Many people often distinguish between teak wood and suar wood wrongly. They look same but in different quality.
WOOD FIBER
Suar wood and teak wood`s fiber look really similar. Each circle year will add uniqueness and attractiveness of each furniture look.
Suar wood has thicker fiber than teak wood. Suar wood`s circle year looks really clear and sharp and teak wood`s circle year looks clear. Suar wood fiber groove makes straight lines many more than teak wood. Teak wood fiber groove tends to waving.
SAPWOOD
It is the outermost from wood and it has the lowest strength.
On suar wood, sapwood is really clear so we can directly distinguish which part is sapwood and which one is suar wood. Its sapwood colour is white and the patiowood is dark brown.
On teak wood, sapwood has no subtle differences because the quality of teak wood`s sapwood is close to its patio-wood. The sapwood tends to reddish brown colour and its patio-wood has darker brown color.
WOOD COLOUR
Both of woods` colours are dark brown. But old teak wood colour is dark brown with golden effects and this effect can only be seen in teak wood.
When you try to distinguish between suar wood and teak wood, ensure that it has no finishing on it.