Material types of ebony tea tray and how to maintain it.

Ebony, persimmon, commonly known as windmill wood. Mainly produced in tropical Asia, such as Sulawesi and the Philippines. The sapwood of ebony heartwood is obviously different, and the sapwood is white to light reddish brown; Heartwood black and irregular black heartwood. The wood is shiny and has no special smell. Big tree, 45 meters high and 2.5 meters in diameter; Big root; Small grooves common on the surface of wood. There are 15 species in this genus, and there are 1 1 species in Africa, which are distributed in West Africa and Central Africa. This species is often imported in large quantities from Cameroon, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. There are obvious differences in heartwood in cross section. Heartwood is painted black or dark brown. The sapwood is almost white. The rings are not obvious. Slightly shiny; Textures are staggered; The structure is very thin; Very hard; High strength; The shrinkage is great. Difficult to machine, containing silicon dioxide, dull tools and smooth section. Good adhesion and polishing performance. The nail must be driven first. Very resistant to decay. Slow drying and easy to crack.

Maintenance method of ebony tea tray

First, ebony tea trays are easily scratched by hard objects. If the tea set used is made of coarse mud or metal, it is best to spread a small bamboo curtain on the ebony tea tray for isolation, so as not to cause "hard injury" to the ebony tea tray and seriously affect its appearance.

Second, the ebony tea tray is made of solid wood. It is most afraid of being wet and dry for a while, and it is easy to crack. Be sure not to expose it to the sun or accumulate water for a long time. If the ebony tea tray is not used for a long time, it needs to be moistened with water from time to time and kept moist at any time, so as to avoid the evaporation of the water in the tea tray itself and easily lead to the cracking of the tea tray.

Third, every time you use an ebony tea tray, you must remember to wash off the tea residue and dirt on the tea tray with clear water, then wipe off the accumulated water with a clean tea towel and dry it naturally. Tea sets and small tea curtains on ebony tea trays should also be cleaned and dried in time to avoid scale deposition on the tea tray, which will breed bacteria and damage the tea tray after a long time.

4. The ebony tea tray itself has only a layer of transparent and protective clear oil, so it is absolutely impossible to brush the ebony tea tray with chemical cleaning agent and hard steel wire, otherwise it will destroy the protective oil film and scratch the surface of the ebony tea tray.

Fifth, you can choose the ordinary method to maintain ebony tea tray, and just rub some maintenance oil on ebony tea tray. Solid wood maintenance oils mainly include olive oil, walnut oil, orange oil and lemon oil. These oils are relatively economical and can not deteriorate for a long time, but the specific choice of oil depends on personal preference, and the difference between them is actually not big.

Six, you can wax the ebony tea tray for maintenance. Selecting high-quality maintenance wood wax with good quality and high cost performance to maintain ebony tea tray can significantly improve the brightness of ebony tea tray and make it as bright as new.