Acacia Wood

There is one more typical of tropical wood species have commercial value in the market is quite good. This wood is known as Acacia wood. At first glance, the colors on the surface of acacia wood is very similar to teak, the resemblance even to say 80% similar. But when it comes to the level of strength and durability, clear, still under the acacia wood teak.acacia woodHowever, because of the difficulty in getting wood and also the high price of teak wood, the use of alternative wood began to be considered by the crafters of furniture. And acacia wood in the furniture crafters radar consideration because of the similarity between the two colors. Indeed, judging from the color of the two, it is not much different aliases are very similar. Because of the similarity of acacia wood that is widely used to deal with the difficulty of getting teak. And other considerations is a matter of price, the market price of acacia wood is also much cheaper than teak furniture so the craftsman can save more production cost.
In addition to the color and the cheapening of the price of wood, other factors that affect the craftsman furniture to switch to using acacia wood is because it is a kind of acacia wood timber that is easy to handle like a cut, for example, or sanded. Acacia wood can be used to make a wide range of furniture products, both carving and minimalist (non-carved), however, only recommended use acacia wood for any kind of indoor furniture or other types of furniture that are not directly in contact with the ground and hot weather and rain. Because acacia wood is less resistant to weather influences and is classified as a type of wood is also very hard wood so easily broken or cracked, so the use of this wood is less suitable when used to make garden furniture or outdoor furniture.
Currently, a wide variety of indoor furniture made from acacia wood was widely circulated and sold in the market. Acacia wood furniture market prices are usually cheaper than teak furniture. For the price of wood is also cheaper. But in some cases, there is also a rogue furniture sellers (less sporty), they offer wood furniture with amit-amit akasianya furniturenya if it is made of teak wood just to sell their products at higher prices. This is clearly detrimental to the buyer, and to anticipate things like that, the following are characteristics of acacia wood:
The characteristics of acacia wood:

    Wood color (sapwood wood and wood patio): wood brown while the sapwood sapwood is white wood. This color is similar to the color of teak.
    Scent or odor: less savory smell of acacia wood, smelled like kecing (urine)
    Weight of wood: acacia wood is quite heavy enough, it can be proved by comparing the weight of timber such as teak, mahogany or rosewood.
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