – Photographer

The Sansin Corporation, a global leader in environmentally friendly, high-performance wood protection, announced a one-coat “Class A” fire retardant coating for interior wood including SPF plywood, Oriented Strand Board, wood trusses, glue laminated/cross laminated timbers (Glulam/CLT), construction studs and many assemblies where improved fire resistance is required.

As the popularity of wood as a building material continues to grow – for residential, multi-story building projects and mass timber buildings – architects and contractors have been wanting a wood coating that offers Class A fire protection, as well as showcasing the beauty of wood.

Sansin has introduced two products to meet market needs:

• FireStop97 is a decorative, self-priming paint for wood substrates, available in white, pastel and light-colored wood tones. FireStop97 meets Class A flame spread ratings in just one coat and is fast drying, ultra-low VOC, durable and can be easily topcoated.
• FireStop99 is a low-VOC, two-coat application with excellent adhesion. FireStop99 comes in clear or custom tinted tones for interior wood surfaces.

Both FireStop products intumesce (expand its film thickness) in the presence of heat or flame, creating a thick charred, heat-insulating foam layer. This action prevents oxygen from reaching the combustible coated materials (the “fuel”) and diluting combustible gases if released by the fuel. FireStop confirms to ASTM E84 and Canadian Standard CAN/ULC S-102-M88.

FireStop products are available through Sansin independent retailers carrying its industrial products and pre-finishing/machine-coating businesses.

“Wood has inherent fire protective properties through natural charring, but Sansin’s FireStop97 and FireStop99 provide heightened resistance,” says Sjoerd Bos, Managing Director at Sansin. “Sansin developed these products to meet the growing needs of architects and developers designing and planning mass timber buildings with safety, resilience and beauty in mind.”

To learn more about FireStop97 and FireStop99 visit www.sansin.com.

About Sansin
For over 30 years, Sansin has been the only wood protection company focused exclusively on researching and developing environmentally-friendly, water-borne interior and exterior wood products and technologies that deliver outstanding color, durability and performance without the toxicity found in conventional stains. Sansin Enviro Stains use water, not oil, to deeply penetrate and protect wood naturally, from within. Headquartered in Ontario, Canada, Sansin has dealer locations Canada, the U.S. and parts of Europe. To learn more about The Sansin Corporation, or how to become a Sansin preferred dealer, visit www.sansin.com.

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Sansin’s new Resolution two-part wood finishing system has been named to the Top 100 Best New Building Products list by This Old House. 

Formulated to be tougher, more beautiful and longer-lasting than varnish, Resolution can be used on furniture, doors and other marine and land-based applications where UV resistance and moisture protection are a must. This exciting system delivers brilliant clarity combined with chemical, scratch and water resistance, all in in a low-VOC, easy-to-apply gloss of satin finish.

Learn more about Resolution and why it is a Top 100 product.

Sansin Announces Resolution: High Performing, Wood Finishing System

The Sansin Corporation, a global leader in environmentally friendly wood protection, announced the launch of its Resolution two-part wood finishing system. Designed to be tougher, more beautiful and longer-lasting than varnish, it can be used on furniture, doors and other marine and land-based applications where UV resistance and moisture protection are a must.

“This is an exciting product.  The Resolution system delivers brilliant clarity combined with chemical, scratch and water resistance – all in a low-VOC, easy to apply gloss or satin finish,”  said Sjoerd Bos, Managing Director at Sansin.

Resolution I is the first step in the two-part, environmentally-friendly NGR (Non-Grain Raising) high performance wood finish system. As the primer step in the Resolution finishing system, Resolution I may also be used as standalone protection for wood interiors. Resolution I is a high solids finish that penetrates and fills wood grain with deep UV and moisture protection.

Resolution II is the second step in the system, offering a crystal-clear low-VOC finish available in gloss or satin formulas.

About Sansin
For over 25 years, Sansin has been the only wood protection company focused exclusively on researching, developing, and introducing environmentally-friendly, ‘water-borne’ interior and exterior wood products and technologies that deliver outstanding color, durability and performance without the toxicity found in conventional stains. Sansin Enviro Stains use water, not oil, to deeply penetrate and protect wood naturally, from within. Headquartered in Ontario, Canada, Sansin has dealer locations across Canada and in the U.S. To learn more about The Sansin Corporation, or how to become a Sansin preferred dealer, visit www.sansin.com.

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