After reading this article, you no longer have to worry about being cheated when purchasing solid wood furniture.

Woodwork—a piece of furniture that people either love or hate when shopping

Originally, I was pursuing a pure, warm, and natural wood texture. But it has been taken advantage of by countless unscrupulous businessmen.

How many pitfalls are there in solid wood furniture? Let’s start with the classification of solid wood furniture.

Any wood can be called solid wood furniture.

1 Finger-jointed board

The arrow points to a joint where two pieces of wood are joined together. The joint is like the fingers of a pair of hands pinched together, so it is called finger jointing.

It is just some small pieces of wood, or scraps, which are then processed and assembled into a large board using finger joints and tenons that can be reused. So this kind of finger-jointed wood obviously has a lower cost. The visual effect is definitely worse than that of pure solid wood furniture.

As for this kind of furniture, as long as everyone looks at the surface carefully, unless he has put a thick layer of other materials on the surface of the furniture. It can be seen that a little care is needed in the way this kind of furniture is handled.

2 Solid wood furniture with veneer

The inside is not solid wood, but the outside is veneer. Particle board, fiberboard, and even cardboard are used inside. Then put a layer of solid wood skin on the outside. Then use solid wood skin to seal the sides. From the overall visual effect, it is a solid wood board.

The upper one is fiberboard and the lower one is particle board. You can see the veneer on the top and the veneer on the side. If you don't seem to pay much attention after applying it, you may feel that it is just a solid board.

How to tell:

So how to tell which boards or which furniture are made of veneer boards? It's actually very simple. Let's look at the terminal of the board.

This picture is just a solid wood board. You can see that the ends are different from the surface of the board or other surfaces.

When a tree is cut, this surface is usually the end. It's usually annual ring lines, this kind of radiation.

For example, if we look at a table and it feels like the surface is solid wood, then we look at both ends of it. If the surface of the two ends is the same as that of the table, then this may be suspicious. It may be wood veneer. If the end is not the same as the surface of the table, and the end is radial, like the growth rings of wood, then it should be a piece of solid wood veneer.

There are many types of veneer boards, including particle board, fiber board, and multi-layer solid wood board.

The entire material of this multi-layer solid wood board is also solid wood. You can see that it is layered layer by layer when viewed from the side. Every two layers have different directions. Gluing them together can prevent the wood from deforming very well. The two directions are staggered, combined, and stuck together. Because of the mutual pulling force, the wood basically becomes deformed. It may be deformed. This principle is also mentioned in the article on wood flooring. Multi-layer solid wood is the floor that is least likely to deform.

On the market, there are generally two types of wood used to make this kind of multi-layer solid wood boards. One is poplar, and the second is eucalyptus. Generally speaking, eucalyptus is better than poplar. Poplar, eucalyptus, or poplar and eucalyptus are mixed together, and pure eucalyptus is the best.

Left: Poplar Right: Eucalyptus

3 Framing structure

What does framing mean? In fact, we are talking about traditional mortise and tenon joints. This way of making furniture. It is also to prevent deformation of the wood. The entire frame is made of solid wood, and the wooden board is installed inside.

As shown in the picture, it is possible that the board inside is not solid wood. It may be a multi-layer solid wood board. This kind of furniture is really difficult to distinguish, because no matter which direction you look at it, you can't tell whether it is solid wood or not.

Because its entire frame is made of solid wood, you can’t see the edges in the middle. It is indeed difficult to tell whether it is solid wood or partially solid wood. No matter how professional the industry insiders are, they still need to conduct more careful on-site observation to distinguish.

4 Pure solid wood furniture

Remember, pure solid wood furniture has and has only one definition: the material of any part of this furniture is one kind of material. Of course, there are currently few products on the market that meet this definition.

More furniture factories will choose some multi-layer solid wood panels for backboards, drawer bottoms, etc.

Fan Ji also uses multi-layer boards as auxiliary materials

The main reasons are:

Wood will deform. The larger its area, the more cumulative deformation it will have. The larger the cabinet, the bigger the problem. The reason why many cabinets have problems is because the back panel is made of solid wood and is not properly treated. For example, the space reserved for the back panel is not enough for expansion and contraction. As a result, when it gets wet, it expands and bursts the entire frame. . If you use multiple layers of solid wood, there is no such risk, so this is a mainstream approach.

Traditional craftsmanship: dovetail joint method

Teacher Yi Zhongtian’s workstation

It can be said to be a masterpiece of contemporary woodwork

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5 Key points to avoid pitfalls when purchasing

For solid wood furniture that is heavily coated with paint or pulp, please choose carefully. Because of its surface treatment technology, it can cover up many of the original flaws of the wood. You can't feel the texture of the wood either. Solid wood furniture made with wood wax oil technology is more recommended.

Furniture with heavy paint craftsmanship

Furniture with wood wax oil texture

Try to choose furniture with solid wood color, such as black or pure white. In order to appear black or white, its color will be very heavy and deep, basically covering the original wood grain. It is also difficult to see the craftsmanship and texture of the wood.

Be careful with camphor wood furniture. The aroma of camphor wood has a great stimulating effect on human nerves. It is not advisable to use a large amount of it to make furniture in the bedroom. In fact, try not to use too much furniture in the home.

When purchasing pure solid wood furniture, if it is not painted, you can smell the wood. If you encounter some cheap solid wood furniture, and the color difference is very small, the color will look very beautiful. This is when you need to treat it with caution.

There are many so-called Erhei OEMs on the Internet, but there is only one Erhei factory in Dongguan. This factory is very cautious and has a very full workload. It is impossible for any furniture products to be leaked out. Some so-called foundries are just fake products under the guise of foundries.

6 A few things about raw materials

Although China has a vast territory, in fact, there are very few woods that are truly suitable for making solid wood furniture.

Since the end of the last century, domestic timber merchants have been digging for good timber from all over the world, from Southeast Asia to Africa, and then from Africa to South America. Driven by profit, when they find profitable timber, they start logging it like crazy. Until it is exhausted,

This kind of destructive logging regardless of the environment has been boycotted by more and more countries, and is even called bloody wood. At the same time, because there are no regulations and standards, in order to seek more profits, merchants give various profitable timber names to the timber.

Black walnut is available in the North American market only. The so-called South American black walnut is just a plum nut with similar texture and color.

Genuine black walnut logs

In this market situation, American wood is a very reliable choice in the market. When you buy log furniture, as long as the merchant promises that the wood comes from the United States, the quality assurance will be relatively high.

Because of the American Hardwood Association, there are unified standards for the names of wood and board specifications. At the same time, forest logging in the United States is very orderly. Over the years, forest resources have not decreased but increased.

Today I will introduce to you two commonly used affordable woods, white oak and ash.

White Oak: White Oak

White oak is a precious tree species that has matured over a hundred years. White oak is not white, but light yellow. The characteristics of white oak are heavy hardness, straight grain, thick structure, elegant color and beautiful texture, high mechanical strength and wear resistance, but the wood is not easy to dry, saw, cut and process. Extremely difficult. Patterns are also divided into straight grains and horizontal grains. The clearer the texture, the higher the value of the wood.

In particular, North American white oak and European summer oak and Louvre oak have been used abroad for hundreds of years because of their unique hydrolyzable tannic acid and lactone components and natural woody aroma. In particular, the major wineries in France widely use red wine barrels. High-quality wine must be stored in barrels made of the above three types of white oak.

White Ash: White Ash

Ash is a dicotyledonous plant with high density and resistance to decay. Wood has high compressive strength along the grain, static bending strength and tensile strength along the grain. Ash wood is mainly used to make luxury furniture, the bark and fruits are used in medicine, and dark brown and blue dyes can also be extracted. Mainly produced in North America and Europe.

Ash and ash belong to the same family, but they are different and have different origins. Ash is mainly produced in Northeast China and Russia.

In terms of color, ash is lighter in color than white oak, and the wood grain is more obvious.

7 solid wood experience products

In order to let more people experience real solid wood furniture, experience the high quality of North American wood and the characteristics of wood wax oil technology. Huitang and Chaimugongfang work together to bring you a side table.

Hexagons are a structural shape commonly used in ancient wooden buildings. Multiple shapes can be placed together to form many shapes. A single shape is also suitable for use as a small coffee table, a coffee table or a side table next to a sofa.

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