Thermowood - material, time-tested!
The thermal modification of timber used our ancestors, provarivaya oil wooden bowls, ladles, and then the cup had a nice golden appearance and are no longer absorbed water. Objects do not rot, and faithfully serve more than one generation of people.
In old thermowood also called steamed wood as the material subjected to special treatment with steam at hightemperature. The main point of such a treatment is the lack of any chemical additives ⚗️.
Nowadays the natural disadvantages of wood is eliminated by chemical treatment. The result was resistant to rotting material, fire-proof, but it is not a model of ecological purity. In this regard, a few years ago in the European Union imposed a ban on the use of chemically treated wood.
After all, the very nature of man suggested natural ways of influencing the inner and outer layers of wood, which ensure its protection against external influences. Such as prolonged exposure to the water - snag and firing - trees, scorched by forest fires. By taking these two methods adopted, people continue to improve them.
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