Garden Furniture: Javanese Teak Wood
Indonesian teak furniture in fact is produced more in Java Island. Javanese Teak Wood or tectona grandis has been actually known centuries years ago. This oiled teak wood has special quality because of its high density, easily to be formed or carved and adapted with climate and condition.
In the past and even up to this present time, this kind of wood still becomes the main choice to make sailing boat such as Phinisi from South Sulawesi. This wood is also very appropriate to be used as housing materials, especially wooden house mostly built in small cities and villages in Java.
In terms of furniture, teak wood can be used for indoor and outdoor purpose. Its oil character and high wooden density make it not easily broken or smashed if it is being carved with soft motives, and likewise if it is softened by handy sander. Its endurance toward wood beetle is also relatively high. That is why furniture product or other carved product is moslty dominated by the use of such kind of wood.
For indoor purpose, teak wood is also appropriate to be used as mirror frame which has antique and colonial style which indeed seems so glory and luxurious. Besides, this wood can be also used as door leaf and window, window or door frame, main pole of wooden house filled with ethnic styles of carving. Likewise for the use of ‘gebyok’ or carved wall usually decorated Javanese traditional house.
Javanese teak wood is really suitable for outdoor furniture product or park. Their solid and oiled wood characters as well as its graining and shrinking stability make it able to adapt with an extreme change of weather and climate. Its oil content gives an extra protection when it is exposed to open space, as well as presents natural finishing which is really preferred by international market.
Javanese teak wood is still more superior than similiar species from many places in the world. Its superiority is indicated by its abundant oil content in each of its wooden rod. This oil may not only protect it, but also give natural finishing through finishing processes. The process is also conducted naturally whitout any additional finishing liquids. It makes global market really interested to those wood teak furniture products.
In terms of its endurance, this furniture is quite amazing. This species is not inferior to similar products from other wooden material. Its endurance toward material fatique is relatively high although it is someting being treated beyond its normal condition, such as sitting at its upper part of head or hand rest. But it really depends on the quality of construction and connecting device commonly made of metal.
