Types of wood for making sofas
What are the types of wood used in making sofas? What are the best types of wood for making sofas? What are the characteristics of different types of wood in making sofas? What is the resistance of different types of wood in the construction of sofas? And many other questions that concern the buyer's mind when you come to buy a sofa and the seller's comments. In this article, we will introduce different woods and their uses, and specifically We deal with the most used types of wood in the wood industry and especially furniture. The most important and key types of wood used in sofas can be briefly mentioned as Russian wood, beech wood, alder wood, and alder wood.
Most of the sofas produced in Fanus are made of beech wood and alder wood, and sometimes, according to the customer's opinion and affordability, other woods such as mulch and walnut are also used.
According to the type of painting and the use of polyester paints in the furniture industry, if you use the color itself, i.e. standing (colorless) polyester, the application and color as well as the ways and knots of the wood are very important. If it is golden or matte colors that do not show the grain and lines of the wood, only the resistance of the wood is considered.
When using different types of wood in interior decoration, we should pay attention to all the uses and subtleties of using wood, because the type, quality, and beauty of wood are important, and the quality of wood gives a unique beauty to home decoration.
Russian wood (used in inner coil)
The word Russian wood in the Iranian wood market is considered to be any type of white wood imported from Russia, and its use does not make much difference. This white wood includes completely different species such as Nerad, Noel and all kinds of pines. This wood does not have a distinct wood interior and is reddish-white in color, does not have resin ducts, is straight, light, has low shrinkage and shrinkage, low cracking ability when drying, very good workability, good sanding, excellent nailing and screwing. Is. Due to its lightness and high elasticity, this wood is one of the best woods for the skeleton of buildings. Its long fibers and white pulp are widely used in papermaking. In Iran, this wood is often used in the furniture industry.
Tabrizi wood
Tabrizi wood (known as white wood in the furniture industry) is white to light cream in color and often has black or brown spots. It is a relatively soft and light wood that does not last long and is easy to work with. It is used in paper making, match making, box making and agricultural tools.
Oak Wood
It is compact and strong, and it is a symbol of strength and endurance, and it has been one of the most important building materials in Eastern Europe since the distant past. In the past, in addition to the massive consumption of oak timber in construction, oak wood has been widely used to build commercial and warships. Oak wood is light to dark brown in color and has a coarse texture. This wood is relatively semi-hard and semi-heavy to heavy and has a high resistance to wear and moisture, and is the best wood for parquet, furniture making, bookcases, tables and chairs, covering, pier construction, traverse (wood installed under the rail) railways), making wagons, shipbuilding, telecommunication network poles and modeling.
Beech Wood
The scientific name of this beech wood is Fagus orientalis. Beech is available in the forests of Iran. Beech is a shade-loving tree and therefore has many leaves. From the appearance properties of beech wood, the interior is indistinct and has a reddish cream color. The annual circles are compact and, as a result, in longitudinal sections, they have more or less distinct lines due to it. Among its most obvious features, we can point out wooden blades in longitudinal sections, which are known as flywheels in the radial section and spindles in the tangential section, and these blades can be seen as red spots. Perhaps, sometimes, these beautiful slats are considered a defect, because according to the carpenters, these parts of the wood turn black after painting.
Beech wood species is semi-heavy and has a homogeneous texture and is almost resistant to insects and fungi. Grade 1 and 2 beech pollen is mostly consumed by veneer and plywood factories in Iran, and grade 3 pollen is sent to the Tehran market after being converted into lumber. Due to its homogenous texture and suitable degree of hardness, this wood has the most demand to buy in order to make sofas in the market.
Also, due to its ability to be impregnated with various protective solutions, it is the most widely used species in impregnation factories. Of course, foreign species of beech have recently entered Iran through Azerbaijan, which, according to furniture makers and wood sellers, does not have the quality of Iranian beech wood, but due to the dimensions and humidity of the boards, it has less waste in the production process. Beech wood is used to make doors and windows, railway traverses, tables and chairs, sofas, chests, etc., and its consumption is more than other woods. Soft and fine silk fabrics are prepared from its cellulose. Its coal and firewood are also of high quality. We also often use Iranian forest beech wood for our furniture.
Walnut Wood
The walnut tree is very tall and its height is between 10 and 40 meters. Walnut hardwood is one of the best and most famous woods. Fine-textured walnut wood, polished and homogeneous, with good colorability and carving ability, is grayish-dark brown in color and has beautiful patterns and is relatively durable. This wood is semi-heavy and semi-hard and resistant to pressure, bending and stretching. This wood is mostly used in artistic and decorative works, covering, turning, making furniture, making musical instruments, gun butts, sculpting, carving, inlaying, and musical instruments.
Maple Wood
The maple tree grows in forest areas and in acidic soils, and is especially abundant in the forests of northern Iran, and its species are planted in gardens and parks for decoration. There are different types of maple in Iran, including Applet maple, milky maple, and cakem. The biggest and most abundant maples in Iran are applet with the scientific name of Insigne Bosso and the English name of Maple. Maple has an indistinct heartwood, and the color of the wood is creamy white with a more or less pearlescent sheen.
Due to the compression of the summer wood in the transverse section, the annual rings are clearly defined and in the tangential section, they have wavy patterns and in the transverse section, they have created vein-like patterns, which have fine, brown and shiny wood blades in two different longitudinal sections. Spots and spindles are visible. Maple wood is a hard, heavy, straight-grained, well-worked, light and fragile and malleable and suitable for flooring and cladding industries, making laminated boards, shoe moulds, making engineering equipment, covering large surfaces, walls and tops. Tables and chipboard, carving and delicate work, sculpture, furniture turning.
Alder Wood
There are two types of alder, Qashlagi and Yalagi, with the scientific names Subcordate Alnus and Glutionose Alnus in Iran. The local names are Alder, Tesca and Tose. The height of the dark alder shrubs is usually low, but in ideal and suitable conditions (such as high humidity and richness of the soil), its height can reach up to 21 meters. Indistinct inner wood, reddish cream color, wide annual circles with relatively distinct and wavy boundaries in the transverse section, red brick-shaped wood grain in the radial section and fine spindles (blades) in the tangential section are the characteristics of the wood. Alder has soft wood.
Cut alder wood is white in autumn, but moments after cutting it turns red and then turns bright pink and stays that color. Alder is a semi-heavy to light wood that is used in the furniture industry due to its finish and colorability, good splitting and tooling. Alder wood is the most sold in the market of wood sellers, after beech. The wood of this tree is used in veneer industry.
Balsa Wood
Balsa wood is the lightest commercial wood. It has a lot of stiffness and formability. And it can be seen in white to light yellow and light brown colors. Balsa wood is used in the manufacture of delicate industrial parts, such as interior walls, models and works of art.
Elm Wood
Elm wood is strong, heavy and suitable for humid weather. Elm wood is often used for veneers and due to its flexibility, it is used for works that require twisting of wood. This type of wood is also used in making karaji, barrel, saddle, cart wheel, some car parts, traverse, furniture making, parquet making and crafts.
Cedar Wood
Cedar wood is a very soft and light wood with reddish-brown color, which can be easily worked and painted, and it is mostly used for interior wall covering in cabins and buildings.
Pear Wood
Pear wood is hard and resistant, straight, smooth and heavy. This type of wood is one of the most expensive materials in making expensive and quality instruments as well as wooden musical instruments (wind instruments) and in making precise wooden tools (such as ruler), frame making, wooden tools and also in making stamps. (stamp of the Qalamkar fabric template) is used.
Border Wood
Mamrez is a medium-sized tree whose height is between 15 and 25 meters; Sometimes its height reaches 30 meters. The trunk of the marigold tree (even the trunk of the old trees) is often grooved. The bark is smooth and grayish green in color. It is widely spread in Iran and it is wear-resistant, hard and heavy wood. Mamrez wood is used as a traverse, poles in coal mines, making wagons and also in making paper.
Box Wood
Shamshad wood is a very hard, dense, heavy and durable wood. This type of wood has a high density due to the high density of its vessels and fibers. Shamshad wood is used in making handicrafts (finishing and carving), engineering tools and household appliances.
Acacia Wood
Cashews are divided into two categories, American and African cashews, African cashews are often found in the Iranian market. The scientific name of this species is Khaya Inveeonsis and belongs to the Miliacea family. It has different local names in different African countries. The inside of the wood is red and the outside of the thin wood is pinkish white. The uniform texture and the presence of bright and shiny fringes that shine differently when the direction of light changes are among the characteristic features of this wood. In the radial section, it has shell-shaped strip patterns, and in the tangential sections, it has various patterns such as wavy, curly and checkered.
It is one of the most widely used woods in the world for making precious veneers. Due to low shrinkage and shrinkage during drying, it suffers less defects. Good impactability, excellent polishing, high screwability and nailability are the characteristic features of this wood; But coloring and waxing should be done with putty. It is used the most in the production of upholstery and furniture. It is suitable for making sailboats and pleasure boats due to its high impact and elasticity coefficient. It should be noted that other woods are also seen in the market under the name of acacia, whose real names are Sipo, Kispo, and Sapli.
Ebony Wood
Ebony is a black tree with relatively high density and very fragrant. The inner trunk of the wood can be seen in different colors from yellow, white to brown and black. Ebony wood is a very hard and heavy wood that has great strength; Therefore, it is rare and expensive, and it is used in making inlays (as black triangles), types of furniture, tables and chairs, and pianos.
Pine Wood
Pine wood is soft, straight-grained, light and durable and rots quickly. It is used to make boxes, furniture and also in paper making.
Wood Mulch
Mulch wood is one of the beautiful, well-patterned and decorative woods of Iran. Mulch is a coarse-textured, semi-heavy and semi-hard wood, durable against impact and bending, resistant, straight-grained, and well-worked with excellent twisting ability. First of all, it is suitable for coating industries, it is also used in the manufacture of laminated boards, furniture, boat building, massive doors (pure wood), sports equipment and turning of bases and fences. This type of wood is reddish brown and sometimes has green streaks.
Plantain Wood
Sycamore wood is light white to reddish-brown in color with shell-brown spots. This type of wood is semi-hard, heavy and durable, and it is used in making furniture and underlaying wooden items, making doors of blessed places, tool handles, chairs, sieves and chests.
Teak Wood
Teak wood is heavy, oily, well carved and beautiful. The teak tree is native to India, Indonesia and Burma. This wood is known as East Indian hardwood. The reason for using this wood is its oiliness, which is very resistant to decay and worm corrosion. This type of wood is golden brown to rich brown with black lines and very heavy and durable. Teak wood is used in shipbuilding industry, fine industries, especially inlay work, making laboratory instruments, cladding, exterior and interior parts of buildings and sculpture.
Mahogany Wood
Mahogany is a semi-hard and semi-hard wood of medium weight, which is used to make expensive furniture. This type of wood is considered one of the most beautiful woods in the world.
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