How to identify true and false mahogany cleaning and maintenance methods
The sapwood is white to light yellow, and the heartwood is reddish brown to reddish brown, and turns to dark reddish brown over time. The growth ring is slightly obvious, and there are red gum and white sediment in the tube hole. Parenchyma ring tubular and wheel boundary. The wood ray is slightly thin, and sometimes there are ripples on the chord surface.
The color of the wood is pleasant to the eye, the texture is interlaced, and the characteristic banded pattern is on the radial surface. The material is soft and hard, the structure is uniform, the size is stable. The air dry density of wood is 0.51 ~ 0.72g/cm3. Easy processing, smooth section, excellent gluing and painting properties.
It is suitable for high-grade furniture and joinery, interior decoration, inlay board, veneer veneer, musical instrument, wood mold, etc.
The wood grain of mahogany is usually in a crisscross wavy shape, with banded pattern on radial section and wavy pattern with pitting on rotary section.
Cleaning and maintenance of mahogany
1. Try to avoid direct sunlight, long-term exposure to the sun may cause furniture fading, affecting the beauty and service life of furniture.
2. Pay attention to the ventilation of the room, not easy to be too humid, so it is easy to cause furniture moisture regain, thus affecting its collection value and service life.
3. Pay attention not to put higher temperature teapot, water cup, tableware, etc. on mahogany furniture, pay attention to easy to cause furniture surface scald.
4. When doing cleaning treatment, it is best to wipe the surface of furniture with wet cloth dipped in some mild detergent, try to wipe along the texture of solid wood furniture, and then wipe with dry cloth or dip in professional wood wax. Waxing time 1 to 2 times a year is appropriate, not too much. In short, when doing cleaning treatment, try to avoid damaging the paint surface when wiping.