Mahogany furniture has excellent wood quality, but the color of mahogany will fade at first glance. Most consumers who have just come into contact with them will think that they are not buying mahogany floor or mahogany furniture of poor material.
In fact, light-colored hardwoods and softwoods often do not fade; dark-colored rosewood, large-leaf red sandalwood, and small-leaf red sandalwood fade more deeply.
Fading is a material characteristic of mahogany furniture. Therefore, this kind of color fading is a normal phenomenon, and as the years of use increase, the color fading phenomenon will weaken or even disappear.
The reason for the discoloration of mahogany furniture is that dark mahogany contains pigments. In addition, dark mahogany has high density and high cytoplasm (non-strip, reticulated wood fibers) content. The colloidal silty cytoplasm is in a semi-free state and is relatively soluble. in water and alcohol.
Sometimes when identifying some mahogany, the feature of fading is used, and the wood is marked on white paper, and its color is used as one of the criteria for judgment.
In the mahogany furniture industry, there are often people who use the red road or the brown yellow road on the wall to prove whether it is lobular sandalwood or red rosewood. If you find that there are many such roads on the wall of a certain room, it can almost be concluded that this room is A person who has lived in dry wood furniture antiques.
Identifying lobular rosewood and red rosewood is to judge whether the marks are red or yellowish brown: put the newly made lobular sandalwood pen holder in a bucket full of water, the next day you will find that the water turns light blue green, and then change the water The same is true.
There are also many people who doubt that the things they bought at a large price have faded. Did they buy fakes?
In fact, don't be surprised, it is normal for mahogany to fade. After a long time, when our sweat and oil on the skin rub against its surface and gradually form a pulp, it will not fade again.
Many newly-made furniture have just been sanded with 600-grit sandpaper, and the fine powder with color still remains on the wood or mixed with wax. At this time, the color can be easily wiped off with a dry cloth or wet paper towel. After cleaning, It's not easy to get better.
When the furniture is used for several months, the surface is oxidized to gray-brown, and the wooden structure is changed due to oil stains. At this time, it is not easy to fade, and it is not easy to see.
Some stained furniture will fade a little when exposed to water at first. The furniture painted with rosewood, huanghuali and white rosewood is not easy to fade due to the lacquer surface.
How to deal with furniture discoloration?
Wipe the new furniture with a dry cloth, or simply wipe it with a damp cloth, and then wax it again to avoid sticking to water and alcohol. Add a cushion to the lobular rosewood chair and use it for a while. Don't lean on the back of the lobular rosewood chair after sweating, it will stain Red your shirt! After a year, it doesn't matter if you use it or not, the furniture itself will not fade.