Mango wood for furniture

Mango wood

 mango wood has nice, unique and irregular grain pattern

Mango trees are one of the many fruit trees that grew and developed as fruit sources. The mango tree grows and is much available in tropic and subtropical areas. Mango trees can grow fast in the area if the climate and soil are suitable for them. India is listed as one of the world's largest mango producers. We can find this tree in large amounts in other tropical countries like Brazil, China, and Indonesia.

Mango wood for furniture.

The use of mango wood for furniture substrate probably started about 2000. Since the economical reason, the furniture industry players in Indonesia were trying to find the new wood species as a substitution for the existing timber. Mahogany and teak are increasingly expensive, and the sourcing has become difficult, while the other woods, such as oak, maple, and pine, are imported woods that are also difficult to source. They started to use and introduced mango wood for furniture substrate. And it turned out the mango wood was suitable for furniture raw material. He has characters that are well suited to the needs of the furniture industry, while his price is relatively cheap and his sourcing is quite easy. Since then, mango wood has then become popular as a raw material for making furniture. In the beginning, they used the mango solid just to make the solid parts combined with the import veneers such as maple, mahogany, ash, etc. But now, with the growing popularity of this wood, there are a lot of uses of mango veneer for panels and big surface parts.

This mango wood has a medium hardness and medium weight, making it relatively easily to be formed and handled in the manufacturing of furniture. The mango wood has medium-sized pores, almost like the pores of the mahogany wood, with a unique pattern grain. His grain has an irregular pattern and can be varied depend on the wood species and the place he grew. The grain and pore variation sometimes is so far that it will affect the finishing look, since the selection and arrangement of wood from the beginning process should be made to obtain good matching in the final look.

Mango wood has a yellow-white base color, so it can be finished in many colors easily. It can be used in combination with other white veneers such as maple, tulip, ash, and even oak or mahogany.

But however, this wood has some disadvantages. Like the other wood, he has his own difficulties and characters that need to be understood if you want to explore this wood.

 mango wood with dark finish

There are some things that must be considered in dealing with the mango wood:

• Turn mites and bugs problem

The mango wood is very easy to get bug attacked. It is a fruit tree, which is considered a sweet tree, so there are many insects like it. There are many cases where the mango wood furniture has a problem with the turn mite or bug. Since that, the appropriate treatment is necessary for this timber. A freshly cut mango tree should be immersed in a chemical liquid before starting to be processed and brought into the production process.

• Blue stain on the mango wood.

This wood is also quite easy to overgrown with fungi that cause blue stains if not dried properly. Freshly cut wood must be processed and dried appropriately to prevent mold and blue stain. For antique finishing, a slightly blue stain is sometimes accepted since it will create a unique and more attractive appearance. But for some finishes, it will ruin the overall finishing look, especially for the light and clean finishing look.

 mango wood with light finish

• Finishing for mango wood.

Mango wood has a unique pattern of grain and pores. He has strong characters of grain with an irregular pattern. His grain pattern also may vary from one to another. To make furniture with a good match in the final look, we need to match the grain pattern of the wood in the beginning of the production process. A good match in the wood and veneer setting will avoid the “odd” look caused by the variation of the wood grain pattern.

This wood has an irregular and busy grain, with some spots of knots in several places, so it very suitable to make transparent antique-looking furniture. Finishing with a transparent color will advertise his unique grain characters maximally. While antique finishing is the most widely used for this wood since it is along with his grain and wood characters. His busy grain is very suitable to make antique furniture.

The mango wood has a light yellow base color, so it can be stained and colored with many colors. With the right stain, finishing with a light color can be made with this wood as well as the dark color.

The wood has quite a lot of pores; a good filler is needed to make a close-pore finish for this wood. But it is rather rare to finish this wood in a close pores finish since his grain pattern. The antique, open pores finish with light color is the most popular finish for the mango wood..