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Re: IKEA launches secondhand marketplace to compete with eBay

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Post by arendtio » Mon, Aug 26, 2024, 7:15 PM UTC

syntaxing wrote: post #31

I moved multiple times with my IKEA furniture, including disassembling some. They’ve lasted fine these past five years+. Not sure why people think IKEA furniture is “disposable” and do not last.

Many compare it to furniture made out of solid wood (how everything was before IKEA). Those things are of much higher quality (they could easily be used over decades, sometimes over centuries); compared to them, IKEA stuff is cheap (in price and quality).

However, if you just look at IKEA stuff and compare how it evolves over multiple rounds of assembly and disassembly, there are products that are very hard to disassemble without breaking them and products that are fairly okay to disassemble and reassemble. As others have commented, it varies.

Re: IKEA launches secondhand marketplace to compete with eBay

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Post by geor9e » Tue, Aug 27, 2024, 2:41 AM UTC

bhouston wrote: post #38

syntaxing wrote: post #31

I moved multiple times with my IKEA furniture, including disassembling some. They’ve lasted fine these past five years+. Not sure why people think IKEA furniture is “disposable” and do not last.

There are few different levels of Ikea furniture quality. If you buy the lowest quality, it is composed of "particle board" (AKA pressed sawdust) and "corrugated cardboard" ( https://youtu.be/24F5JlKkxR4?t=76 ). This furniture is incredibly easy to break and it will often not support being screwed together twice. If you buy the higher quality furniture, which is often soft wood like pine (which is still incredibly lo…

I like to use their uncut kitchen countertops and drill holes for legs to make tables https://www.ikea.com/us/en/cat/butcher-block-countertops-464...

But yeah, I think thats the closest you'll get to hardwood anything at ikea

Re: IKEA launches secondhand marketplace to compete with eBay

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Post by timbo1642 » Tue, Aug 27, 2024, 2:41 AM UTC

UI_at_80x24 wrote: post #3

It's been my experience that a lot of Ikea things barely survive the first owner and rarely survive a move. This looks like it solves the worst of those two problems. On that note; I've found that if you add glue or contact-cement to the joints of the bookcases when you assemble them, the resulting bookcases are substantially more durable.

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Re: IKEA launches secondhand marketplace to compete with eBay

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Post by dazc » Tue, Aug 27, 2024, 4:39 PM UTC

AwaAwa wrote: post #53

dazc wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have always used a generous amount of wood glue to the joints of any self-assembly furniture with the result being the furniture stays in one piece long after the finishing material has become worn and shabby. The fixings supplied and the material construction are just not capable of providing a solid, permanent result otherwise.

I would think that applying glue contributes to the reason why the furniture doesn't survive the first owner/disassembly. Unless this is meant for subsequent owners/houses? I've never had an issue with IKEA disassembly/assembly having moved/lived/purchased across 3 continents, but I have always done my own assembly/disassembly.

For bulky furniture that can not be easily transported in one piece you are correct.