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Characteristics of High Quality Teak Wood

Recognizing the characteristics of the best teak wood for the home is not an easy matter. Here are things that must be known about quality teak wood.

In addition to its quality which is arguably number one, teak wood also has an aesthetic appearance.

However, many people out there sell teak wood furniture with fake quality. Let’s identify the characteristics of quality teak wood for your home!

1. Old wood

Choosing old teak wood is a must.

The reason is, the older the wood, the better its strength and durability.

In addition, old teak wood has a surface with a decorative appearance because the texture of the pliers is perfectly formed.

2. Dense Pores

When choosing teak wood, make sure the pores of the wood look solid.

The density of these pores determines how durable this wood will last in the future.

In addition, these pores also affect the wood’s resistance to termite attack

3. More vivid colors

In addition to paying attention to the pores, also pay attention to the color of old teak that you want to buy.

The best teak wood has a more vibrant color

The vivid color means that the wood pigment in teak has already formed a lot

4. No Holes

Make sure that the teak door you buy is not perforated.

The hole in the door will make it look less attractive.

Therefore, pay attention to the surface of the door made of teak before actually deciding to buy.

Advantage of Teak

The good quality of teak wood makes many people use it for making furniture. Even Joglo houses in Java use this type of wood. Solid teak wood was also often used for VOC shipbuilding in the 17th century, bridge construction, and rail bearings.

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It is said that the British marines advised to avoid Chinese junks made of teak wood because of its resistance to damage their steel vessels. Isn’t this woof amazing?

1. Resistant to Weather, Termites, and Acid

Teak is a type of hard wood and is known to be the most durable even though it is often exposed to hot sun and rainy weather. Its very dense texture and small pores make it resistant to termites, acids, and decay. The reason is of course due to the natural oil content and dense wood fibers

2. Very Flexible

Despite its hard and strong nature, teak wood tends to be easy to cut and shape. It is suitable for making furniture and carving. Not to mention that if you use fine sandpaper, the surface will feel slippery and looks like it’s greasy

3. Easy Maintenance

Teak wood furniture does not need extra care if left in the open. This is because it is resistant to rain and sun. Even more slowly the color of the teak wood will turn into a beautiful silvery gray. For maintenance, it only needs to be brushed and cleaned in general

4. Naturally Beautiful Colors

One of the unique characteristics of teak wood is its dense and varied texture. Not to mention the attractive color display will be very visible when the wood is just cut. Natural beauty makes it easier to design, style, and model. It doesn’t even need a complicated finishing, just sanding it and painting it with a glossy finish is cool

5. Impact Resistant

In addition to the nature of teak that is easy to carve, it turns out that it is also very resistant to impact. So it’s only natural that in the past British marines instructed them to avoid tongkok junks made of teak wood

Wooden Furniture : Warm, and Relax

Many variety of factors affect how long a wooden product lasts, including the type of wood, the location of the product, and the treatment that has been applied to it. Wood is lightweight, but also strong and durable.

As Iain Smith, managing director of A Wood Idea puts it: ‘When treated correctly, hardwood doors and floors, for instance, can last longer than a lifetime – some over 100 years. The longer wood lasts, the less energy is used on the production of new products, which in turn makes it better for the environment.’

The cellular makeup of wood means that it naturally retains heat more effectively than other materials – in fact, it holds seven times more heat than ceramic tiles,’ says A Wood Idea’s Iain Smith.

Air chambers within the wood itself absorb heat and create a naturally warmer home that requires less energy to heat it.

Research has shown that natural alternatives, such as wood, lowers stress and anxiety levels when you’re at home. Marjut Wallenius, a doctor of psychology at the University of Tampere, says: ‘Wood has psychological effects on people and a similar stress-reducing effect to nature.’ She adds that studies carried out so far have revealed that wood has a calming effect: ‘This is based on the positive emotional experience that wood causes, such as proximity to nature, warmth, homeliness and a relaxing effect.’

WHY DO WE NEED WOOD FURNITURE IN OUR HOME?

More people make choices with their lifestyles to reduce their carbon footprint, creating a home that is environmentally friendly, and coupled with wood being one of the biggest trending materials of the year, makes it easy to see exactly why wood is the best natural choice.

Renewable material

Wood is known to be one of the most naturally renewable energy sources. Over 90 per cent of the wood we use is from forests, which are growing by more than 661,000 hectares each year. This shows that wood resource which we’re not going to run out of anytime soon.

Recycled and Reuseable

Using recycled wood keeps the carbon footprint very low, while preserving our natural timber resources for future use.

Reusing salvaged wood means less materials being sent to landfill or being burned, both of which pollute the environment. And, the other benefit is that reclaimed wood furniture is full of character and raw, rustic charm that only time-worn timber can provide

Moisture Content in Wood

Picture 1. Stack of three cut logs with bark stock photo

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Often we find wet or damp wood around us, where sometimes the wood around us is brittle and damaged due to excess air loading. You realize that the moisture content in wood is of different types. Maybe people usually think that the moisture content in wood is only exposed to air or moist and wet air reservoirs. The water content in wood has two forms, namely:

The state of the air contained in the wood consists of two kinds, namely:

A. Free Water Level

This water content has cavities in the cell. usually the free water content is the easiest and the fastest to come out. Usually the free moisture content releases water in various areas of the wood. But rarely changes in the nature and shape of the wood itself. The thing that affects the wood in this free moisture content is the change in the weight of the wood, where the wood will be heavier because the water content usually flows in all directions quickly.

B. Bound Water Content

Bound Water Content has walls in wood cells, this is of course difficult to visit and usually cell walls affect the properties of wood. usually when the wood has come out to the entire surface of the wood and there is still something left behind, usually the free air can be said to be the saturation point in the fiber (fibersaturated point). Did you know that the level of saturation in fiber varies greatly depending on the chemical composition of the wood contained.

We can measure the air content in a piece of wood with a hydrometer, usually with a maximum air content limit of 60%.

Usually to measure a piece of furniture when it is in production to be sold, also measure it with this tool for checking. Checks are carried out when the production of smoked furniture is ready to be shipped.

Wood Press Firmness

The compressive strength of wood is the strength that wood has to withstand loads. Wood has a power system of strength to withstand the heavy load it supports.

You must also know that wood is often used as household furniture, and as a building material because of its strength that is able to support a fairly heavy force.

For example, like our products and our furniture which is known to be sturdy and strong to withstand heavy objects, even though it is unique and many shapes look not strong, but you think wrongly, our products are made of teak wood which is able to withstand heavy loads.

This is an example of a product we are producing this week that we will be shipping overseas.

This is a teak root coffee table, this table product is able to withstand heavy loads, is sturdy and strong. Our products are durable and resistant to various abrasions. Because our factory really prioritizes quality.

We are back again discussing the strength of wood, the strength of wood has 2 kinds of compressive strength, namely the compressive strength parallel to the direction of the fiber and the compressive strength perpendicular to the direction of the fiber.

Wood will be stronger when it has received a load parallel to the direction of the grain than when it has received a load perpendicular to the grain. This occurs when the wooden structure has holes. The denser the fibers, the wood will have more strength than wood with less dense fibers than before.

The compressive strength perpendicular to the fiber can determine the resistance of the wood to the load. This strength is often related to the hardness of the wood and the shear strength of the wood. The firmness perpendicular to the direction of the fibers in the wood will be smaller than the firmness parallel to the direction of the fibers in the wood.

Chemical Properties of Wood

Picture 1. Firewood stock photo. Source : (www.istockphoto.com)

Wood in addition to having physical properties, wood also has chemical properties, basically, all need to be aware that in the wood itself there are several chemical reactions that can create strength within an element of the wood itself.

1. Ash
Ash is created from burning wood. So that the ash itself is a fairly organic substance contained in a wood which includes the minerals forming an ash itself as a residue from the combustion of cellulose and lignin. In the content of this substance there is rarely more than 1% by weight of wood.

2. Cellulose
Cellulose is the basic component that makes up the cell walls of plants. Do you know about glucose? Glucose is one of the main ingredients that can form cellulose. Because glucose molecules are long and large, they can form a chain that can be converted into cellulose.

3. Hemicellulose
Hemicellulose is a substance that is almost like cellulose, which is part of the polymer of a sugar. Hemicellulose functions as a wall-forming and as a reserve substance. The difference between hemicellulose and cellulose is that hemicellulose consists of various and many elements glucose, and 5 (C-5) and 6 (C-6) carbon monomer sugars such as galactose, arabinose, mannose, galluronic acid, glucoric acid, metallic acid. glucuronic acid, etc. However, if cellulose only consists of glucose and C6H12O6 only.

4. Lignin
Lignin is a unitary element that cannot be separated and forms a strong cell wall. The cell wall of lignin is a skeleton of the cellulose molecule. Lignin forms a branched framework that forms a three-dimensional structure made of a phenyl propanoid element that is interconnected by binding and highly variable.

5. Extractive Substance
Extractive substances found in wood include:

Highly volatile oil

Polysaccharide

Alkaloids

Terpenes

Fatty acid

Candle

Alcohol

Aromatic components such as:

Acids, stilbene, flavonoids, tannins and quinones, aldehydes, alcohols, phenylpropane dimers.

Teak Roots For Crafts

If we have a determination and passion to develop our ideas and ideas, it will create a good work.

Did you know that the roots of the teak tree are also useful for wood craftsmen to make a decoration for a wood craft that can be sold at a high price. In fact, it is often sold out in the world market because there are so many fans.

Teak roots are usually rarely seen, but behind it all, they certainly have a high value. For us, using a wood that is rarely used by everyone and is still of good quality, why not? We want to produce unique items, so our products are rarely found in the market.

These are our products made from teak roots:

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Let’s talk about the roots of the teak tree. Teak tree has 2 roots, namely:

1.Taproot

If this taproot grows vertically and has a large shape. This taproot serves as a support so that the tree can grow upright.

2. Fiber Root

In contrast to fibrous roots, fibrous roots function to find nutrients and water, these fibrous roots spread to the surface and grow sideways, seeking a source of life for this tree.

The Appearance of Color Patterns on Wood

Wood provides benefits for millions of human beings for their daily needs. The use of wood itself is not limited only for furniture but also for fuel. If you know the types of wood are very different variants. Where have different textures and cells. Did you know that wood also has a different color from the existing tree types. Actually wood has a natural color from the wood itself.

For example, patio wood has a darker color than sapwood, but patio wood has a more varied color, but mainly brown and has different patterns. So with this style of pattern it produces its own added value.

Our products prioritize good quality. Where our products still use natural colors from wood, we rarely change the color of wood if it is not asked by the buyer. This is our best-selling product on the market and ready to be sent for this February. This product sets quality colors. The name of this product is Erosion Ball.

Now we will discuss the previous material.

The pattern on a type of wood can appear because :

There is a difference in the color of the wood from the beginning and the end of the wood which can be seen from the growing circumference of the stem. For example, when the growth of teak wood, the longer the pattern changes because the volume circle is getting bigger.

There are differences in the color of the tissue, for example for wood there are several tissues. Network 1 has a red-brown color, while the other tissue color is pink. But the more the growth, the more different the pattern because the parenchyma tissue can be mixed.

Differences in color intensity on the layers of wood, in the long term, the layers on the wood can be different. This timeframe can form in the radial and tangential planes which are usually alternating red-brown and black-colored. So this depends on the growth of cells that can create different pathways so that they can make the pattern of a wood unique based on the characteristics of the growth of the tree.

We can see from the three explanations above that they have one element, namely how long the tree lives and grows to produce patterns on the wood. Because in a tree growth, will create a different style.

If the wood comes from a younger tree, it will produce a lighter color, but if the wood comes from an older tree, the resulting color will be darker and darker.

Wet wood can also produce faded and darkening colors, although previously this wet wood was originally pink or bright in color, if the wood is dry the hue will be lighter, and can produce a more pronounced hue. Wood that has been stored in the open air for a long time will usually be darker in color than fresh wood. All also depends on the climate, the entry of sunlight, and air. But keep in mind that the color of natural wood is very difficult to find, so if you want to see the colors and patterns naturally we have to see it for ourselves when the tree is cut down. Because after that the colors and patterns will change due to many factors.

Bent Wood? But Sold Expensive?

You need to know that not only straight logs are favored by the community. Curved wood can have a high selling point in our company. Our company uses wood to create furniture that can make your home interior design an art of its own.

We utilize materials, and twist ideas that are rarely found on the market. We use good teak as the base material, but most people don’t want to use curved teak, even though it is still strong and of good quality. Sometimes we use natural wood to make curved art on furniture that is indeed sturdy, if the wood is not strong of course we don’t choose it. Because we prioritize quality.

For example on this shelf, we make it and sell it in the world market, only using a bright idea then it sells at a high price.

Or you can deliberately warp your wood, like Stand Ukir made from Alas Gembol production.

We will discuss it, there are 3 ways if you want to bend your wood :

1. Kerf Or Kerfing Method

This method is usually the most commonly used because it has a fast time in the process. However this method can be easily used when the wood has a concave surface.

For the first method, measure and mark to look for knots. Set the depth in the blade on the circular saw. Using a ruler to help calculate the saw’s guide, cut it into several pieces until a notch appears. If you have bent the wood securely. Furthermore, the kerf is filled with wood glue if the kerf cannot be reached.

2. Using the Evaporation Method

The evaporation method makes the wood of better quality, because it can produce solid wood. The drawbacks are that it requires relatively inexpensive steambox construction and a woodworker itself.

3. Provide Lamination

Lamination is a rather complicated method because it requires precision, this method requires patience, because it requires a lot of construction, and a lot of equipment.

The first way is to form a shaper to form the wood, choose a thin sheet of wood, stack the wood, adjust the distance of the wood with tongs, then clamp the first clamp in the middle of the plywood pile, then clamp it on the part that is needed, if you have chosen glue, apply on each piece of plywood, let it set, sand the edges of the wood to remove any dry glue.

This method should be slow, not recommended in a hurry.

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