March 14, 2024
Hardwood flooring wood species
More than two thousand years ago, China has begun to use wood to manufacture furniture, flooring, but now our consumers know little about the current market of solid wood flooring, light to listen to the name of the wood has been big, for the different performance of different woods is nothing, how to choose, it is a headache.
This time, I will give you science popularization, the 20 floor trees that are more common on the market at present.
1. Maple
Maple is a temperate wood, divided into soft maple and hard maple, the color is grayish-brown to grayish-red, the rings are not obvious, the pipe holes are many and small, and the distribution is uniform.
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Advantages: Maple texture is beautiful, giving a refreshing, simple feeling; The texture is staggered, the structure is fine and uniform, and the weight is light and hard.
Disadvantages: the section is not smooth, easy to warp when dry; It is light in color and needs constant care.
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2. Black walnut
Black walnut chocolate color, lavender to dark brown, intermixed brown, light color difference texture, fine pattern, beautiful texture, fine grinding, texture is very excellent.
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Advantages: beautiful wood pattern; Low shrinkage rate; Not easy to crack, deformation; Strong hot pressing ability; Strong durability; The heartwood has strong corrosion resistance.
Disadvantages: compressive and bending resistance is only medium; Needs good care; Easy to be destroyed by powder moth, poor toughness, the price is relatively expensive.
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3. Rosewood
Rosewood floor raw materials flower pear, belongs to rosewood tree species, wood is relatively hard, the color is mostly red, red purple, the texture is very clear, the color is softer, near the center of the wood is relatively light, the deeper the color is, red or reddish-brown.
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Advantages: hard quality, corrosion resistance, insect ants; With a clear texture, good texture.
Disadvantages: fewer high-quality tree species, mostly imported wood, so raw materials are scarce and expensive.
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4. Birch
Birch floor raw materials are the global public tree species, about 100 species in the world, mainly distributed in the North temperate zone, a small number of distribution to the Arctic region, a total of 29 species in China, 6 varieties, are distributed all over the country, plant resources are very rich.
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Advantages: Rich resources, relatively cheap price, and birch light color, decorative strong.
Disadvantages: soft material, corrosion resistance; The shear resistance of the fiber is poor, and the quality is not enough.
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5. Beech
Common beech does not: domestic beech, high hardness, but poor stability, easy to crack. European beech, according to the origin is divided into Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Western Europe is yellowish white, Eastern Europe is yellowish red.
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Advantages: clear texture, uniform wood texture, soft and smooth tone; Good load-bearing performance, good compression resistance, hard material.
Disadvantages: slightly poor stability, easier to crack; Due to the different age of the tree, the material density is different.
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6. Pine
Pine has a long growth cycle, fine rings, flexible wood texture, low oil content of the tree, and its own yin-yang color distribution. It has loose fragrance, light yellow color and many furuncle.
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Advantages: clear and beautiful texture, full and smooth lines, good texture; Practical, durable; Strong elasticity and permeability, good thermal conductivity and easy maintenance.
Disadvantages: pine is not moisture-proof, not sun-fast, easy to change color in sunlight, causing deformation and cracking and other problems.
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7. Elm
Elm is a major solid wood flooring production material, many solid wood flooring on the market are elm wood flooring.
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Advantages: high strength, good hardness, clear texture, beautiful.
Disadvantages: high humidity of wood, easy to deform; And easy to grow worms, shrinkage is serious.
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8. Basswood
The white xylem of basswood is usually large and creamy white, gradually merging into a light to brown-red heartwood, sometimes with darker stripes. It has the characteristics of oil, wear resistance, corrosion resistance, not easy to crack, fine grain, easy processing, strong toughness and so on.
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Advantages: With oil, wear resistance, corrosion resistance, not easy to crack, fine grain, easy processing, toughness and other characteristics.
Disadvantages: basswood has poor corrosion resistance and poor steam bending resistance.
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9. Oak wood
Tussah wood brown red, fire resistant, developed roots, not tolerant to salt and alkali; The material is hard, heavy, fine texture, beautiful, and has the characteristics of corrosion resistance and water and wet resistance.
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Advantages: wood texture hard, high strength, heavy, dense structure; Unique wood grain, clear and beautiful texture; And tussah has moderate bending strength and rigidity, excellent steam bending resistance, moisture resistance and wear resistance.
Disadvantages: The wood is not easy to dry, the moisture content is difficult to control, resulting in easy deformation.
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10. Oak
Oak tree heart is yellowish brown to reddish-brown, the growth ring is obvious, slightly wavy, widely used in decoration veneer materials and wine barrels. They are found in temperate parts of the northern Hemisphere.
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Advantages: high strength, wear resistance, light color, beautiful texture, strong comfort.
Disadvantages: fewer high-quality tree species, mostly imported from the United States and Russia, and the price is relatively high.
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11. Camphor wood
The color of camphor wood is red bronze, the texture is clear and good-looking, the material is hard, and the strong camphor aroma is cool and spicy. Wood to camphor (small leaf camphor) the most valuable, fragrance is far better than other camphor wood, followed by sassafras.
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Advantages: Can absorb the odor in the air, and adjust the indoor air humidity.
Disadvantages: Some people are allergic to the smell of camphor wood, which is not suitable for use.
12. Teak
Teak wood is known as the "king of wood", from growth to wood after at least 50-60 years, is the only wood that can experience seawater erosion and sun exposure without bending and cracking.
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Advantages: high density and hardness, not easy to wear. The color of the planed surface can be oxidized to golden yellow through photosynthesis, and the color becomes more beautiful with time.
Teak is rich in iron and oil, which makes it not easy to deform, insect, ant, acid and alkali resistant, especially moisture-proof, corrosion resistant, and with a natural aroma.
Disadvantages: The price is more expensive.
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13. Balsam Dal
Commonly known as red sandalwood, the global production is very small, because of processing difficulties, low yield and more rare and valuable. Trunk straight, cylindrical, no root. Heartwood reddish brown to reddish brown, with light stripes; Distinct from sapwood. Sapwood nearly white. The growth ring is not obvious.
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Advantages: corrosion resistance, antibacterial, anti-insect and ant damage; Beautiful pattern, natural with fragrance, wood fragrance overflowing.
Disadvantages: poor durability to moisture and sunlight, easy to expand and contract, requiring regular floor waxing.
14. Heavy ant wood
The double ant wood is called "rosewood" and is one of the densest hardwoods in the world, with a hardness three times that of Chinese fir. Strong luster, staggered texture, with deep and shallow stripes, strong artistic sense, strong corrosion resistance, moth resistance, termite resistance.
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Advantages: wear resistance, good stability, uniform shrinkage and expansion.
Disadvantages: Hard texture, not suitable for delicate wood craft.
15. Ironwood
Also known as South American golden sandalwood, iron hematopyra tree age of more than hundreds of years, rare species, containing iron, high tissue density, toughness, excellent resistance to weather, do not shrink does not expand, suitable for climate in China.
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Fine wooden organization, soft vision, four seasons suitable. The texture is intricate, the fiber condenses with tree halo, will not crack, rich in aesthetic feeling.
Advantages: Fine texture, strong film adhesion, good corrosion resistance.
Disadvantages: the dry shrinkage is large, the wood is easy to crack in a specific environment, and the oil distribution is uneven.
16, fragrant two wings bean
Fragrant two-wing bean commonly known as Longfeng sandalwood, hard wood, has a clear winding unique texture, like dragon like phoenix, calm color, noble and elegant, the wood is loose hole material, the heart sapwood distinction is obvious.
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Advantages: Shiny, hard or very hard material, corrosion resistance, wear resistance, termite resistance, beautiful texture, more uniform, high strength, color pleasing to the eye.
Disadvantages: more fake.
17. Pick subwood
Picking subwood, commonly known as teak king. The wood has scattered holes, the heartwood is light golden brown when it is newly cut, and turns darker with time, it is brown or reddish-brown. The difference between the heartwood and sapwood is obvious. The sapwood is white when it is newly cut, and becomes light brown in the atmosphere after a long time, and the growth rings are not obvious.
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Advantages: Fine texture, hard material, wear resistance, pressure resistance, impact resistance, corrosion resistance, termite resistance excellent performance.
Disadvantages: Slow drying, easy to crack.
18. Pineapple lattice
Large trees, up to 45m tall, 1.5 m in diameter or above; It is found in Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, southern Myanmar, Thailand, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Fiji and the Samos Islands. Wood with loose holes. The heartwood was yellow, orange and brown, with deep and shallow intersecting stripes, the edge heartwood was distinct, the structure was general and uniform; The wood is shiny; No special smell; Mixed gold line, solemn color and durable, moderate price, many happy.
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Advantages: hard material, high density; Beautiful texture, wear-resistant, corrosion-resistant, mothproof.
Disadvantages: High requirements for installation.
19. Jatoba
Jatoba is also called Brazilian teak. It is found mainly in South America, and is most abundant in Brazil near the Amazon. Wood with loose holes. The heartwood is brown and the edge heartwood is distinct. Sapwood nearly white, straight texture, slightly coarse structure, slightly uniform. The wood is shiny and has no special odor.
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Advantages: Heavy, high strength, very resistant to rot. Strong ability to resist white rot bacteria, brown rot bacteria and termites, and strong oil absorption. Smooth finish, good stability.
Disadvantages: Wood dry shrinkage.
20. Ash wood
European ash wood quality is high, durable, elastic and beautiful pattern, is a heartwood tree, sapwood slightly light yellow, heartwood light brown, heartwood gradually transition to the plate.
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Advantages: smooth section, good adhesive performance, easy to paint, good processing performance, the material is relatively hard, seismic, steam bending effect is good, has a good anti-corrosion effect, is not easy to age, and the change of heartwood is small.
Disadvantages: The domestic ash wood mainly relies on imports, so the wood is very scarce and the import is limited. The drying performance is relatively poor, the treatment should not be prone to cracking and deformation, the surface of ash wood furniture is easy to raise hair, and the construction method is very particular in the process of production.
