Teak flooring has always been a high-end product among wood flooring. In recent years, with the rise of solid wood geothermal flooring, teak has become the preferred raw material for solid wood geothermal flooring because of its extremely high stability. It is precisely because of the numerous advantages and good performance of teak wood that teak flooring is not cheap on the market, which has led some businesses to pass other wood off as teak wood? So how do we distinguish between genuine and fake teak flooring?
Nowadays, the "African teak" and "South American teak" on the market have lost their high-quality and rich characteristics due to being able to be made in 10 years. This type of board is prone to cracking and is not considered a true teak floor. There is also a type of floor called "Teak King", which is not Teak at all. Some businesses also impersonate black core wood lotus as teak, although they look similar in appearance, they can still be distinguished from real teak.
When purchasing teak flooring, it can be remembered that the surface of the teak flooring is very smooth and has a delicate touch. Due to its high oil content, the teak flooring looks like it has been soaked in oil, while counterfeit black core wood lotus flooring does not have this characteristic and the surface is relatively rough.
The teak flooring itself has a pungent odor that can be felt close to the nose, while counterfeit flooring has no odor. Drop a few drops of water for an experiment. Real teak flooring hardly absorbs water, and if it is fake, it may quickly absorb the water.
When installing flooring, we can also look at the sawdust on teak flooring. True teak flooring sawdust gives a greasy feeling, while fake ones give a loose feeling. Similarly, during installation, a small piece of floor leftover material can also be taken and burned. If the burning smoke is very thick and strong, it proves to be a teak floor, and vice versa, it is fake.