Rubberwood dining table

emweaver

I'm looking of or a new dining table as our woof effect one has peeled from my kids spilling drinks. I've came across a nice set I like but it's made of Rubberwood which I've never heard of. Has anyone any experience of this type of wood? I want to know if this type of wood is cheap or if it'll last and if it'll ruin from spilled drinks etc.

emweaver

Can nobody help?

Cisco001

how bad is your existing table?
How about just buy a plastic table cloth to dress it up?

PasturesNew

I had a rubberwood TV unit once - wish I still had it. Lovely looking, it was immaculate. It's a sustainable wood (whatever that means/if anybody cares).

I never spill anything on any of my belongings, so no idea if it'd cope with spills.

martinthebandit

We had a rubberwood dining table and chairs for a good few years, passed it on to the brother in law when we upgraded, it still looks good apart from the odd scratch.

Its as stain and scratch resistant as any other wood, treat it right and it will be fine for years.

molerat

PasturesNew wrote: »

I had a rubberwood TV unit once - wish I still had it. Lovely looking, it was immaculate. It's a sustainable wood (whatever that means/if anybody cares).

I never spill anything on any of my belongings, so no idea if it'd cope with spills.

Rubberwood is exactly what you think it would be, rubber trees. The rubber producing trees usually have a working life of 25 - 30 years and at end of productive life used to be burned before re planting. Now the wood is used for furniture. It is a close grained hard wearing wood.

Torry_Quine

Rubberwood is lovely and very hard-wearing.

Hedgehog99

You've probably seen rubberwood without realising it - it's often used to make dining tables for "first home" buyers. Looks pine-coloured and is often joined end to end with long, narrow triangular "teeth".

I'd be a bit worried about spilt liquids making their way into the joins.

I agree with another OP - just get a table cloth for your current table until your children are older. You can buy wipe-clean fabric by the metre in all sorts of colours and designs.

daveyjp

Felt table protector and wipe clean vinyl tablecloth regardless of whether you keep your old table or buy a new one.

emweaver

Thank you . I do need another as now my family's expanded we can't all fit around our current one and it's knew of this horrible butterfly ones where the bolt no longer holds the end up so is unsafe to us one half.

Think I might go for the rubber wood, it can't be any worse than the wood effect ones .

so_very_confused

I would definatly go for the rubber wood. I've had one for 8 years hardly a mark on it cleans with a wipe, very hard wearing. Still looking good.