Material guide
Do not read the tag. Read the wood.
Real solid wood: the grain on the face continues into the side cross-section—they match. Veneer (laminated board): the face is a wood skin over MDF or particleboard, and the grain breaks at the edge banding. One look tells you.
Veneered furniture often shows glue lines or exposed substrate at the edge banding. Real solid wood uses joinery or full-thickness boards—you will not see man-made board cross-sections.
At the same size, solid wood is noticeably heavier. Knock with a knuckle: solid wood answers crisp with rebound; board sounds dull.
A “full solid wood” sofa for two or three thousand RMB is veneer or a wood-frame-plus-board build. Real full solid wood (black walnut, ash) carries its cost—too low means fake.
If only the load-bearing frame is wood and the panels are board, it is not “all solid wood”. Before buying, have the contract name the main and secondary materials explicitly—signing directly at the source factory is the safest path.
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Check whether the grain continues from the face into the side cross-section, and whether edge banding exposes substrate. Grain that breaks at the edge means veneer.
No. Only the frame being wood with board panels is not full solid wood—the contract must state main and secondary materials.
Anything far below the real cost—for example a “full solid wood” sofa at two to three thousand RMB—is almost certainly veneer or mixed construction.
Yes, and you should. Exact materials in black and white is the only reliable protection.
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