Solid wood furniture and natural does not necessarily equate necessarily. China Furniture Association, the professional branch of Redwood, director of Dr. Shou Tian pointed out that because many of the scarcity of wood, so now with the entire board, which is a large piece of wood, wood furniture, the situation has to do less and less.
Current solid wood furniture, raw materials, some are two or more pieces of wood veneer stuck together, there are some wood adhesive paste after the skin. This production method also will be involved in the problem with the glue, and many are contained formaldehyde glue, which means there will be a part of solid wood furniture, though not solid wood, but there are a certain amount of formaldehyde release.
Generally speaking, at present mainly used in plastic furniture, there are urea-formaldehyde glue and white glue, urea-formaldehyde glue in which the formaldehyde content should be higher, white plastic formaldehyde emission is relatively small.
The production of mahogany furniture, there is a skin glue, this glue is completely natural material, is free of formaldehyde.
Therefore, we have the time to buy solid wood furniture, or should try to choose the brand through national quality inspection of qualified products, consumers may request the vendor to the use of wood and plastic furniture to make a statement.
When buying wood furniture, try to avoid excessive stitching made furniture. Specific questions can sellers ask, and to write to the relevant circumstances of timber purchase contract, as a rights protection conditions.
In addition, solid wood furniture, brought home later, to be placed and ventilation for at least more than two months and then put into use, so as to protect the evaporation of harmful gases to avoid health hazards.