Rubber Tree Wood Furniture

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Rubber tree wood furniture. The wood from a rubber tree is relatively easy to work with whether you re using power tools or working with it by hand. In their search for a durable attractive affordable exotic hardwood for interior furnishings manufacturers are increasingly turning to rubber plantations. Rubberwood is commonly advertised as an environmentally friendly wood as it makes use of plantation trees that have already served a useful function. After latex production declines about 30 years the trees are harvested and the plantations are replanted.
Get 5 in rewards with club o. Rubberwood actually does come from rubber trees. Since the trees are not felled specifically for timber use many people consider rubberwood to be. The wood of felled rubber trees has traditionally been used for fuel and to make furniture in the regions where these trees are cultivated but latex farmers realized that the wood could have commercial value as well and they started to export it.
Free shipping on everything at overstock your online furniture store. It takes stains and finishes well which makes it ideal to use in furniture. Rubberwood is a light colored medium density tropical hardwood obtained from the parĂ¡ rubber tree hevea brasiliensis usually from trees grown in rubber plantations. China is the largest source of rubberwood furniture.
This latex is used to make rubber. The rubber tree gets its name from the commercially harvested milky latex it exudes when cut. 6 or 12 month special financing available. How to care for rubberwood furniture.
It is a moderately hard medium textured straight grained wood that is approximately the. Rubberwood is a whitish lumber that gradually fades to a light brown over time. Most rubberwood furniture comes from materials sourced from brazil or asia as these are the primary centers of latex products. Rubberwood is derived from the rubber tree.
The wood itself is grown primarily in malaysia thailand and other tropical southeast asian regions.