Rubber wood for Furniture
Rubber wood is considered a "cheap" wood to make furniture. The rubber tree is mainly planted and cultivated for its latex, the raw
material in the rubber industry. Rubber trees that have been unproductive then are
cut and sold as timber wood. Until then peoples notice that rubber wood had physical
properties which were suitable for the woodworking industry. Rubberwood is used in the woodworking industry to make various wood
products such as : indoor furniture, flooring parquet, strawboard, veneer or plywood can be made with rubber wood.
The treatment for rubber
wood actually is quite complicated. The wood naturally contains latex which must be
removed before being used in the woodworking industry. The wood is also high
risk for the fungal and wood-eating insects attacked. The wood must be treated
properly soon after being cut otherwise it will get problem with blue stain or
insect attacked. The special processing that is known as the vacuum treatment
is needed to release his latex and to preserve the wood with anti insect chemical. The rubber wood boards are placed in the chamber room to be boiled
with hot water for several minutes (about 15 minutes), then the hot water is
sucked until all water is out from the room. The suction process is continued
to let the latex is out from the wood. After most of the latex is out, then the anti insect solution is flowed
to the chamber to fill in the wood pores and grain. The anti insect solution
will be absorbed with the wood to make the wood resist to the insect attacked. The
wet wood is then sent to the kiln dry to be dried to meet the standard moisture
content for woodworking industry.
Instead of his complex processed the rubber wood has some good properties for
woodworking industry furniture supply. The rubber wood is quite strong with a
medium hardness make it can be easy to be machined, drilled and bored. The wood is also relatively inexpensive, has
a light brown, white base color and have nice grain pattern. He has deep and big texture of
pores and grain, make it flexible enough to be combined with the common veneer
in the furniture industry such as: oak, maple, ash and even, mango or mahogany.
His light basic color; white to light brown is big advantage since make it
is flexible to be finished in many color.
rubber wood panel
Finishing for rubber wood.
Despite if his high flexibility for color selection, the finishing proper
finishing process for rubber wood is needed. The wood has high porosity with
big pores and grain texture. The wood tends to be rough and absorb too much finishing
material. Too wet stain application should be avoided since it will be risk to create the blotchy color problem. The
glue sizing or sealer sizing can be used to reduce the risk of blotchy color. The
rubber wood that already has been sanded with smooth surface should not be left in
open air for long time, because he will absorb the water from the air that will raise
the wood fibers and make the surface be rough again.
The big pores and grain can be stained or glazed to make the life and special
finishing looked. But if the close pores finish is chosen, then the filler
application is needed to fill and close the pores. The filler with natural
or light color can be applied as the first finishing process to reduce the
absorption of stain into the wood pores, thereby reducing the risk of blotchy color. A wide range of color and appearance can be applied to the rubber wood.
Finishing with a transparent color from the light color to the dark colors can
be applied without any big issue. The clean looked finish can be made as well
as the antic finishing in any color.
The solid color finishes also can be applied to the rubber wood
product. If the clean and close pores finish is needed, then we need to apply filler to fill the pores and grains. If the antique solid color finish is needed, then we can maximize its big grain and pores to make more life finish. The glaze, filler or powder glaze inside the pores will make a "dramatic" finishing looked.
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