Garden furniture, how to choose the right materials - Rattan, Polyrattan

Who is lucky enough to be able to furnish outdoor spaces is often having to turn to the professionals specialized in garden furniture. It is actually a fairly delicate equipment industry, as the target of such components, outdoors, exposes them to all atmospheric agents which in the long run can have a disastrous effect on materials that are not designed and manufactured for such uses. For example, a locality near the sea: we know the erosive activity which can exercise the saltiness, and more generally the same Sun can contribute to deteriorate the components, causing them to discolor or undermining the structure. And we haven't mentioned the rain, true malicious element when the raw materials are not adequate.

Among the main materials used for this type of furniture there is definitely the polycarbonate, whose processing among other things relatively simple is the scope of many Italian companies, which manage to get garden chairs and other items with only a single casting mold material that can take on different colours and that often also allows you to create collections whose components are stackable for a concrete space-saving when not in use, even in winter. Those who prefer natural materials please contact the wood most suitable for this kind of processing, rattan, which derives from the trunks of Palms: a similar wood, grown in tropical environments in which was "forged" from rain and beating Sun, natural features of resistance to atmospheric agents and wear and durability over time. This means that chairs or garden rattan tables are not subject to a simple and premature discoloration, while the hardness of the material prevents almost any kind of flint-knapping: suffice it to say that the rattan for its peculiar characteristics is also used to create the Special wooden swords used in some martial arts.

Those who don't feel so strong a desire for a "natural" furnishings may fall back on an innovative material called polyrattan, which consists of synthetic fiber woven around an aluminium structure. From the point of view of design changes little, because both materials you can find solutions for garden furniture and lounges equipped with high level aesthetic; two factors must be considered, economic and environmental. For its origin and its diffusion subject to special protection, rattan is undoubtedly more expensive; In addition, it is a valuable wood for its role in the ecosystem, as a hectare of rattan Palm is able to capture ben 17 tons of carbon per year.

A final consideration and on the sidelines should be made also on various kinds of materials: rattan, as durable and long lasting, it's still a wood. For a constant and continuous exposure to the atmosphere and in direct sunlight, it is perhaps preferable to opt for the polyrattan, which in this sense offers even greater guarantees.

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