substitute for teak wood (2)

The price of the room sealing cardboard Herrera from USD 2 million to 10 million per unit. In addition to the local market, the product also has penetrated overseas markets like the United States, Portugal and Singapore. Within a week, Herrera could send about 2 to 3 units of the partition of products with an average price of Rp 5 million per unit.

Price trembesi wood furniture products are cheaper than teak wood making it suitable as an alternative to home decor minimalist style. A cheaper price is also made homemade products Herrera enthused newly married couple families.

Eko Supriyanto make various furniture products from trembesi the price varies. For one set of dining table with a width of 2 m sold USD 4 million, while for the size of 3 m sold Rp 5 million. Chairs sold Rp 175,000 to Rp 250,000, depending on model.

Eko many orders coming from Jakarta and East Java. In addition, he also exports about 10 sets of dining table to Malaysia every month.

Not only the furniture or furniture, wood processing trembesi Eko also be other craft products such as statues goddess Kwan Im. Statue of Chinese citizens will sell for between Rp 400,000 - Rp 500,000, height 50 cm-60 cm. There is also a statue of an eagle worth USD 1.7 million with a high 1.4 m-1.5 m.

Every month he was able to send five statues eagles to Korea. Of the various woodcraft this trembesi Eko could reap a turnover of Rp 20 million per month.

According to him, the wood has a high aesthetic trembesi because it has a coarse fiber. Coarse fibers are made of wood engraving process trembesi more difficult. "It takes a high level of vigilance in trembesi wood carving," said Eko.

If the process of engraving done carelessly and inadvertently, trembesi timber may break and damage the furniture. Rough wood texture that distinguishes this also trembesi with teak wood. More easily carved teak because of its strong. "Easily carved teak wood but does not damage the wood," said Eka Andrianto, owner of Green Wood in Solo.

In the market, there are two types of wood trembesi commonly used by furniture craftsmen. First is trembesi solid wood pieces that form the original. Second is the log or timber called trembesi mixture.

Before used as raw material for furniture, sawn timber trembesi accordance with the desired shape. After that, wood smeared with oil similar chemical liquid material so that the wood will look more shiny.

For drying, wood that has been smeared chemicals are roasted until dry, then drawn and sculpted according to the model. Process of wood raw material to ready formed and carved around one to two days.

Trembesi wood properties that are not as strong as teak wood price trembesi make a little cheaper. Besides being easily broken, the resulting oil content was also lower than teak. Levels of oil determines the level of durability of wood. The more oil content contained in wood, the more durable wood.

Weaknesses owned trembesi other wood is wood that level of flexibility higher than teak. Rate this flexibility makes trembesi wood is not good to make leaf door. When forced into leaf doors, the wood will trembesi curve.

With a variety of shortcomings, according to Eka, wood wood crafters trembesi great demand because it has a good complexion. "There is a patterned brown, yellow, and black," said Eka.