How should Huanghuali wood furniture be cleaned and maintained?

Life     8:23am, 2 July 2025

How should huanghuali wood furniture be cleaned and maintained?

Purchase tips for Huanghuali wood furniture

Smell the smell.

Huanghuali wood itself is a traditional Chinese medicine. It has a “ the taste of a traditional Chinese medicine is to have a fragrance;

Generally, Huanghuali wood furniture has a grimace.

Ghost face is caused by scars during growth. Its scars are different from those of ordinary trees. They are not regular and present beautiful patterns. People often call it "ghost faces" %.

Observe the texture of Huanghuali wood furniture.

Currently, the common varieties of huanghuali on the market are produced in Vietnam and Myanmar, but the texture and layer are relatively chaotic. Compared with Hainan huanghuali, the price is as low as ten times;

Also, one thing to note is that the so-called "huanghuali" ” currently circulating on the market is Vietnamese rosewood, Laos rosewood, Myanmar rosewood, Cambodian rosewood, etc., without any grimace. The color texture is slightly similar to that of Huanghuali in ancient furniture, but the silk pattern is extremely thick and the wood is not hard. The color is not as bright as Hainan Huanghuali. By comparing wood sample specimens, Hainan rosewood sandalwood is the first to be recommended among the many rosewood categories. Hainan scented yellow sandalwood mainly grows among the mountains and ridges in the central and western Hainan Island. It has a strong wood texture, delicate texture, and beautiful color patterns. The eastern part has low altitude, fertile land, and faster growth. The trees are white and light, and there is almost nothing similar to those born in the valley.

Cleaning and maintenance of Huanghuali wood furniture

1. Stay away from heating and air conditioning.

In classical furniture, Huanghuali furniture is afraid of long-term corrosion by water and humidity. We should pay attention to avoiding heating and air conditioning. For daily cleaning, you only need to use cotton cloth to remove dust on the surface of the furniture. At the same time, Huanghuali furniture should not be too dry. You can wipe it gently in small amounts by wrapping walnut kernels in cotton cloth for two or three months. At the same time, it is a very feasible maintenance method to regularly apply classical furniture wax. Huanghuali furniture is a relatively easy-to-maintain furniture among classical furniture. You can maintain it without any need. As long as you pay attention to key links during maintenance, Huanghuali classical furniture will increasingly have "classical flavor".

2. Use appropriate amount of walnut oil.

In classical furniture, Huanghuali is more oily and secretes oil from the inside of the furniture to the surface to form patellar. With the formation of patina and the extension of time, the color of Huanghuali classical furniture gradually darkens, and gradually transitions from yellow to brown or dark brown. In order to speed up this gradual process and make the color darker faster, some readers take the prescription of applying walnut oil multiple times. Applying walnut oil multiple times can indeed speed up the color change, but the walnut oil stain attached to the furniture is different from the true classical furniture itself spilling out of the wooden patina. It is worth noting that if Huanghuali furniture is covered by thick walnut oil, the patina with oily walnut oil will not be easily secreted. At the same time, such greasy Huanghuali classical furniture is very easy to absorb dust. Therefore, it is not advisable to apply walnut oil too frequently.