Welcome to Quality-Teak.Com
We
take pride in being able to offer a small selection of our most
popular reclaimed teak furniture items, which are
handcrafted by skilled craftsmen and artisans in Indonesia using
time-honored carpentry techniques to ensure stability. The
furniture is then hand finished in your selected color. See
Color
Options.
Reclaimed
Teak Sourcing
Our ‘reclaimed teak’
furniture is sourced from the purchase or barter of ‘Rumah Joglo’
which are traditional Indonesian houses or other ancient teak
timbers. These ancient and neglected houses have been standing
between 50 to 200 years. The main frame construction and outer
panels are made from teak and this lumber is carefully recovered
for the fabrication of our unique furniture.
Reclaimed
Teak Preparation
The wood is cleaned by
hand with a wire brush to remove the outer weathered, oxidized
coating or old varnishes or paints, and nails or other hardware
are removed. Then it is planed square for production; larger holes
left by previous fittings, joints or hardware are filled with
chunks of wood with the same grain orientation. The larger
components are then oven dried in our solar powered kiln to reduce
the moisture content and to kill any existing termite eggs.
Knowing that we are using well seasoned wood enables us to dry the
wood rapidly to the ideal level without causing defects. The wood
is then re-planed and sanded leaving us a smooth finish, prior to
being crafted and assembled into new furniture. We overlook minor
imperfections and discolorations as they are perfectly normal and
add to the charm of our unique furniture and this has no effect on
the stability of a finished piece. Our reclaimed teak furniture
does not have a very rustic look as we aim to produce modern
furniture from environmentally responsible raw materials.
Reclaimed
Teak Construction
Careful consideration is
taken into the design and construction of our furniture knowing
that all natural hard and soft woods, including teak, continue to
absorb and exude moisture according to the humidity of its
immediate surroundings. Our furniture construction allows for
natural and free wood movement which means that no matter where
you are located, our products are suitable and have been built to
self adjust.
Reclaimed
Teak Furniture Finishing
The finishing process is
an important stages of our production process and we aim to
minimize the use of harmful products. The furniture is first
sanded by hand,
then
the stain color which you select is applied. Once dry, two sealing
coats of shellac are applied with sanding between applications,
finally a wax formula (which is a composition of natural beeswax
and hard carnauba wax) is rubbed onto all surfaces then polished
This combination of events provides a beautiful yet durable finish
to our furniture.
General
Information About Our furniture
When
you purchase a piece of home furniture from Quality-Teak.Com you
are purchasing a future antique. All our furniture is constructed
using only solid teak wood. This includes cabinetry sides, backs
and drawers bottoms. Man-made boards, such as compressed particle
board, block-board or plywood, are not used in the
construction of our furniture. These are generally veneered or
laminated to give the appearance of solid wood.
Special attention and patience has to be taken when constructing
products using solid wood. At
Quality-Teak.Com
we use time honored carpentry techniques. Our furniture is
generally secured with glued mortise and tenon joints, which are
anchored with dowel pins. Many other joinery methods are used such
as edge to edge, lap, dovetail, rabbet, miter, housing and bridle
joints as the piece of furniture requires it.
We use only a two part epoxy-resin glue, which consists of an
adhesive and hardener. This cures to form a very strong bond.
Ordinary wood glues reduce the longevity of joints.
Product Customization
Did
you know that, for a fee, we can customize many of our standard
dimensions to meet your requirements! Please contact customer
service for more information about this service. |
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