Hi guys,

Seems like a lot of furniture is made of rubber wood when it is advertised as "solid timber"

Can anyone advise if this is good wood and do they have any problems?

Thanks!

Rubber wood is a semi-hard wood. Considered good quality and strong. However, as in all wood, there are different grades to them.

Thank you for your response prop99. Most of these furniture are stained very dark brown so you really can't tell what it is! Well no one here has anything bad to say about it so I guess it is ok. Teak is much better but it is too yellow to me.....

Usually you can still see the grains if it is stain. Unless it is very dark where you cannot see anything then the build quality counts.

check my sig if looking for teak chairs

my sifu said termite LOVE rubber wood. he advised me NEVER buy rubber wood furniture.

Rubber wood not good and easily pop up if get heated. Avoid rubber wood but if budget constrain then no choice

normally this rubberwood are chemically treated; it should not be prone to termites. Some shops do provide lifetime warranty on it as well.

this is not true.

Now they even have durian wood

haha..does it smell like durian?

Proof me I am wrong. I was using rubber wood furniture b4 and the performance is not accepted. For now, I am not using any rubber wood furniture anymore.

rubberwood is solid timber ma... is not like it is made of rubber... once it is treated and properly finished or coated, it can last for a good few years.. changes will only come when u deem the trend has pass... . jus get those with proper name. solid rubberwood furniture are anytime better than your normal particleboard or MDF based furniture.

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Added on November 26, 2012, 3:45 pmno.. they are much durable than rubberwood, medium hardwood class.. sort of like light red meranti class d.. very beautiful wood.. a bit reddish..

This post has been edited by xavi5567: Nov 26 2012, 03:45 PM

Hope so , but I don't own one so can't tell :-)

Last time when I buy wooden door, the uncle tools me the mix wood is cheaper, it include durian wood.

yup last time was called chapchai... but now... durian wood got market liao... highly sort after by the picture frame industry, door, moulding etc...

This post has been edited by xavi5567: Nov 26 2012, 08:47 PM

Maybe you bought he wrong wood or the seller would have mislead you. Rubberwood is a solid wood similar to other solid wood. Its more easily available here in Msia, hence its cheaper. It doesnt warp or crack.

The only bad thing about rubber wood, it comes in smaller width because the nature of tree trunk, hence the pieces are layed together and glued to form a wood piece. You can see this by the surface color and cuttings. Its very obvious.

http://www.cubicbath.com/blog/entry/oak-so...om-cabinet.html

How is Rubber wood against termites.

most of the commercial wood goes thru treatment for fungus, termite, etc.

You mean "pressure cook" the wood.

rubberwood are usually treated with boron.. in some case LOSP (light organic solvent preservative) and finally b4 deliver to u, most rubberwood are coated with finished which is enough to repel from any attack liao..