Wood furniture inspection in Vietnam centers on the things that cause solid-wood failure on arrival: moisture content (MC%), kiln-drying, joinery, warping and finish. FurnitureQC meters MC% across components against your destination climate (target 6–9% for the US Midwest/EU), tap-tests veneers, checks joints and finish, and verifies ISPM 15 heat treatment — the checks that prevent cracking, warping and customs quarantine.
What we check on solid-wood furniture
- Moisture content (MC%) metered across multiple components vs. the destination's equilibrium moisture content.
- Kiln-drying & ISPM 15 — heat-treatment certificate verification for all solid wood.
- Joinery & structure — mortise-and-tenon, dowel and bracket joints; load and stability tests.
- Warping — straightedge checks for bow, cup, twist and crook (≈1mm / 300mm tolerance).
- Finish — coating uniformity, color match, runs, bubbling and peeling.
- Veneer — tap-test for delamination; edge-banding adhesion.
Why moisture content decides everything
Wood that ships at Vietnam factory-floor humidity will lose moisture and crack in a dry US winter. The single pre-production MC% check is the highest-ROI inspection in solid wood — see our moisture case study and defect library.
MC% 6–9%ISPM 15ISO 2859-1Warping ≤1mm/300mm