Have you ever encountered this situation:? Lifting up the carpet and found that the floor has a clear color difference? ?
After using it for several years, you find that the color of the wooden furniture in your home has changed? ?
△ Above is the maple cabinet that has been used for many years, and its color has darkened? If your home is paved with solid wood floors and uses solid wood furniture, then you must want to know, how to prevent the wood from discoloring? ?
First of all, there’s the bad news: discoloration of wood is almost inevitable (/TДT)/ (unless you install it in a dark room where it doesn’t see the light);? But, there’s one more thing Good news: There are many ways to help us delay wood discoloration (/≥▽≤/)?
?What are the reasons for wood discoloration? Light, moisture, and temperature will all affect the color of wood, and excessive sunlight is the cause. One of the biggest causes of discoloration can be attributed to three substances: ultraviolet (UV), visible light, and infrared (IR). Among them, ultraviolet rays are the most influential factor. ?
What factors influence the discoloration of wood?
1. Type of wood? Different woods have different sensitivity and reaction speed to light. Many tropical woods (such as Brazilian cherry, etc.) will darken and darken quickly under ultraviolet irradiation; while many American woods (such as red oak, maple, etc.) will lighten, and the speed is much slower. many. ?
2. Surface coating In addition to the wood itself, the treatment process and coating on the surface of the wooden floor will also affect the color of the wood. Light reacts slowly with the coating material on the veneer surface, causing the floor to appear dark or yellow. ?
Have you ever noticed that veneer is just like human skin: People with different physiques have different tanning speeds and degrees; different sunscreens have different sunscreen effects. Prolonged exposure to the sun can cause damage to our skin, and direct sunlight can damage wooden floors for the same reason. ?
?How to delay the discoloration of wood?
As time goes by, due to long-term exposure to light, the wooden floors and wooden furniture in your home will discolor anyway. We can take the following methods to reduce sunlight damage to wood and delay discoloration:?
?Principle 1 Reduce direct sunlight to wood?
1. Install curtains or blinds?
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Basic version: Pull up the curtains or blinds in time when sunlight enters. If you don't want to close the blinds completely, you can adjust the angle of the blinds' bars so that the sunlight hits the wall or ceiling upwards, avoiding direct sunlight on the floor and furniture. ?
High-end version: Install automatic curtains and set scheduled opening and closing times according to sunlight conditions (some also have light control functions). In this way, we don't need to worry about it, the curtains will automatically lower when the sun is strong, and then automatically close when the light becomes weak. ?
△ Install curtains to prevent direct sunlight from hitting the floor (picture from Mr. Zhang, a client of Zhaijiang)
2. Install awnings?
Choose good-looking awnings , not only can reduce direct sunlight, but also can decorate the exterior wall, instantly improving the style, killing two birds with one stone~?
△ An awning with both shading and decorative functions?
3. Use Low- E glass or window film Low-E (low-emissivity)
Glass has a special coating that can greatly reduce the transmission of ultraviolet and infrared light. Alternatively, you can apply professional window film to the glass of your windows to achieve a similar effect. ?
4. Use anti-UV paint? Anti-UV paint can also protect the floor to a certain extent and reduce the damage of ultraviolet rays to wooden floors. ?
Principle 2: Make the light shine evenly?
In order to avoid serious color difference on the floor, we can change the layout of the home from time to time and move the positions of carpets and furniture. This can not only create a new feeling, but also allow light to shine on the covered wood, so that the light absorbed everywhere is relatively uniform, and the color difference will naturally become smaller. ?
△ Furniture left in the same place for a long time causes the color of the wood to change significantly
What should you do if the floor has been severely discolored? If you have tried all the above measures and still cannot save the floor, the only solution is to sand the entire floor and repaint or oil it.
In general, wood discoloration is inevitable. Unless you place your floors and furniture in a dark room with no windows and no sunlight, these measures will only slow down the discoloration process. What we can do is to minimize direct sunlight on the wood and let the light shine evenly as much as possible so that even if they change color, they can gradually blend together. Summer is coming, everyone remember to protect your floors and furniture from the sun in advance :)? Some of the pictures in this article are from Zhaijiang customers, and others are from the Internet
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