Three concepts to understand before buying solid wood furniture

With the improvement of consumers' awareness of environmental protection, solid wood furniture with lower formaldehyde content than ordinary panel furniture is more and more popular in the market. However, due to various tree species and vague standards, many consumers still have doubts about how to distinguish solid wood furniture. When buying solid wood furniture, all shopping guides will say "we are definitely solid wood." However, many consumers Little is known about solid wood furniture. How to avoid the pitfalls you might encounter when buying solid wood furniture, and how to protect your own rights and interests is what current consumers must understand.

Merchants' solid wood homes are divided into main materials and auxiliary materials

In recent years, solid wood furniture has been favored by the market because of its natural, environmentally friendly, durable and other characteristics. Many citizens have begun to focus on solid wood furniture, and those who are economically able to choose mahogany furniture as an investment. However, the reporter visited the major furniture markets and found that all kinds of solid wood furniture on the market are mixed, and the prices of different grades of solid wood furniture are also very different. When the reporter asked as a customer whether it was pure solid wood, most of the merchants simply answered yes, but some merchants would declare that only the main material is solid wood. Generally speaking, there are fewer furniture made of solid wood sawn wood or solid wood board for all wood parts (except mirror pallets and beading) in the market, and most of the furniture is a mixture of main materials and auxiliary materials, and the former is at least more expensive than the latter. Those are much more expensive.

When people buy solid wood furniture, they must first distinguish between concepts and have a certain understanding of tree species. Each tree species has a different price point, and consumers can understand in advance to avoid being fooled. Because some solid wood furniture merchants will falsify the tree species and structure, for example, the cheap rubber wood is said to be oak. Although it is only a word, the quality is very different, and the price is completely different.

Tips to teach you to identify solid wood furniture

So, how to prevent being cheated when buying solid wood furniture? The reporter interviewed many solid wood brands in Gaomi City and learned that wood is a natural thing. If the same texture of wood repeatedly appears on a set of furniture, it is mostly pasted with melamine paper Imitation solid wood furniture. On the surface of solid wood furniture, the real texture of the wood can be seen, and there are occasional knots, and this texture penetrates the entire board, such as a cabinet door, the front looks like a pattern, then in the corresponding position on the back You should also be able to see the corresponding patterns, as can the tree knots. In addition, the wood has its own special flavor, such as pine wood has a pine resin smell, cypress wood has a light fragrance, cedar has a spicy smell, linden wood has a slight oily smell, the mahogany wood will have a thick spicy aroma, and walnut wood will choke nose. But now many domestic woods have no smell, and man-made boards will have a strong smell of chemical materials, such as formaldehyde, so it is easier to identify.

When buying solid wood furniture, you can tap the solid wooden parts with your hands to make the sound crisper, while the artificial board sound is low, and the wooden parts will even make a loud drum sound.

Defend rights to keep contracts and invoices

Some people in the industry have revealed that because of the shortage of resources, as long as the furniture in the mall is stained with the word "solid wood", the price will soar immediately. In order to make huge profits, unscrupulous merchants thought of cutting corners and cutting materials, and veneer is one of the more common ones. The so-called veneer is just a thin layer of solid wood skin on the surface of the furniture, and other basic materials are made of artificial board. Some businesses will not only use veneer solid wood furniture or splicing solid wood furniture as full solid wood furniture, but also use "huali" as "hualimu". "Hua Li" and "Hua Li Mu", although the difference between the two is only one word, is actually very different.

Therefore, when consumers buy solid wood furniture, they must let the merchant write the name and materials of the solid wood furniture accurately on the invoice. For example, if the furniture you bought is all solid wood, the merchant should write "all solid wood" on the invoice. , And write clearly what the furniture materials are made of. Because in the future, if there is any problem with the furniture, and consumers have evidence, they can take an invoice to protect their rights and interests. The consumer association department recommends that when buying furniture, pay attention to whether the manufacturer, address, etc. are marked on the furniture, whether the material, grade, model, etc. are marked on the price tag, and request that its content be written into the shopping list, and at the same time save the relevant contract, Invoices, after-sales service documents, invoices, etc., in the event of disputes, rights protection can be based.