April 03,2024
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Office furniture is made of various materials through a series of technological processes, and materials are the material basis of furniture. Therefore, in addition to the basic requirements of function, aesthetics and craftsmanship, furniture design is also closely related to materials.
How to distinguish the authenticity of furniture
1. The presence or absence of core material is an important watershed for the quality of solid wood custom furniture wood
Generally speaking, tree species that do not grow core materials are not much better, and at best they can only be used as middle and low-grade furniture wood. For example, fir, cypress, elm, most pine, and many tree species in the lauraceae zhennan do not grow core materials.
Although there are some good materials in the wood that does not grow heartwood, most of the wood that does not grow heartwood can only be used as firewood or raw materials for making synthetic wood.
All high-grade wood and high-quality wood come from trees with long core materials, and their genuine products only refer to their core materials, not including the sapwood of this tree species, nor does it include the tender materials of this tree species that have not yet formed core materials. Inside.
2. The general classification of solid wood custom furniture wood
Solid wood custom furniture wood is roughly divided into grades according to the purpose, from high to low, it is divided into high-grade handicraft wood, high-grade furniture wood, high-quality furniture wood, ordinary medium furniture wood, middle and low furniture wood, and firewood. In different regions, there can be crossover between two adjacent grades of wood.
3. The color difference between the core material and sapwood of solid wood custom furniture
This is a simple and effective way to identify the quality of solid wood custom furniture wood: the greater the color difference between the core material and the sapwood, the better the core material.
Almost all hardwoods have a very dark core and very light sapwood. Some pine will also grow core material, but the color difference between the core material and the sapwood is very small, so pine rarely has high-quality wood.
4. The hardness and specific gravity of solid wood custom furniture wood
There is no doubt that the harder the wood for solid wood furniture, the better. Of course, it would be even better if the wood has both high hardness and high flexibility, such as golden teak, Yunnan runnan, oak, walnut, etc., and the best of them is huanghuali wood.
The technical term for the specific gravity of wood is called air-dry density, which refers to the number of grams per cubic centimeter (g/cm3) when the moisture content of wood is about 12%. Of course, the higher the index, the better. That is to say, most of the things that feel heavy in the hand are good wood.
5. Is the core material of solid wood custom furniture grown naturally?
This is a seemingly insignificant factor, but in fact it is very important. All trees that need to grow core materials must reach a certain growth age before their light-colored sapwood begins to gradually transform into core materials.
This transformation process will last for many years, and it is also the process of the core material growing old naturally, and the color of the core material will gradually become darker. Generally, the proportion of the core material in the cross-section of the wood is more than 95%, which is used to judge whether the core material grows naturally.
6. The basic characteristics of advanced solid wood custom furniture wood
High-grade solid wood custom furniture wood must have more than 4 of the following 6 indicators:
(A) Fragrance.
(B) Excellent materia.
(C) Beautiful wood grain.
(D) Beautiful or unique color.
(E) Rich in oil, wear-resistant, corrosion-resistant, and insect-resistant.
(F) The genuine product is this tree species Core.
Among the 33 kinds of mahogany listed in the national standard of "Redwood", the wood of multiple tree species can meet all the above six indicators, and the rest can also meet the 4-5 indicators.
7. The relationship between the growth area and the material of solid wood custom furniture
The material of the same tree species grown on high mountains with poor land is worse than that grown in dam areas or hilly areas; the material of wood grown in temperate regions is generally not as good as that grown in subtropical or tropical regions.
