An overview of pine furniture panels and their care

Furniture panels made of natural pine wood have a high degree of environmental friendliness and are in demand in various spheres of everyday life and production. Pine is considered a strong and durable tree species that can withstand temperature extremes and fluctuations in humidity. Pine furniture boards are capable of withstanding significant weight loads and are resistant to mechanical stress.

Pine furniture board is popular with both builders and furniture makers. The production of products from pine material is affordable and low-cost. Furniture panels are manufactured from pine edged sawn timber with the addition of a binder in the form of polymer adhesives.

Pine material has a lot of positive properties:

• expressive natural woody texture;
• the ability to achieve a high degree of smoothness when grinding external surfaces;
• processing does not require the purchase of complex and expensive equipment;
• ecological cleanliness and hypoallergenicity.

Furniture pine boards not prone to internal stress, so the material does not crack or warp over time. Softwood has great potential for use. This material can be used to make furniture for children and adults, to decorate the premises, to make windows, platbands, door panels. Pine wood has a high resistance to moisture, therefore it is used for finishing saunas and baths. It is not affected by mold, mildew and decay.

In the process of manufacturing a furniture board from edged lumber, various types of technologies are used. There are two types of pine panels:

• one-piece array of canvas;
• spliced ​​web view.

Spliced ​​glued furniture board is subdivided into products:

• with a closed thorn;
• with an open view of a thorn.

In addition, furniture boards are divided according to the manufacturing technology:

• with a single-layer canvas;
• with a multi-layer type canvas.

It is customary to subdivide furniture boards into types according to the method of application:

• solid wood shield - it is made by bonding individual long lamellas with an adhesive, the surface of such a shield has the same strength as a solid plate;
• joinery board - its front surface is of low quality and requires additional processing.

Modern woodworking industry can produce pine panels, using various types of technologies for this, depending on the quality of the raw materials. The raw material is usually the cut mass of natural wood.

The cost of finished pine slabs depends on their classification by grade. Determination of the grade is carried out by assessing the quality of the surface of the material. Material marking is done with letters written with a fraction. For example, the notation A / C will mean that one side of the shield has a grade of class A, and the other side corresponds to grade C.

Pine furniture panels can be of several classes.

This grade allows the presence of surface chips and cracks in the material, as well as a high content of large knots. Furniture boards of this quality are used as blanks that will be veneered or laminated. Grade C material is used for construction needs or the construction of frames that will not be visible to prying eyes.

The furniture board is made from connected lamella bars, which are not specially selected for color shades and texture uniformity. On the surface there may be small flaws in the form of small cracks. Knots are present in the material, but their number is small. The material is used in the manufacture of furniture frame structures. The strength and reliability of the material provides it with a long service life.

The trim material is selected according to the color shade and texture. There should be no significant flaws and cracks on the surface of the shield. Knots can be present only in small numbers, their size should be minimal. The material is used to create external furniture structures and external parts.

The material consists of a solid lamellar sheet, where the components are selected according to the texture pattern and color shades. Such furniture boards have no scratches, chips, cracks... As a rule, the composition of the web is selected without knots, it uses the best selected wood raw materials. Before being released for sale, the shield undergoes a long and careful finishing. The cost of the Extra class material is higher than all other analogues, the price can be compared with the species of valuable wood.

Pine furniture board manufacturers come in a variety of sizes. Often there are dimensions of pine material 1200x400 mm with a thickness of 16 or 18 mm, as well as 2000x400x18 mm. Pine furniture panel is at least 14 mm thick. You will not find materials with a thickness of 8 mm, 10 mm or 12 mm on sale. In the all-lamellar type of shield, the thickness is 20 mm, 28 mm, 40 mm, and the dimensions of the shield are more often 1000x2000 mm.

For spliced ​​furniture boards, the thickness is 14 mm, 20 mm, 26 and 40 mm, the dimensions are 1210x5000 mm. Extra-class materials can be produced in a thickness of 30 mm or 50 mm. This material is used to make tabletops, window sills, seats or structural support parts.

The cost of a pine furniture board depends on the thickness indicator. Thick panels are used to make shelves or shelves that cannot deform under the weight of books or other items. Furniture enterprises can produce non-standard sizes of all-lamellar board options to order. Small-sized panels 200x500 mm or 250x800 mm can be used as finishing of wall surfaces. There are no seams on the surface of the material, so the appearance of the products is quite attractive.

The choice of the dimensions of the manufactured panels depends on the type of equipment and its capabilities. For each individual enterprise, there are more popular sizes, and they are taken for the implementation of small-sized products only in the case of a wholesale batch, since otherwise the changeover of machines will be economically inexpedient. According to marketing research in Russia, the parameters of 2500x800 mm are the most demanded size of pine furniture board.

Since pine wood board has a high degree of environmental friendliness, there are no restrictions on its use. Shields for orthopedic beds are made of pine, cabinet frames, kitchen furniture are assembled, decorative interior partitions are made, flooring is created or wall cladding is made.

Coniferous material has a long service life, it has a beautiful wood grain texture, is not susceptible to moisture absorption and is resistant to mold. The pine panel can retain its properties for many years.

Despite the many positive performance characteristics, it is possible to extend the life of an Angara pine wood product for a much longer time. To do this, you must follow certain rules when using furniture products:

• material after purchase and delivery is necessary To rest for 2-3 days for adaptation to room temperature conditions;
• before you go shopping, it is necessary to calculate the amount of required material according to the drawings, its dimensional parameters and thickness to avoid a large amount of waste;
• for high-quality work you will need good carpentry tools, which must be sharply sharpened without fail, so as not to spoil the first-class material during work;
• when assembling furniture it is important to use high quality hardware and fasteners;
• application of protective varnish helps to significantly extend the life of natural wood products;
• pine wood texture has an attractive appearance, but if desired, you can paint it or use a decor.

In some cases, plasterboard sheets are replaced with pine panels when decorating walls or ceilings. Often, this kind of decoration can be seen in private homes. A pine board is also used for flooring instead of laminate or parquet boards. With the help of this material, door leaves and stair treads are made.

If you do not take care of the material made of natural wood, over time, during operation, it can gradually lose its attractive appearance and protective properties. The processing of pine material consists in cleaning the surface of the products, and in order to extend the service life, the surface of the wood must be covered with a protective compound.

Compliance with some rules will help keep the product presentable.

• Painting a furniture board with a colorless varnish will help to eliminate small irregularities in the material and hide the flaws in the sheet. This treatment protects the surface of the wood board from moisture.
• Clean the outer surface of the product with a soft cloth, or use a vacuum cleaner to collect dust. This condition is explained by the fact that during wet cleaning the dirt is absorbed into the pores of the wood, and over time it acquires a grayish tint.
• Even if the wooden surface is covered with a layer of varnish, water ingress on wood is undesirable. Wipe the area with a dry cloth as soon as possible.
• For hygienic treatment of furniture board surfaces do not use brushes with stiff bristles and aggressive detergents.
• Pine furniture it is not recommended to install in direct sunlight.
• If the furniture is accidentally stained with ink stains, you can remove them with a school eraser, but before using it, the contaminated area is treated with a dry bar of soap, and then cleaned with an eraser.

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