Most of foreigners interest with rattan furniture. Besides, many local people of Indonesia are also interested in rattan furniture, although its range of the amount of foreigners interest with local people is quite far. Its popularity can not be a doubt. Nowadays, the scope of trade goes wider throughout the world. This made many exporters are looking for a customer all over the world.
Cirebon is one of the central rattan industry in Indonesia. Tripolar Furniture Rattan is one of the popular rattan industry in Cirebon. It serves you with various rattan furniture made by both natural and synthetic rattan depends on your desires. Before you start choosing rattan furniture, you need to know both the quality of natural rattan furniture and synthetic rattan furniture. So, you can know which rattan furniture is best and suited for you.
Natural rattan furniture is rattan furniture that uses pure rattan rods. Meanwhile, synthetic rattan use plastic or resin material that formed like a piece of rattan peeled. These are the main difference between natural rattan furniture and synthetic rattan furniture. We gather the detail differences between natural rattan furniture and synthetic rattan furniture, as follows:
Aesthetic appeal
Rattan furniture that uses natural or pure rattan rods shows more aesthetic nuances than synthetic rattan furniture. The pattern of natural rattan can not be imitated by man-made. While synthetic rattan does not have a special or unique pattern. It only resembles the shape of rattan peeled, not rattan rods. However, both natural rattan furniture and synthetic rattan furniture served a warmth nuances for your home than other material furniture.
Durability
Both natural rattan furniture and synthetic rattan furniture have the same range of durability. However, it is important to think about where are they kept. Natural rattan furniture is only capable of kept indoors. Because it does not have weather resistance and fungi resistance. However, natural rattan furniture can also be kept in the terrace that protected from direct sunlight. Whilst, synthetic rattan furniture is suitable to keep both indoors and outdoors. But, synthetic rattan furniture is better to keep outdoors because it is more flexible and durable.
Care and maintenance
In maintaining and caring both natural rattan furniture and synthetic rattan furniture is quite easy. You only need to clean them from a particle of dust by using a vacuum cleaner. Meanwhile, synthetic rattan furniture can be cleaned by using a wet napkin. You only need to clean them once a week.
Eco-friendliness and Cost
Since natural rattan furniture made by pure rattan rods, it is more environmentally friendly than synthetic rattan furniture made by plastic and resin. There is no major difference in the cost of both natural and synthetic rattan furniture. High quality takes price. So, you can choose which is best and eco-friendly to save our world.