How to identify real teak wood

Real teak flooring can be identified from following points.

Texture: Real teak texture looks really obvious ink lines and oil spots, fake teak flooring has no ink lines or ink lines and scattered light.real teak has ink line and oil stain

Colour:The colour varies according to species. The superior quality teak( often called burma teak and rosewood) is golden-brown in colour, while the color fades as the quality goes down. A normal teak can be yellowish white in color.

Grain:Real teak grain is shinny or glossy, with oil. Fake teak is dull and dry.

Weight:Real teak flooring is lighter than rosewood and heavy than hemlock. Fake teak is pretty heavy to make people feel it is really good quality wood.

Smell:Real teak flooring has a special flavor and you can smell it when cutting it. The smell is very comfortable. Fake teak is either no fragrance or an unpleasant odor.

Sawdust:Real teak sawdust has very strong oil, feeling soft. Fake teak sawdust is dry and loosing.

Water absorption:When dropping two points of water dripping on real and fake teak flooring, the water is absorbed quickly by fake teak. Real teak is very slowly, almost no water absorption.up is real, down is fake

Soaking in the water:Putting real and fake teak into the water for 24 hours, real teak is no any change and fake teak is cupping and twisting.