Fake and inferior solid wood furniture presents hidden dangers

In a blink of an eye, it's the peak season of home furnishing every year. Nowadays, the primary problem that troubles consumers' furnishing is neither price nor style, but the focus is on "furniture pollution". The physical hazards caused by excessive formaldehyde and benzene have caused consumers to have a strong sense of approval for environmentally friendly materials. Many unscrupulous merchants have taken advantage of the weaknesses that consumers have little knowledge of solid wood furniture and put on a "solid wood" hat for the promotion of ordinary plates. The material is not solid wood, but a layer of solid wood is affixed to the ordinary plates. skin.

Inferior and inferior solid wood furniture has potential safety hazards. In order to maximize the benefit, some illegal traders use some inferior plates, sticking a layer of solid wood skin on their outer layers and stunned them as “solid wood plates”. The so-called density board is made by bonding sawdust or broken wood with a large amount of formaldehyde, and the particle board is commonly known as particle board, which is formed by adding the adhesive to the particle board and pressing. The cost of this kind of board is low, but after adding the name of "solid wood", its profit is as high as 80% -120%, which is much higher than the profit of 15% -20% of real solid wood. When these plates containing a large amount of formaldehyde are made into furniture, they become "solid wood furniture" touted by merchants in shopping malls. In fact, such products are very different from real solid wood products, and there are great potential safety hazards. .

At present, the prices of solid wood furniture on the market are relatively high, like some solid wood composite floors and solid wood composite doors. Because the edges of solid wood are stained, the price is much higher than the price of composite floors and composite doors. In a brand-name floor sales point, the price of pure solid wood flooring is generally between 200 and 350 yuan per square meter, while the price of solid wood composite flooring of the same brand is between 100 and 150 yuan, and the lowest price of composite flooring is at 50. Yuan to 90 yuan.

An ordinary non-glossy solid wood composite floor hit a special price of 57.8 yuan per square meter. Why is it the same as parquet flooring but the price difference is double? In addition to being fake, the phenomenon of solid wood furniture shifting from flower to flower is also common in the market. On the one hand, consumers should be alert to merchants to subsume good products and make them empty; on the other hand, if the furniture uses composite plates to varying degrees, they will all contain a certain amount of formaldehyde or benzene, and some of them The inferior panel veneer furniture will inevitably lead to excessive formaldehyde, which will inevitably cause harm to the human body.

Low-cost materials are usually crude

The prices of some brands of solid wood composite doors on the market are generally around 1,000 yuan, while there are some miscellaneous doors also called solid wood composite doors, but the price is between 500 yuan and 600 yuan. Why do the two kinds of solid wood composite doors differ so much?

Most of the cheap solid wood composite doors do not contain solid wood components. After installation, they will bring a pungent odor to the room. Long-term inhalation of the human body will cause harm.

So how do consumers identify solid wood furniture that truly meets environmental standards? It is recommended that the formaldehyde content should be confirmed first. Although most qualified furniture has a formaldehyde content test certificate, because the current test in China is only for the formaldehyde emission of the plates used in furniture, the test results are measured from the chemical solution, not It is a simulated home environment to detect the concentration of formaldehyde in the air, so it does not mean that the formaldehyde will not be exceeded in the living room environment. Therefore, the most effective and direct method of detection is to open the cabinet door or drawer to smell it to see if there is a pungent odor Or cause tears, if any, you can ask the sales staff to make a reasonable explanation for the smell. Some smells are inevitably incidental to paints, adhesives, etc., and can be eliminated by opening the cabinet door for a while after returning home.

In addition, attention should be paid to the moisture content and origin of solid wood furniture wood, and its moisture content should be consistent with the equilibrium moisture content in the area of ​​use.

Here, you should buy the products of famous brand manufacturers. It is best to bring experienced people or professional purchasers with you at the time of purchase. You can also entrust the decoration company to buy. First, they have a stable quality supply list, and the price may be low. Some; second, if there is a problem with quality, the responsibility is clear and it is easy to solve. The staff emphasized that they must not be greedy for cheap, and the materials that are sold at low prices are usually made of crude and formaldehyde that seriously exceeds the standard. In addition, be sure to save the instruction manual after purchase in order to use it in case of disputes.