Understand the material of oak furniture
There are two types of oak: red oak and white oak.
China's oak is mainly distributed in Jilin, Hainan, Yunnan and other places, oak from growth to wood takes more than 60 years, domestic oak is very rare wood. According to the data show that China needs to import a large number of oak from foreign countries every year, oak in solid wood materials belong to high wood, good quality oak per cubic meter up to tens of thousands of yuan, which is the reason for the generally high price of domestic oak furniture.
With the improvement of residents' living standards and environmental awareness, the demand for oak furniture is still increasing.
Identify the authenticity of oak furniture
For us ordinary people, cost-effective things are king. When you know that you spend money to buy it is fake, you will certainly spit fragrance on the furniture merchant, and want to smash things. In order to avoid unnecessary injury, I teach you the difference between oak and rubber wood in a simple way.
Like oak, rubber wood is also widely used in solid wood furniture. But in the eyes of little white, oak furniture and rubber wood furniture is basically no difference. I have written an article about rubber wood before, interested friends can see.
Rubber wood production is large, because the wood is hard, the price is close to the people. So many unscrupulous furniture businesses make up the number, using rubber wood to deceive consumers, and it happens that these two kinds of wood are difficult to identify. So how do you identify them?
1. Through texture
The grain of the oak is very clear, and there are continuous sharp mountain lines; Rubberwood is an unevenly distributed mess and dark spots (like freckles on the face, of course, some people like it, some people don't like it).
2. Pass the price
At present, the price of oak bed on the market is more than 7K, of course, red oak may be higher. The double bed you see below 5K on Taobao is basically made of rubber wood.
3. By taste
Rubber wood furniture, will have a sour smell. Now, of course, there are paints that can block that smell.
You can also follow the link below to see how experts identify oak and rubber wood
