Be very wary of any furniture made in China! Even professional American furniture makers can be fooled. Nevertheless, upon closer examination it is very difficult to find any real wood underneath what appears to be a fantastic furniture finish. How can this be you say? Well for starters the Chinese have perfected an incredible method of "molding" what looks like wood, but is really particles suspended in glue and then cut into uniform sizes.
As if that isn't shocking enough the really incredible deception comes next and that is is the final finish. Here is where the Chinese perform miracles using a razor thin combination plastic/paper covering with a stamped on grain pattern. Next they have final finishers and/or artists apply really great stains and glazes to fool most furniture buyers.
This Chinese deception is really uncovered quick when the furniture needs a repair or professional touch up. A scratch or tear is virturally impossible to repair. And worst case senario is that for sure this Chinese furniture cannot be stripped at all. We have customers who have paid $4,000 or more for a dining room set only to find out there is no wood to be found in the table or chairs.
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