Wood furniture restoration - give your home a new touch up!

As the Australian summer approaches, take a look at how wood reacts to heat, explore the cost-effective options for protecting wood furniture from excessive warmth and how the professional furniture restoration service provider can help.

When wood is subjected to heat, it expands, and the process is known as thermal expansion. It can cause warping, swelling and potentially shrinkage of wooden furniture. 

The coping capacity of wood

Since ages, trees have evolved to be resistant to temperature changes. How well the wooden furniture can cope with these changes depends on the type of wood, species and other factors, like grain direction. However, its natural resilience can be enhanced by subjecting it to a variety of treatments.

Best ways for wood furniture restoration

No doubt, wood can perform much better under heat stress than several other materials. Example, steel and aluminium are vulnerable to dimensional changes when subjected to excessive heat. With regular maintenance, it can slow the deterioration of wood furniture, last generations and even continue to look new. Here are some of the convenient ways to preserve the beauty of your pieces:
  • Dust with a soft cloth.
  • Keep it dry
  • Keep away from extreme heat.
  • Try to keep out of direct sunlight. 
  • Polish the furniture once a year with a light wax.
How can Sofa Doctor help you?

Follow the tips as mentioned above to restore wood furniture, and it’s reasonably simple to follow. However, there are specific repair and restoration services which require expert help. The services provided by the Sofa Doctor include:
  1. Adjustments: Repair of structural damage and broken pieces with glue.
  2. Damage Repair: Repair of scratches, dents, gouges, nicks, and stains.
  3. Disaster Furniture Restoration: Removal of watermarks as well as repairs of damages caused by smoke, or fire.
  4. Finishing/ Polishing/ Restoration: Refinishing of wood furniture to restore the original lustre, repair of wear and tear and minor surface damage. Colour matching and colour change services are also offered.
  5. Upholstery Repair: Repair of upholstery features on furniture, including leather furniture.

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