Furniture edges - a ribbon material that protects our lungs from toxic evaporation during the operation of interior items from chipboard, MDF and LDSP. Modern technologies that are implemented in the manufacture of furniture make it possible to minimize the use of harmful components. However, the ends are still better to close the special edge.
Currently, the consumer audience has a variety of furniture edges. Special varieties are distinguished according to the manufacturing material, installation and cost method. Among other things, each facing agent has its own obvious pros and cons. Let's consider the types of furniture edges in detail.
Purpose
In addition to imparting furniture of aesthetic qualities, furniture edges allow you to protect the ends of products from chipboard, MDF, other common materials, from the destructive impact of moisture. It is through the ends into the inner layers of wood penetrate insects, microorganisms, fungal disputes that accelerate the process of decomposition of materials. Furniture edges make it possible to eliminate the above manifestations.
Scope of application
Furniture edges are successfully used to process the following interior items:
- countertops, kitchen and office tables;
- top covers of mobile and appitable tumbers;
- sidewall and bottom of cabinets;
- ends of the boxes, Tumb.
Melamine edge
This furniture edge self-adhesive is a facing material on a paper basis. Products of this category are processed by impregnation in the form of melamine resins. It is the last and endow the edges with protective qualities.
Based on the amount of paper layers used in the production, multilayer and single-layer melamine end ribbons are isolated.
If we talk about the advantages of the edges of this category, first of all it is worth noting the widest range of available options. Thanks to this, the consumer gets the opportunity to choose exactly the end ribbon, the shade and parameters of which most accurately correspond to the available needs.
During the pasting of furniture with melamine edges there is no need to apply expensive equipment. For installation, it is enough to use the usual household iron. Conduct such a task for any housewife.
The disadvantage of melamine tapes is a minor thickness (from 4 to 6 mm). From here implies the inability of the material to withstand essential mechanical influences. Due to the paper structure, such edges are not effectively protecting furniture ends from the penetration of moisture.
Furniture edge PVC
This type of end ribbons is much more durable and more stable for all sorts of external influences compared with the previous decision. The material is produced in two versions - 2 and 4 mm thick. Thin ribbons are usually used for decorative processing of ends, which remain in sight. The edges of 4 mm are applied to hidden surfaces, where an increased risk of damage is present.
For installation edges made of polyvinyl chloride, special machines are required. Therefore, the processing of furniture with such tapes is performed only in the conditions of production workshops.
Advantages of PVC edges:
- durability and wear resistance;
- effective protection of furniture ends from mechanical impacts and moisture;
- opposition to acids, alkalis, fats and salt solutions;
- absolute sociorate.
As for the deficiencies of polyvinyl chloride edges, there is no possibility for self-processing of furniture ends in living conditions, as well as some difficulties in obtaining perfectly smooth, glossy surfaces.
Edge ABS.
ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene) is extremely durable, highly reliable facing material that does not contain chlorine. Therefore, the edges made from this basis are widely used in the furniture industry due to their safety.
ABS is characterized by a more fuel, soft structure compared to PVC. The material is easy to process, does not accumulate the static charge of electricity, and the process of its cutting is not difficult to stick with shallow shavings.
The advantages of the edges of the ABS:
- preservation of the initial, saturated shade throughout the life;
- the presence of an ideal smooth surface;
- lack of toxic evaporation during processing and heating.
The only drawback of ABS edges is quite impressive value in comparison with the same melamine products and facing tapes from polyvinyl chloride.
Acrylic edge
What does such a furniture edge look like? Photos of similar products indicate their multilayer structure. The lower part contains decorative finish or drawing. The top layer is presented in the form of this structure the effect of the three-dimensional image is created. It is for this reason that acrylic products are also called 3D edges.
Among the advantages of such products, you can allocate a high level of hardness and resistance to mechanical stress. Acrylic edges successfully protect furniture ends from scratches, shocks and chips. The main minus here is the high price.
SoftFooding and postforming edge
Considering the furniture edges, which there are materials for this purpose, it is impossible not to note the variants with the surface processing by the method of softfilling and post-forming. These solutions allow you to give the ends of furniture, tabletops and facades absolute tightness.
In general, the special difference in the characteristics of these materials is not observed. The only difference lies in the possibility of laminating embossed surfaces, which has been treated with softening edges.
How to glue the furniture edge?
Alone to treat furniture ends at home allows the use of material on glue, after which it is fixed by processing a hot iron. Such a solution is quite acceptable if necessary, the fulfillment of the rapid, relatively cheap repair of old furniture.
Works are performed in several stages:
- To begin with, any old Soviet iron warms up. In addition to him, a knife is required, a shallow fraction, a rag.
- The edge is cut with a reserve of several centimeters. The segment is applied to the furniture end, pre-treated with glue, after which he warms it with an iron.
- After smelting glue, the edge tape is tightly pressed with a rag.
- Once the material is securely fixed on the surface, all excess are trimmed. Initially, end parts are removed and only after - longitudinal.
- Finishing, the finishing surface treatment of sandpaper is performed.
To ensure that it is convenient to perform work, it is desirable to find a knife with a sharp blade that will not leave the girlfriends. In the process of cutting, it is necessary to follow accuracy in order not to remove excess.
With the help of the same iron it is convenient to clean the surface from the remains of the old edge ribbon. To do this, it is quite good to warm up the plane of the device, go through the end and pry an unnecessary tape with a spatula or a knife.
Eventually
If the main task in the manufacture of furniture is the receipt of the highest possible result, it is better to resort to the factory edge of the ends. When the agenda is only the cosmetic repair of old interior items, it is possible to limit yourself to self-sealing surfaces with colored ribbons. The benefit today is on sale there is a wide variety of edges that imitate natural materials and differ in the whole mass of the original shades.
