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What's the difference between gold teak and Burmese teak?
The difference between gold teak and Burmese teak

1, stability

Pure Burmese teak is a tree that grows in tropical areas. No matter how bad the weather is, it can grow tenaciously, so it also creates its unique performance. Burmese teak can't stand water, fire, corrosion, snakes, insects, rats and ants. , can resist, but also in the processing process than other wood painting and waxing more evenly, it can be said that the comprehensive performance stability is very high.

The stability of gold teak is not as good as that of Myanmar teak. Mainly heartwood, the color is dark brown, the wood is oily, the wood texture is straight, and the wood tendons are slightly thicker. The sapwood is yellow and white, with obvious distinction between sapwood and heartwood, fine annual rings, strong mechanical properties, good dryness, small shrinkage, strong wood, high durability and strong ability to resist fungi and pests.

2. Value

The value of Burmese teak depends on the high oil content in its wood. Because it is rich in oil, the surface looks smooth and shiny, and the longer it takes, the brighter the surface color will become.

Burmese teak is the best material for making high-grade furniture, floors and indoor and outdoor decorations. Suitable for shipbuilding, open-air buildings, bridges, etc. , especially for making ship decks. It has strong corrosion resistance to many chemicals, so it is suitable for wood products used in chemical industry. Especially used on the floor, it is corrosion-resistant, wear-resistant, as bright as new, with beautiful patterns, elegant and attractive colors, good stability and small deformation. It is really the best in the floor.

Golden teak, sapwood is yellow and white, heartwood is different in color due to different producing areas. Teak with straight wood texture and solid texture is hard and meticulous, with oily surface, good dryness and high durability. It is the smallest kind of expansion and contraction in all wood and has good dimensional stability. The wood grain on the wood surface is beautiful and easy to process. The price is slightly lower than that of Myanmar teak. Oily, moisture-proof, moth-proof, extremely corrosion-resistant and stable wood. Teak is the best material for furniture, floor and indoor and outdoor decoration.

Extended data

Identification method of teak

1, look at the texture

Real teak floor has obvious ink lines and oil spots, while fake teak floor has no ink lines or the ink lines are shallow and scattered.

Step 2 touch it yourself

The real teak floor feels smooth and delicate, like it has been soaked in oil, while the fake teak floor is obviously rough.

Step 3 smell it

The real teak floor gives off a special fragrance. If there are a lot of teak or even the whole exhibition hall is made of teak, you can smell this fragrance when you walk in, and it smells very comfortable. The fake teak floor has either no fragrance or an unpleasant smell.

Step 4 look at sawdust

It is easy to identify when installing the floor. The sawdust of real teak floor is very oily and feels soft when pinched by hand, while the sawdust of fake teak floor is dry and loose.

Step 5 soak in water

After soaking the floor in water for 24 hours, observe its changes, and the real teak floor has not changed; If there is distortion, expansion and other deformation, teak floor is fake if it needs to be kept in the sun and rain.

6. The fire is burning

Destructive experiments, general stores have teak floor samples. Take a small piece of dry floor and burn it. The smoke emitted by the real teak floor is thick and big, while the fake teak floor is less.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Golden Teak

Baidu Encyclopedia-Burma Teak