When you are considering what type of furniture to purchase for your home, what comes to mind? For many people the typical thoughts relate to color, shape and style, so they know something will fit into their home.
But what about a piece's ability to live up to Mother Nature's wrath? Sure, you think about this for patio furniture but what about other pieces of furniture in your home?
You may have noticed that Mother Nature has not been very friendly this year. In fact, she has been downright angry it seems. There have been natural disasters all over the country with some of the worst relating to flooding. Imagine if the flood waters came up and into your home. How would your furniture fare through it?
This is one thing that people with teak tables and furniture don't have to worry about.
You may think that teak tables are really meant to be patio furniture. While they can indeed be pieces that do well on the patio, they also are the kinds of pieces that hold up and are able to be recovered if the water that is supposed to stay outside manages to get into a house.
Teak wood is naturally water resistant. That means teak tables are going to be water resistant as well. Unlike other woods, teak wood is packed tightly with natural oils. These oils don't go away just because a teak tree has been cut down. Instead they are so thick and plentiful that they keep working in the wood for years. It's the oil that is going to save the teak tables when the flood water comes.
When flood waters come to a regular wood table, they find miniature holes, cracks and gaps that have been made as the wood has dried out since the tree was killed to make the furniture piece. The water gets inside and seeps into the wood causing it to swell and expand. This can lead to more cracking or a warping of the wood. Eventually, when the water goes away, the wood may be able to be dried out, but permanent damage has already been done to change the look and constitution of the piece.
Teak tables on the other hand don't really care that the flood waters have arrived. If you have ever tried to wash your hands when you have oil or grease on them, you will realize that the water can't get to your skin. It forms beads on top of the surface of your skin and just sits there until it falls off. Teak tables operate in much the same manner. There is so much of the natural oil in the wood that the water pools on the outside, but can't break in to damage the wood. Eventually, the flood waters subside and your teak tables are none the worse for the wear.
The only thing you will have to do is clean off any grime and dirt that was brought in, as well as any bacteria or parasites that may have been in the dirty water, and your teak tables are ready to go back to work.
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