Reasons Why You Must Choose Teak Furniture
In a house occupied by a family, furniture becomes an important material in terms of helping or even beautifying a room or house such as a cupboard, dining table, study table and so on. But many people ask questions, what kind of furniture should be bought, made from what, will it last for many years? In this case, furniture made from teak wood is recommended. Why teak furniture is recommended?
Here’s the reason why you should choose teak furniture:
- Has A High Oil Content
Teak wood is wood which has the highest oil content than other wood in general. And this makes teak wood immune to attacks by termites and other strands, and of course mushrooms cannot eat away teak because of its high oil content.
- Solid
Besides having a lot of oil content, teak wood also has a high density which makes teak wood become wood that is resistant to acids and bases so it will not easily leave stains.
- Teak Wood Has A Low Texture And Fiber
Teak wood is well known for its beautiful texture and fiber, making teak furniture is exclusive and very elegant, which is very suitable if combined with minimalist or maximal home style, especially for those of you who love products with minimalist furniture designs or teak wood furniture is the right solution for you.
- Weight And Have A Low Shrinkage Expansion Rate
Because of this density, it is only natural that teak wood has a high enough period (700-930 kg/m³) so that teak wood is heavy. and the level of shrinkage of teak wood is also very low.
That is the reason why you should choose teak furniture. However with all those reasons, you should pay more for getting the real teak wood furniture. You should buy the furniture from the trusted seller because nowadays many people create furniture frome teak combination, not originally teak only.
To ascertain whether the furniture to be purchased is truly made of genuine teak wood. Then we need to ascertain its characteristics.
The first characteristic of original teak furniture is having a strong construction. Why? because strong furniture construction will produce quality and durable furniture products. Second, try not to choose furniture with teak wood that has small holes. Teak wood like that is characteristic of teak wood which has been eaten by wood-eating insects so that the furniture will be easily fragile. Third, avoid buying furniture that has wood powder around it because it means that the wood has started to be brittle due to being eaten by insects. It is feared that wood powder comes from the furniture, so try to wipe the wood surface first if there is wood powder, so don’t buy the furniture.
Another feature of authentic teak furniture is that this furniture has solid wood fiber. This comes from the teak fiber structure used as the main ingredient. In addition to having strong and dense fiber, teak also has a heavy weight so you must be suspicious if the furniture to be purchased like a chair has a relatively light weight. The original color of old teak wood is reddish and flat in all parts but quite difficult to recognize considering that the furniture sold is usually through a finishing process.
