Rubber Wood Furniture Prospects Are Promising
Rubber wood, known as "ivory wood," has a light and uniform color with a natural ivory hue. It features beautiful patterns, fine texture, good processing properties, and is less likely to deform or crack, making it an excellent raw material for furniture. It can be paired with darker veneers from other tree species to create various designs, enhancing decorative effects and producing high-end furniture.
China is a major rubber tree planting country, ranking fourth in the world in terms of planting area, providing a large amount of high-quality timber raw materials for the furniture industry. The Hainan Tropical Crops Research Institute and the Chinese Academy of Forestry have made remarkable progress in the anti-corrosion and drying treatment of rubber wood. In production, China has established large-scale wood processing plants and furniture factories, producing a large number of rubber wood products and furniture.
However, overall, China still lags behind in terms of profit from rubber wood. From the perspective of the furniture industry, although the scale of factories manufacturing rubber wood furniture is growing, the technological content of the products is low, failing to highlight the unique advantages of the raw material. It is recommended to accelerate the introduction of advanced foreign equipment, technology, and management techniques in the design, manufacturing process, and market development of rubber wood furniture, using rubber wood as an important way to solve the raw material problem of China's furniture industry.
In the next century, China's furniture industry will play an extremely important role in the international furniture industry. Furniture products themselves will also present a diversified pattern. As a sustainable "green product," rubber wood has unlimited prospects. Southeast Asia, adjacent to China, has abundant rubber wood forest areas, and China has vast subtropical and tropical regions, giving it significant geographical advantages for developing rubber wood. Traditionally, the main product of rubber trees is rubber, with an economic life span of about 25-30 years. After renewal, they are replanted, so rubber wood is a renewable resource. The development and utilization of rubber wood have great potential.
Pros and Cons of Rubber Wood Furniture
With the skyrocketing prices of solid wood furniture and the scarcity of various high-end woods, rubber wood is gradually entering people's sights. As mid-range furniture, what are the pros and cons of rubber wood furniture?
Advantages of Rubber Wood Furniture:
1. Rubber wood itself is not a precious wood; it is used by Southeast Asian rubber farmers after cutting old trees that have finished yielding latex to make building materials and furniture. Its growth cycle is not long, generally maturing in ten years, so it can be considered inexhaustible.
2. This wood does not easily crack in dry northern regions.
3. Rubber wood has good plasticity in the furniture-making process, making it suitable for creating beautifully shaped and gently curved products.
4. Rubber wood has a good solid wood feel, with beautiful grain and uniform texture.
5. Light in color, it is easy to stain and can accept all types of dyes and coatings. It matches well with the color tones of other woods and has good paint finishing properties.
6. Good hardness, naturally highly wear-resistant, especially suitable for stairs, floors, tables, countertops, etc.
Disadvantages of Rubber Wood Furniture:
1. Rubber wood is a tropical tree species, with medium hardness, material quality, grain, and performance.
2. Rubber wood has an odor due to its high sugar content, which makes it prone to discoloration, decay, and insect infestation. It is difficult to dry, not wear-resistant, and prone to cracking and bending deformation. Therefore, the requirements for raw material processing technology are very high. Currently, domestic technology does not match the processing levels of Thailand and Malaysia, and domestically produced wood is slightly inferior to that of Southeast Asia.
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