The price of rattan furniture and bath barrels is low and the non-mainstream furniture needs urgent supervision

Miscellaneous brands, chaotic quotations, low quality

The reporter visited major well-known home stores in Beijing and found that rattan furniture and bath tubs are not mainstream in home products. The reporter found only a few dealers specializing in rattan furniture in the Dahong store of Jimei Home Furnishing, and the reporter only found a special bath tub for Jiaxi Wooden Barrel in the North Fourth Ring Store of the actual home.

Compared with the brand stores, these products in the integrated building materials market appear chaotic. The reporter discovered seven or eight kinds of bath barrel brands in Shilihe. Except for the more well-known brands such as Jiaxi wooden barrel, most of them are small brands with no visibility. The same is true of rattan furniture. In addition to miscellaneous brands, these non-mainstream furniture also vary greatly in quotation. The price of a cedar wood bath barrel with a size of 120 × 620 × 820 (cm) in the Lanjing Lijia store was as high as 3120 yuan. After the reporter repeatedly bargained, the salesman said that it can be sold at 2580 yuan, but the same specifications and texture Bath barrels only sell for 1,750 yuan in the golden five-star building materials market.

Not only are there no uniform standards in price, but these non-mainstream furnitures are also uneven in quality. A rattan chair bought by consumers in May at the Golden Five Star Building Materials Market actually suffered from broken rattan. In the theory with Ms. Yu, Ms. Yu was told that its improper use caused the wicker chair to be exposed to sunlight for a long time before it was damaged. The sales staff of Jindian Rattan Art told reporters that some rattan chairs are not made of rattan, but are impersonated by inferior wicker. Such inferior rattan chairs are prone to breakage and other phenomena.

No standard, no association management

According to reporters, there is currently no national standard or industry standard that specifically regulates the quality of rattan furniture and bathtub products, which directly leads to the uneven quality of such furniture products on the market and there are many hidden dangers. The reporter also interviewed Luo, the director of the Beijing Wood Furniture Quality Inspection Station, and was told that few people took these furnitures to test.

In addition, unlike the mainstream furniture, the relevant associations have not set up professional committees for these non-mainstream furniture. Neither the China Furniture Association nor the National Chamber of Commerce and Industry Furniture Decoration Chamber of Commerce has established a professional committee for rattan or bath tubs. "At present, these industries are still emerging industries, immature, and it is normal to encounter the embarrassment of no one managing." Said Hao Lihua, Secretary General of the Market Professional Committee of China Timber Circulation Association.

According to the reporter, the local standard “Rattan Furniture (Draft for Comments)” drafted by Dongguan Quality and Technical Supervision Standards and Coding Office and Guangdong Furniture Quality Supervision and Inspection Station (Dongguan Station) has been completed recently Started to solicit revision opinions from the majority of rattan furniture manufacturers. The reporter also found that the China Furniture Association had already established a professional committee for metal furniture, and in April the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce Furniture Decoration Chamber of Commerce also established a professional committee for steel and wooden doors. According to this trend, I believe that in the near future, non-mainstream such as rattan furniture and bath barrels Furniture products will also be effectively managed.

How to maintain rattan furniture?

1. Avoid direct sunlight: Ultraviolet rays will make the rattan brittle, and prolonged sunlight will make the white rattan furniture yellow.

2. Keep away from heat source: The heat source will make the rattan dry and brittle, and the toughness will deteriorate. If you want to put hot food such as hot pot or casserole on the rattan table, be sure to put a heat pad.

3. Maintain ventilation: If too much moisture is absorbed by rattan furniture, it will become soft, loose in structure, drooping on the surface, and mildew spots will easily grow in the woven mesh. Therefore, during the rainy season in the south, ventilation is particularly important. But remember not to expose the rattan furniture to direct sunlight, the contrast between one tide and one dry, the rattan can easily deform or even break.

4. Insect-preventing moth: Zanthoxylum bungeanum or chili noodles can kill insects and moths without harming the rattan.

How to choose a bath tub?

1. Material selection: Bath barrels made of spruce, cedar, and oak are the most common materials on the market. The service life of the bath tub is generally 8 to 10 years.

2. Thick and thin: the barrel wall is too thick, which is inconvenient to use; the barrel wall is too thin, and the insulation performance is poor. The barrel wall with eaves above 3 cm is better.

3. Selection of quality: The well-made bath barrel is smooth in appearance and delicate in feel, and the joint between the plate and the plate, and the barrel and the hoop is good, so that the bath barrel is not easy to deform after being filled with water.