Furniture is an important part of interior design. Many people buy furniture will consider the choice of materials, we would like to know which is good for birch and pine? Some people say that birch is good, and some people say that pine is good. Which one is better? Which is expensive for birch and pine? The following is a small series to answer for everyone.
What is birch?
Birch generally refers to the general term for about 100 species of trees and shrubs of the genus Birch. The edge of the single leaf is serrated or shallow, and the fruit is a small wing. The birch bark is smooth, resinous, white or variegated, with traversing lenticels, usually peeled off into thin slices. The bark of the old trunk is thick and deep, cracking into irregular fragments. The short, slender branches of the young trees are lifted in a narrow tower-shaped canopy. The wood of birch is light brown to reddish brown, used as flooring, furniture, pulp, interior decoration materials, vehicle and ship equipment, plywood, etc. Cold-tolerant, fast-growing, more immune to pests and diseases, used for reforestation, control of soil erosion, protective cover or conservation trees. More demanding moist, fertile sand or loam, sowing and grafting. It is found in cold regions of the northern hemisphere.
What is pine?
Pine is a kind of coniferous plant (common coniferous plants are pine, fir, cypress), which has the characteristics of pine scent, yellowish color, sputum, fast response to atmospheric temperature, easy swelling, and extremely difficult to dry naturally. Therefore, it needs to be manually treated, such as drying, degreasing to remove organic compounds, bleaching the uniform tree color, neutralizing the tree, making it difficult to deform.
Which is expensive for birch and pine?
The price of birch and pine is almost the same. Xiaobian introduces the advantages and disadvantages of these two materials for your reference:
1. Advantages and disadvantages of birch:
(1) Advantages of birch: The furniture made of birch is easy to process, resistant to use, smooth in cut surface, good in paint and gluing performance. Birch is elastic, easy to crack and warp when dry, not wearable. The birch annual rings are slightly obvious, the texture is straight and obvious, the material structure is delicate and soft and smooth, and the texture is soft or moderate. The bark of birch is also more flexible and beautiful. Most manufacturers prefer to use birch as the core material of other furniture or as an inlay material.
(2) Disadvantages of birch: The fiber resistance of birch furniture is poor, and it is easy to “Qiqiuâ€. The roots and nodules of birch have many patterns, and the hygroscopicity is relatively large. It is easy to crack and warp when dry, and is intolerant. mill.
2, the advantages and disadvantages of pine
(1) Advantages of pine: Most pine furniture is simple and generous, the lines are full and smooth, and the processing technique of carving less is environmentally friendly and healthy. It looks more natural and beautiful, natural wood stripes, without any modification, all wood grain All of them are presented to us, and they are placed at home to look very beautiful and top grade. Pine furniture belongs to natural and environmentally friendly wood. It is very beautiful in appearance and has a very good color. It has a faint wood fragrance.
(2) The disadvantages of pine: pine furniture is soft, can not bear too heavy weight, can not be used as load-bearing furniture; in addition, pine furniture should be dried and processed as furniture wood, because of different processing techniques, pine dehydration Degreasing is not the same, if the processing technology is not good, pine furniture is very easy to dry due to dehydration and degreasing.
Use of birch and pine
1. Use of birch
The wood of birch is light brown to reddish brown with a shiny surface and a smooth mechanism. Yellowish white is slightly brown, the annual ring is obvious, the wood is pure, slightly hard, fine structure, strong mechanical strength, elastic, hygroscopic, dry and easy to crack and warp. Not very durable in a prone to decay environment, more in the form of splints. Birch is commonly used in special plywood, flooring, furniture, pulp, interior materials, vehicle and boat equipment, plywood, etc. The furniture made is smooth and wearable, and the pattern is clear. It is now used in the production of structures, parquet and interior frames.
2, the use of pine
Pine is used in a wide range of applications, from construction and utility poles to furniture and agricultural tools. In addition, pine is one of the main raw materials for making pulp, and charcoal is also made of pine.
And the pine tree trunk is rich in turpentine that can be used to extract rosin and turpentine. Pine nuts also contain high protein, of which red pine nuts are still a Chinese herbal medicine.
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