Our colleagues from Chelyabinsk, the same ones who periodically do trumpet Thursdays in our VK group, have begun to produce artificial rattan. Previously, we only heard about it that it was very expensive. Turns out. At that time we were talking about natural rattan, artificial rattan would cost much less and look no worse. What other advantages does this material have, and most importantly, how to use it correctly, we found out especially for you.

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How does artificial rattan differ from natural rattan?

Artificial rattan is produced in the form of strips, cut or wound into a coil.

It is obtained from polyethylene granules. Raw materials are loaded into the extruder, special device for molding, where it is heated, stretched, and calibrated. As a result of the thermal effect, the workpieces become soft, so they stretch faster. IN finished form poly rattan looks like this

When compared with classic wood rattan, the difference is almost not noticeable.

On top of the palm rattan, if you look closely, you can see small “burrs” that are characteristic of all wood materials. Synthetic fiber bottom. It is smooth, pleasant to the touch and does not prick at all.

Besides, artificial rattan more durable, will last at least 50 years. In heat and cold it retains its excellent shape, is not afraid of plaque and dirt, and can also withstand increased loads. Thanks to this, furniture from artificial rattan very popular among gardeners, summer residents and other lovers of country life.

Such furniture will not deteriorate from prolonged exposure to the street. No drying or cracking. Minimal care. Dirt, dust, and leftover leaves can be removed with a regular stream of water from a hose. For the winter, furniture is put away in the house or storage room, special conditions no storage required. Perfect option for open spaces.

How to make artificial rattan furniture with your own hands

Artificial rattan can be easily woven onto any stable frame. Most often the base is made of aluminum. The profiles are connected by arc welding.

The finished structure is cleaned, degreased, leveled, and only then weaving begins. The preparation in the photo was cooked by a professional. She is quite tall and disproportionate. For a beginner, it’s better to start with simpler forms. Old wooden chair or a small ottoman will turn into real handmade masterpieces in a couple of hours.

For example, like this cute stool woven with artificial rattan threads. To make it you need the most simple materials and tools. From wooden planks We put together the base, don’t forget about the legs.

1. Tightening on both sides with base strips, secured with staples or self-tapping screws.

2. Let's start weaving. We alternate long and short strips and burn the ends with a soldering iron. The canvas should be continuous. Press it with your hand, if it’s firm and springy, then you haven’t messed up anything.

3. Remains of threads we hide it under the seat and also fix it with brackets or nail it.

Advice. When the thread is tight, wipe it with a piece of cloth dipped in vegetable oil.

Where can I buy rattan inexpensively?

A lot of people are involved in selling artificial rattan. These are commercial companies in Russia and abroad, large factories, as well as craftsmen who work exclusively for themselves. Before you give your hard-earned money, even if it’s not that much money, check whether you are being deceived. Heading to a retail store? Great. Ask the consultant to show documents for the goods. In the invoice, check, statement, see who manufactured the material, when and how much it costs. Compare the information with what the specialist told you and draw conclusions.

If you decide to order rattan online, compare prices and read the delivery terms. And it’s best if this is the manufacturer’s website, so you will have a return guarantee. You will be able to make claims, as they say, exactly “at the address”.

As we wrote at the very beginning, our partners in Chelyabinsk are engaged in the production of artificial rattan and ship it throughout Russia. The guys have their own lines for crushing and processing raw materials, plus they have extensive experience working with polyethylene. This is what artificial rattan is made from. You can order a minimum of 2 bays, each containing 5 kilograms. See all the details or call our manager, he is in the know.

Today we will talk about an artificial rattan substitute (also called technorattan or polyrattan), which is used to make wicker furniture. This material is supplied in the form of multi-colored ribbons, threads, circle segments, rolled into coils. Unlike its natural counterpart, artificial rattan does not fade when exposed to ultraviolet radiation and is highly resistant to adverse weather conditions. That's why I often make it from it outdoor furniture or wicker decorative items that can be left outside all year round under the snow and rain.

Many owners of suburban areas would like to put furniture made of this material in a gazebo or recreation area. But the high price of these products, which are considered a “handmade” product, stops them. It was the money question that prompted the FORUMHOUSE user with the nickname Lulava master artificial rattan weaving and all the intricacies of this craft in order to equip the living room in your house near Moscow with a beautiful and functional furniture, where you can sit and relax on long winter evenings.

Lulava FORUMHOUSE Member

After searching, I found wicker furniture that I really liked. Having caught fire with the purchase, I cooled down when I saw the price tag, but the desire to have something like that overpowered me. After studying the Internet, I made a firm decision - to start make wicker furniture yourself.

And here are samples of furniture that the user liked.

Now let’s announce the price tag for it: the chair costs 45 thousand rubles, corner sofa- 124 thousand rubles. No wonder that Lulava I ordered 26 kg of technorattan - strips 9 mm wide and 1 mm thick.

Artificial rattan is sold in kilograms. This ratio of width and thickness, as indicated above, ultimately gives maximum length coils at a given weight, which allows you to save money.

Also, according to the user, if you make a rattan sofa or chair with your own hands with a platform used as a self-supporting one, then it is better to use a more durable poly rattan, in the form of a circle segment, 1.2-1.4 mm thick, although artificial rattan 1 mm thick has sufficient strength and load-bearing capacity.

Work should begin with choosing a base that will be braided with rattan ribbons. One of these options could be a metal frame made of galvanized or aluminum pipes. But Lulava I settled on the most technologically advanced option - a wooden one, made from a block with a cross-section of 4x4 cm, which is then treated with antiseptic impregnations.

Rattan weaving for beginners: nuances

The most difficult thing in making furniture from artificial rattan is the weaving process itself. Despite the many training videos on the Internet, it is not always possible to see the nuances of the technology. Not enough information. Therefore, the user had to comprehend a lot by trial and error.

Start weaving rattan furniture with the simplest products. This will prevent you from “burning out” ahead of time, and also from losing interest in your work. And only after you have “filled your hand”, move on to more important subjects.

Lulava

I started the weaving work with an ottoman. Moreover, I had to redo it 3 times until I understood how to do everything correctly. Then I moved on to making the frame - the base of the sofa. To do this, I took the dimensions of the Swedish analogue - 2240 (length) x 660 (height) x 860 (width) mm.

Design wooden frame shown in the following photo.

The assembly was carried out on the “75th”, so-called. "black" screws. Although such fasteners are not the most the best option to connect critical structures (the heads of self-tapping screws can be cut off), the main thing is to think about how the load will be distributed.

The armrests of the sofa should not “hang” in the air. The part must rest directly on power frame, and the main load is redistributed to it. Self-tapping screws are needed only to fix the armrest - to connect it to the base in the desired position and prevent shifting.

When weaving artificial rattan, it is important to remember that one wrong stitch made at the very beginning will lead to a defective product. Everything will have to start over. Making polyrattan furniture is the lot of attentive and patient people.

Lulava

It is most convenient to work by placing the furniture on a stand. Even after watching the video with master classes on weaving, I still had questions about the secrets of the work. I had to learn everything from my own experience.

We will need the following tools for weaving:

• Stapler - it is necessary for fixing polyrattan strips with staples to wooden base;
• Small pliers, with their help it is convenient to remove a bent staple;
• A light weight hammer, needed for finishing off staples;
• Knife or cutter;
• Soldering iron or superglue.

A soldering iron is needed to solder the lock - at the junction of the strips.

Interesting practical advice on working with technorattan. We assemble the frame with maximum geometric accuracy. Misalignments or inaccuracies in measurements may result in more stitches being needed on one side than the other, or gaps remaining.

According to Lulava, not important– length of the sofa, width of the armrest, because The pitch of the vertical threads can be changed.

But especially important– height of the sofa, length of the armrest and height of the sofa with front side(from seat to bottom edge).

We carry out the weaving itself without using a shuttle, because Poly rattan is a tough material and can be pulled through rows well. Using a shuttle will only complicate the work of threading it between the strips.

Fashion does not stand still. Once upon a time, wicker furniture was unrivaled, then soft corners and armchairs forced it out of regular use, but not for long. Already today, rattan furniture is returning to its position, occupying important place in the interior modern cottages and houses. Such products can not only replace modern furniture, they also have many advantages over it. Rattan is a high-quality, strong and durable material. In addition, it has unique aesthetic properties. This is why there is high demand for it. And if someone wants to purchase rattan wicker furniture, others, who are more enterprising, launch small production in this area. This direction is suitable for those who are looking for a way.

What is artificial rattan?

Rattan is a polymer thread that is produced by extrusion. The plastic is melted to a certain temperature, then passed through a specialized mold. Depending on the type and nozzle of this shape, it is possible to obtain a synthetic thread in the form of a rod, a crescent, an imitation of wooden bark and much more. The result is raw material for further weaving different textures and colors. The plastic components must meet all specified criteria and ISO 9001 standards, be pleasant to the touch and odorless.

Features and advantages of artificial rattan:

• aesthetic appeal;
• high degree of material strength;
• moisture resistance;
• lightness of the material, which makes it easy to move around the house and during transportation;
• ease of assembly;
• duration of operation;
• does not require special care - just wipe with a damp cloth to remove dirt.

Rattan has many advantages for manufacturers as well. It is easy to work with the resulting raw material (plastic thread); due to the flexibility of the material, you can make products of any shape, even extraordinary ones (which is now popular in the interior design of houses). In addition, rattan plastic thread is very long (some manufacturers produce it up to 200 meters), so it is easy to work with. And you don’t need to think about connecting the lashes, which is important for natural materials.

Equipment for making artificial rattan furniture

The production and weaving process can be done manually (suitable for beginners). It is based on the purchase of ready-made rattan, which is supplied in reels. This option does not require large investments and consists of purchasing raw materials and hand tools.

A more professional approach is to install a production line that not only makes furniture, but also makes polymer tapes, which minimizes the cost of raw materials. Professional equipment costs from 1.5 million rubles, but having such a “factory”, you can produce furniture of any shape and size.

Equipment for making furniture from artificial rattan:

Manual for machining and weaving	Wickerwork Production Line
set of files	extruder
shmol (tape sharpening)	winder
plows	cooling system
bit	crusher (for processing secondary raw materials)
iser (a cone-shaped steel plate for leveling rows when weaving)	granule mixer
welding machine
drill
screwdriver
knives, scissors
keys
consumables – dyes, frame base, furniture fittings

This equipment allows us to produce a wide range of products - chairs, armchairs, sofas, chaise lounges, beds, cribs, tables, shelves, cabinets.

Advice: The final price of the finished rattan furniture production line is not limited to the above cost. Depending on the planned scale of production, the volume of investment can reach up to 3.5 million rubles. But in practice, high power extruder and others professional machines are not needed in the workshop of a novice entrepreneur.

Search for markets

The demand for do-it-yourself wicker furniture made of artificial rattan does not depend on seasonality. You can organize a business in two directions:

1. choose certain models furniture and produce them for individuals, try to expand sales channels through cooperation with furniture showrooms;
2. conduct advertising campaign and work to order, fulfilling the wishes of clients.

New entrepreneurs who do DIY production still need to spend a small amount of money to attract customers. The first orders can be completed for your friends and relatives, but in the future you will need:

• advertise in local newspapers;
• post information on the Internet, on city portals, forums;
• Post advertisements around the city, leave your business cards in places where potential clients gather.

In this business, as in business, it is important to provide quality services. We need to make sure that customers are satisfied with the completed order and tell their friends about it. There are masters who do not spend a penny on advertising, while they are provided with orders through word of mouth.

When entering larger-scale production, it is necessary to enter into contracts with specialized stores that sell furniture, or organize a sales point yourself.

Advice: An excellent option for expanding sales channels is to create your own website. By collaborating with different delivery services, you can not be limited to the domestic market and sell throughout the country or even abroad.

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The production of wicker furniture from artificial rattan is. It can develop into a profitable business that is in high demand, although the market is not sufficiently saturated with such offers and has great prospects for beginners.

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Install environmentally in your home clean furniture, which also has excellent aesthetic qualities, is the dream of many people, but not everyone can afford to purchase designer products made from natural material. To reduce the cost of producing rattan products, scientists have obtained a production technology plastic tape, from which wicker products can be made, relatively inexpensively.

Such a change does not have a negative impact on the aesthetic qualities, as well as on wear resistance, so if you take this achievement of science into business arsenal, the production of artificial rattan furniture can be organized without significant financial costs, and product sales will be carried out much more efficiently due to a reduction in retail cost such products.

Natural and artificial rattan

The natural material consists of processed rattan palm stems, which in their natural growing environment reach a length of 300 meters. Rattan palm grows in countries with a tropical climate, so the procurement and delivery of raw materials to European countries is an expensive process. The use of expensive raw materials predetermines final cost product, therefore there was a need to use a substitute for natural material.

Artificial rattan is produced by extrusion of polyethylene and rubber. To give necessary properties special additives are added. A substitute for natural rattan has sufficient hardness for making furniture, while the thickness artificial material does not exceed 12 mm. Rattan obtained as a result of polymer extrusion has the following positive qualities:

1. Available in a wide variety of colors and textures.
2. Easily tolerates high humidity and exposure to ultraviolet radiation.
3. The material can be reused after recycling.
4. Does not require special care.

Considering such positive traits, a business producing wicker furniture from artificial rattan to order will be highly profitable, primarily due to minimizing the cost of purchasing basic raw materials. An artificial analogue will cost the entrepreneur much less, which will significantly reduce the cost finished product.

Polyrattan furniture: production process

Furniture made from synthetic rattan is made by hand, so to operate a large workshop you will need to hire highly qualified weaving craftsmen. If you have experience self-made rattan products, then personnel can be trained without the involvement of professional braiders. To develop original sketches, you will also need to hire a designer, and for large production volumes and significant volumes individual orders There should be several such specialists.

Furniture production is carried out in the following sequence:

1. A detailed sketch is made.
2. In production metal base.
3. Weaving furniture is carried out according to the sketch.
4. Final processing products.

At the last stage of the production of artificial rattan furniture, excess is trimmed, as well as the furniture is coated with varnish or other protective compounds.

Raw materials for the production of polyrattan furniture

For efficient production Furniture made from this synthetic rattan cannot be done without the use of the following materials:

1. Artificial rattan in bays.
2. Metal rods for making the base.
3. Paint and varnish materials for final processing.

The largest item of expenditure among the necessary purchases will be the purchase of rattan, which large quantities is produced in China, so even with considerable delivery costs, the cost of such material will be noticeably lower than the material offered domestic manufacturer. The price of artificial rattan starts from 220 rubles per kilogram, regardless of the color of the purchased raw material.

Metal parts And paints and varnishes can be easily purchased both in the retail network and through intermediaries engaged in the sale of these goods in wholesale quantities. The latter option is more preferable because the cost of products purchased in large quantities will be noticeably lower.

How to reduce costs?

Considering the fact that it is not always possible to buy artificial rattan in our country at the best price. Many entrepreneurs involved in the production of artificial rattan products purchase and install equipment for the independent production of synthetic raw materials. The cost of such equipment is quite high and machines have to be purchased abroad, but even for a medium-sized factory in terms of the volume of furniture produced, this option for reducing costs will be very effective. Thanks to the installation of equipment, there will be no need to purchase artificial rattan in coils, and the difference between purchased raw materials and those made independently will allow you to fully recoup the investment within 1 year.

Types of artificial rattan furniture

The larger the range of artificial rattan furniture produced, the easier it will be to sell a large volume of finished products.

The most popular products made from this material are.

1. Chaise lounge

Owners of private houses often purchase this type of furniture for installation on personal plot under open air. Also, these products are well purchased by private hotels and other representatives of businesses focused on people's recreation.

1. Armchair

This artificial wicker furniture is most often produced in the form of wheelchairs. Products made from polyrattan are lightweight, high mechanical strength and good aesthetic indicators. These products are purchased by people who want to tastefully furnish a room with a fireplace or any other room where they can sit in a cozy armchair.

1. Sofa

A very popular type of furniture that can be made to order. Thus, in addition to the standard furniture supplied to the retail chain, it will be possible to significantly expand the volume of production through the sale of sofas, the design of which will be made in a single copy.

In addition to the listed models, it is in good demand garden furniture from artificial rattan, especially hanging models, which can be easily installed in the garden.

Furniture can be manufactured either individually or in the form of sets. A set of artificial rattan furniture made in the same style is perfect for furnishing a living room. A set of furniture can also be made for placement outdoors, especially in a barbecue area or on the lawn near a fountain or alpine slide.

Sales of finished products

Artificial rattan furniture enjoys in great demand, while manufacturers quality products There is not much of this type of material, so you can start this type of business even with small production volumes. Sales of finished products are possible both through company stores, which can be opened in many cities of the country, and through online platforms. The latter option is ideal for small production. Street and country furniture made from artificial rattan can be advertised on gardening forums. To do this, just contact the site owners and agree on placement advertising banner on home page. Visitors will follow a link to the online store, where they will be able to select furniture from the available range or order products according to an individually designed sketch. The production of custom-made furniture is more preferable due to the guaranteed sale of manufactured products.

Profitability of polyrattan furniture production

A properly established technology for the production of artificial rattan furniture will allow you to minimize the cost, which, given the high cost of the finished product, will allow you to return the investment within the first 6 months of operation furniture factory. If the production of furniture from artificial rattan will be carried out on our own without the involvement of hired labor, and your own premises will be used to locate the workshop, then an initial capital of 150 - 200 thousand rubles will be enough to open own business for the production of high-quality rattan products. If you have no experience in making such products, you can learn. For this purpose, it is enough to study the literature and watch a video on the Internet on the topic of how to make wicker furniture from artificial rattan with your own hands.

In this way you can organize a small home business, the expense part of which will be significantly reduced due to the absence of the need to pay rent, and there will also be no need to spend time and money on travel. If you have an empty garage, then you can use this room for small production. Outbuildings that are connected to electricity can also be converted into a workshop.

Conclusion

How to start your own artificial rattan furniture production is easy to figure out if you read this article, but the subtleties of this business, as well as all the nuances and pitfalls can only be studied by starting the direct production and sale of this product.

Today our Factory is located onstages of active development and sells its products throughout Russia and abroad. The company produces up to 3000 products per month, in our warehouses about 2000 products in stock, - we can fully be called the largest factory for the production of wicker furniture from artificial rattan in Russia.

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About the range of products

The wide range of mebius wicker furniture includes chairs, armchairs, rocking chairs, tables, sun loungers, hanging chairs, lunch, coffee groups, comfortable sets for lounge areas, barbecue, which will look beautiful and dignified in a restaurant, hotel, country house, on the beach, at your favorite cottage and at home. The environmental friendliness of artificial rattan, thoughtful ergonomics, strength and durability - all this is put into each of our products with the warmth of the hands of our braiders and the love of everyone who creates furniture.

The factory produces as models from the catalog, so by designcustomer.

What is artificial rattan?

Artificial rattan is a polymer thread produced by extrusion. At a certain temperature, the plastic is melted and passed through a special hole-form. Thanks to the forming hole, a synthetic thread is formed with a certain form: crescent, rod, in the form of wooden bark, etc. Artificial rattan can have different colors and texture. The plastic components included in its composition comply with the environmental standard ISO9001.

How we make furniture

Quite complex artificial rattan furniture production technology mebiusrotang is a process that involves special high-tech equipment and manual painstaking work masters It is noteworthy that furniture is made from scratch, that is, production begins with the preparation of a plastic tape of artificial rattan and ends with a full-fledged product. The technology for producing artificial rattan tape is secret - the capsules are melted and mixed with ingredients that are known only to the manufacturer, and then rolled into long threads like noodles on a special machine. Craftsmen make the furniture frame from hardened aluminum, then paint it. Final stage- braiding of the product blank, it is performed by craftsmen only by hand.