Understanding the influence of wood as a substrate on the permeability of coatings by NMR imaging and wet-cup

•Water transport appeared to be externally (i.e. coating) limited for all studied wood-coating combinations.•The loss of bound water starts only after vanishing of free water, which shows a local thermodynamic equilibrium.•The interaction of the coating with the wood has no influence on the permeabi...

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