Exotic Suar Wood Furniture made in Indonesia. What is Suar Wood? What are the characteristics of Suar wood? What kind of furniture that can be manufactured with Suar Wood? What type of finishing that is appropriate to be applied on Suar Wood Furniture? Let's find out through this below nformation.
What is Suar Wood? According to Wikipedia, Suar wood categorized to the family of Albazia genus. In Indonesia, Suar wood trees grow in Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Maluku and some other parts of Indonesian islands. Suar wood has different names in some places. Aside from Suar wood, people name it Trembesi wood and Meh wood. The growth of Suar tree is quite fast, the height reaches 30 up to 40 meters while the diameter reaches up to 4.5 meters. Due to the ease of Suar tree to grow even anywhere, the number of Suar tree and its cut wood are abundant.
What are the characteristics of Suar Wood? Suar wood looks similar to Teak wood in terms of color and wood grain. Both Suar wood and Teak wood are known for their beautiful color and exotic wood grain. Suar wood and Teak wood has a mixture color grain of dark brown, yellow and clear or white in some other parts, but the main characteristic of Suar wood is that it has a sturdy impression. Compared to Teak wood, Suar wood has an ability to grow faster and easier in almost any area of Indonesian islands.
In term of price, the same diameter of Suar wood is much less expensive than Teak wood. It happens because of the Suar tree is easier to plant, faster to grow and its harvest time is shorter. Unfortunately, due to its characteristics, Suar wood is not suitable for outdoor use furniture. The soft fiber and loose wood grain are not weather resistant. In addition to rotting in case of continuously exposed to humidity, Suar wood will easily crack and shrink when exposed under direct sunlight.
What kind of furniture that can be manufactured with Suar Wood? Although Suar wood looks as beautiful as Teak wood and seems to be as strong as Teak wood, in fact Suar wood has softer fiber and looser wood grain woven. However, with a proper design and a correct wood treatment, it will create not only a beautiful but also a strong furniture in the same time. The natural shape and the exotic wood grain of Suar Wood makes it the best options for making slab furniture.
A bulky design will be perfect for Suar wood furniture. In addition to the exotic wood grain and its natural beauty, this kind of design will minimize wood cracking and wood shrinking. The thickness of Suar wood furniture components, should at least be 3 centimeters. For Suar wood top table in paricular, the thickness should be between 7 up to 15 centimeters depend on its length. Life edges top table or we usually name it slab top table is perfect for Suar wood because it has large diameter that creates Grande Top Table.
What type of finishing that is suitable for Suar Wood Furniture? The exotic grain of Suar Wood Furniture will be shine under the natural wood coating. This type of finishing is recommended not just for showing the natural grain of Suar wood furniture, but also to prevent any wood fungus problem in case of the Suar wood furniture placed in a humid area. Fine sanded and wax could be an alternative, but we should be aware of fungus. Make sure to always maintain the furniture dry to keep its natural beauty shine.
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