One: Introduction of Rubber Wood and Oak
rubber tree
▲ Rubber wood: This is a subtropical tree, which is mostly produced in Southeast Asia, South Asia and Hainan Island in China. It is mainly used to produce rubber. The growth cycle is short, and it can be harvested in 5- 10 years. Its wood density is low and the grain is not obvious.
Rubber wood bedside table
▲ China is the largest producer of rubber wood at present, and the raw material cost of rubber wood is very low. But compared with other solid wood, rubber wood is not easy to dry, wear-resistant, easy to crack, easy to bend and deform, and easy to deform in plate processing. It is often used to make small houses and bed boards.
oak
▲ Oak: Also known as oak or oak, the oak furniture often mentioned in northern China is made of China oak. Oak is a temperate plant, mainly produced in Russia and North America. Because of its long growth cycle, tall trees and frequent lightning strikes, it has also been given a mythical color. In different regions, oak represents Zeus, Jupiter and Raytheon Dona.
White oak bedside table
▲ The largest origin of oak is North America, and oak is also the national tree of the United States. Moreover, oak is recognized as the most widely used decorative wood in the world. Its wood has high hardness, high density and strong stability, and is most commonly used in floors and large furniture plates.
Rubber wood is one of the poor wood in hardness, material, texture and performance. Moreover, the color of rubber wood is impure, and there will be mottled spots and black spots, and it is rich in sugar, which is easy to attract insects such as ants. Only two things are desirable. First, the price of materials is low, and the current average market price is 1-2000 yuan per cubic meter. Second, rubber wood is smooth and easy to glue, and paint and coating can absorb energy well.
Oak is a very good decorative wood, with high density, wear resistance, strong stability, long service life, beautiful texture, very clear mountain grain and very good surface texture. However, the price of wood is relatively high because of its long origin and growth cycle. At present, the average market price is 4-6 thousand yuan per cubic meter.
Rubber wood oak, a word difference, thousands of miles away.
How to distinguish rubber wood from oak
Oak board
▲ First of all, it needs to be clear that all solid wood boards are spliced except the floor, and wood grain is the best way for us to identify solid wood materials.
White oak and rubber wood
▲ First do a test. Can you see the texture difference between these two kinds of solid wood boards?
▲ The easiest way is to look at the clarity and density of wood grain. Oak wood grain is dense and clear with obvious mountain grain, while rubber wood grain is fuzzy and discontinuous without mountain grain.
▲ In addition, the main purpose of rubber wood is to produce rubber. There are thick fiber tubes in wood, and there are obvious punctate marks after being made into plates, which are mottled spots, black spots and dense spots we see, but oak plates do not.
However, although rubber wood is not as good as oak, it is several grades better than other artificial boards. Rubber wood still has the characteristics of health, environmental protection and formaldehyde-free solid wood, and the finished furniture is affordable and can be accepted by the majority of middle-income groups.
Take the bathroom cabinet as an example, the price of oak is more than 6000 yuan, while the price of rubber wood is only about 2000 yuan. Rubber wood is still a cost-effective choice for small furniture such as bedside tables, storage cabinets and bathroom cabinets, but it is not as beautiful and durable as oak for large furniture such as wardrobes, floors and wooden doors.