Rubberwood Posts

What is rubberwood?  1. Rubberwood is a hardwood from the maple family of wood.  2. Rubberwood has very little tendency to warp or crack and 3. Rubberwood is Eco-friendly.

Rubberwood is often the most misunderstood species of wood in the furniture industry.  the name rubberwood invokes a variety of misconceptions as to it's features and to it's durability.  Rubberwood (also called Parawood in thailand) is the standard common name for the timber of Heava brasiliensis. Like maple, rubberwood is a sap producting species. In the case of maple, it is a sap, in the case of rubberwood, it is latex.  Rubberwood produces all the latex used in the world for all rubber based products.

There is one more important feature of rubberwood that is very important in today's world.  Rubberwood is the most ecologically 'friendly' lumber used in today's furniture industry.  After the economic life of the rubber tree, which is generally 26-30 years, the latex yields become extremely low and the planters then fell the rubber trees and plant new ones.  So, unlike other woods that are cut down for the sole purpose of producing furniture, rubberwood is used only after it completes it's latex producing cycle and dies.  This wood is therefore eco-friendly in the sense that we are now using a lumber that was once being wasted. Check out the latest in rubberwood posts and other wood posts from Master Wood Carvers.