Teak wood is one of the world's most popular and demanded types of wood. Teak wood has many advantages, such as strength, durability, beauty, and availability. Teak wood also has high economic value as an industrial raw material and an arts and crafts product.
Teak wood comes from the teak tree (Tectona grandis). It is widespread in South and Southeast Asia, especially in India, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Teak wood has a variety of colors, ranging from light brown and gray brown to dark red-brown. Teak wood also has smooth and straight fiber and contains natural oils that give it a distinctive shine and aroma. Teak wood is very strong and resistant to pests, fungi, termites, and weather attacks. Teak wood is easy to shape, cut, sew, nail, glue, and paint.
By the mid-20th century, the Indonesian government had owned a company dedicated to managing one of the country's most valuable natural resources: Perhutani Persero. Perhutani is in charge of maintaining official teak plantations on the Indonesian island of Java. Here, a predetermined number of trees can be cut down every year and then replaced with new ones to maintain the continuity of the teak tree life cycle.
The best teak furniture comes from mature trees that need about 80 years before they are harvested. Because of the length of the process, it is not surprising that Teak wood is very valuable. Even used teak wood is reprocessed so that it can live by being transformed into various beautiful pieces of furniture.
Another advantage of Teak wood is weather resistance, so Teak wood is the perfect material for making outdoor furniture. From time to time, teak wood changes from honey brown to slippery livery gray, adding beauty and value to the teak wood.
myTeak in making teak furniture, indoor, outdoor, and wall panels, always use teak wood with low water content, legal and certified by Perhutani forest reserves to give you satisfaction and the best quality for the price you pay.
