You are looking for wood patio furniture and you realized that it is not easy to find one’s way in the jungle of possibilities.
Here are a few pro tips to help you find the right wood for you. The most important in choosing wood patio furniture is to be attentive to longevity, density and stability of the wood. The ideal wood will then be one that will last a long time, will be dense not porous, have natural oils and that will not warp easily. While you can find many type of woods and many different prices, in department stores, specialized stores limit their selection to the best quality products available. Top of the line, for any high end product, has to go to teak followed by a couple of exotic woods like eucalyptus, or keruing. Iroko wood, which is a very dense and good looking wood, on the other hand is not a very stable wood. About care and maintenance You have some choices to make from the moment you bring your patio set home. If you choose to start with maintain your furniture with teak oil, you will have to repeat the treatment about every 3 months. You might consider, if you lack time or if maintenance of outdoor furniture is not high on your list of things to do, opting for a sealer that is used every other year. You can also alternate maintenance with oil once then sealer the next year. It is good to maintain your patio furniture at the beginning of the season and once again at the end, just before the setting in of winter. You can avoid this fastidious maintenance all together by letter the furniture weather naturally. This is very suitable to teak, but it will not keep it naturally brown color, it will take on a silvery grey that is also very attractive. This weathering is alright for teak but other woods do not fare as well and they can produce dark streaks that are mostly unattractive. If you considered finishing your teak furniture with a marine varnish, to avoid work, that is not a good idea because it will kill the natural health of the wood and it will form cracks. It is best at the end of the season to keep your outdoor teak furniture in a dry well ventilated area and not to cover it with a plastic tarp.
shapes to look for
Teak Outdoor Table Rounded Ends
Tables are showing up more and more in the round, armchairs are more and more comfortable and inviting with good backs and seats. Chaises lounge and low tables are also widely accepted in teak, high tables and bar stools are another popular choice. Teak is really the garden owner’s pet wood. It is a wood that has become so overused that its availability is decreasing, and at the same time its price is increasing. While some people are now turning to other exotic woods, teak is still for now the the Rolls Royce of gardens everywhere. Not all teak furniture available is of the same high quality, there is a difference between a $400 table and another table costing $800 or more. The most expensive furniture is made with the best part of the tree, the heart of the trunk, while outer pieces are often gathered, and doctored to be used is lesser quality furniture. If the wood is the same, what to look for in choosing quality outdoor furniture is the thickness of the wood, the design of course, the workmanship, and the finish, all these factors influence price. The last consideration in choosing your teak patio furniture is its origin, does it comes from areas where deforestation is being controlled, where replanting is underway. Remember that the objective is to certify a proper management of the earth resources.
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