The purchase and maintenance of antique furniture

A knowledge of antique furniture:

Antique furniture, the material can be classified as "cork" and "hardwood" categories. Hardwood higher density, texture smaller, quality is also heavier, so hardwood is more expensive than softwood. One of the red sandalwood trees, pear prices are very expensive. Cork, there Phoebe, beech, elm, cedar, catalpa wood, fir, white wood, camphor and so on.

2 antique furniture pricing

The value of antique furniture, the main orientation of "age, material, rarity, integrity and style, similar goods" as the main basis. Hardwoods in the red sandalwood trees, pear could be sold for sky-high price of furniture. So keen antique furniture, you might refer to red sandalwood wood, pear furniture style, furniture and the selection of cork material entry.

3 antique furniture processing

Focus on small-office processing and finishing, antique furniture, a necessary process for rebirth, the degree of precision machining can be seen from the following: Drawer bottom of the finishing, polished it carefully, painting is uniform, wood grain is complete, cabinets back Phi linen is intact, etc., are needed attention.

4 antique furniture and maintenance

a water-resistant to cracking

For example, regardless of the weather hot and cold, the next cup to be added Dianbu, there are water-soaked immediately unhealed, usually as long as the normal use, you need not worry unduly. Winter heating of the room is too dry, it is best to use humidifier at the same time in order to furniture dry.

b should always wax cleaning

Both hardwood or softwood, none could be direct sunlight or use a damp cloth. The sun will cause long-term exposure of wood cracking and fading phenomenon, and a damp cloth can easily stained with antique furniture caused by dust on the surface of wear, and even carved worn it may regrets

Cleaning brush bristles gently brush is best to go to dust, then wipe dry cloth to completely dust-free so far, carved some of the available brush Qingshua, and then according to material selection of water wax, light wax, beeswax and other protection wax to do maintenance. Waxing, they should stick to a clean cotton wax, by the light and heavy dictate slowly, then gradually pushed from the point of the surface until wax evenly attached to its stability, but also wood grain can be clearly visible, usually every six months wax once. As the antiques are usually covered with a layer of clear lacquer to cut off the air, so a thick layer of wax on the furniture, there is no good, but Qin Shi Dao Shi avoid sanding dust, the best habits.

c Note that soft and hard are different

In general, consumers should have to buy antique furniture, antique restoration with professional conservation-off with Master's precious antique furniture, if not handled properly could cause beyond resurrection, it is proposed is too complex repair work or left to the professionals. Therefore, treatment at home, mainly in the daily cleaning, waxing and so on. As the largest antique furniture, wooden cases and wooden kinds of materials can also be divided into two kinds of softwood and hardwood. Most wood furniture by the lacquer treatment, cork layer of paint on the furniture will be re-done to protect, as only waxing hardwood furniture is more to maintenance, while the show itself is a beautiful wood grain.