Tight Grained Hardwood

Formal traditional for select grades.

Tight grained hardwood.

Bocote is native to colombia cuba honduras mexico and nicaragua. Beech is similar in appearance to maple and birch. Its grain varies from straight to roey and its texture is fine to medium with an oily appearance. Hardness is one of the chief indicators of durability and wear resistance.

Sapwood has a pale yellowish color wood color deepens to a deep reddish brown when exposed to the sun and will naturally dark over time. 82 harder than red oak. Beautiful delicate grain with character. Some like basswood and holly have almost no visible grain while catalpa and red oak usually have striking patterns.

Choose from northern hard maple northern red oak northern white oak american cherry yellow birch red birch northern ash and hickory. Basswood boxwood douglas fir sitka spruce maple alder italian walnut. Asian hardwood is somewhat characterless without stain. There are three basic types of wood grains produced by different methods of sawing wood.

Dominant red tones return. Lignum vitae a hardwood native to the west indies has the finest grain of any wood known and an ironlike density. Beech is a wood with high crush strength and medium stiffness. Its light color appears similar to domestic maple but its grain resembles that of beech.

Slight tight grain pattern that is similar to hard maple. Asian hardwood has a hardness rating of 960 on the janka hardness scale comparable to black cherry and mahogany. White oak on the other hand has such a tight cell structure that water can t pass. Unparalleled quality rich consistent color and exceptionally tight grain make northern hardwoods the premier choice in wood flooring.

Darkens with exposure to light. Casual rustic for character grades. Beyond that there are as many different wood grain patterns as there are trees. That s why white oak works so well for whiskey barrels and outdoor furniture.

Its innate beauty comes from its rich dark tones found in the heartwood. Some well known types of close grained wood are. This richly grained tropical hardwood is very scarce and is classified as rare or endangered throughout its natural habitat. European beech is a heavy pale colored medium to hard wood.

It is a fine tight grain and has large medullar rays.