Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Teak Garden Furniture

Teak Garden Furniture
Submitted By: Joseph Miller

Teak Garden Furniture is fast becoming one of the most sought-after garden furniture products on the market. One of the reasons why teak garden furniture is so popular among consumers today is because teak is a well-known wood material that is so sturdy that it can outlast any other types of materials used for garden furniture known to the modern garden furniture industry today! Some believe that teak garden furniture is so strong and durable that it can last from generations to generations. With that said, in some countries where it is a tradition to pass on furniture to the next generation, teak furniture sits right on top of the list – quite unchallenged.

Teak is a type of wood derived from teak trees. Teak trees grow wildly and freely in many different tropical forests in Asia and South East Asia. Teak is not only durable but they are extremely easy to work with and manufacturers love the fact that you don’t need a lot of artificial varnishing or oils to keep the teak garden furniture from deteriorating with time. Furthermore, teak garden furniture made from natural teak usually has a yellowish-brownish hue that stands out in a garden. What an addition of exuberant color to add to a garden of everything green!

Since teak, like Iroko and Courbaril, is a type of tropical hardwood, teak comes with high natural oil content. This type of hardwood is suitable for garden furniture because they are weather resistant and do not submit to constant beatings from the weather easily – be it freezing cold temperature or punishing heat. It’s absolutely fine to leave your teak garden furniture in the garden all year round. Even if they start developing small cracks after a couple of years, teak garden furniture is easy to maintain and repair. Teak garden furniture needs very little attention, if at all. What teak garden furniture owners should do is to give it an annual round of repair, scrub, and maintenance work – once a year is as often as you have to do to keep your teak garden furniture in tip top condition. A simple scrubbing of your teak garden furniture will help restore its shine, smooth out the surface and bring back the radiant color of the teak garden furniture.

If you really want your teak garden furniture to maintain that perfect shine, this is what you can do – apply some teak cleaner, teak brightener and then finish the process off with teak oil or teak sealer. This will help bring back the polished look on your teak garden furniture.

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