Tight Grained Hardwood

82 harder than red oak.

Tight grained hardwood.

Its grain varies from straight to roey and its texture is fine to medium with an oily appearance. This richly grained tropical hardwood is very scarce and is classified as rare or endangered throughout its natural habitat. Formal traditional for select grades. One excellent characteristic of beech is the fact that it does stain and polish well.

There are three basic types of wood grains produced by different methods of sawing wood. Beautiful delicate grain with character. That s why white oak works so well for whiskey barrels and outdoor furniture. Beyond that there are as many different wood grain patterns as there are trees.

Casual rustic for character grades. It is a fine tight grain and has large medullar rays. Some well known types of close grained wood are. Beech is a wood with high crush strength and medium stiffness.

Asian hardwood has a hardness rating of 960 on the janka hardness scale comparable to black cherry and mahogany. Some like basswood and holly have almost no visible grain while catalpa and red oak usually have striking patterns. The tree varies in height to a maximum of 100 feet. Asian hardwood is somewhat characterless without stain.

Strong as hard maple however it is two thirds as hard and may dent. Hardness is one of the chief indicators of durability and wear resistance. Its light color appears similar to domestic maple but its grain resembles that of beech. Bocote is native to colombia cuba honduras mexico and nicaragua.

European beech is a heavy pale colored medium to hard wood. Basswood boxwood douglas fir sitka spruce maple alder italian walnut. Choose from northern hard maple northern red oak northern white oak american cherry yellow birch red birch northern ash and hickory. Slight tight grain pattern that is similar to hard maple.

Unparalleled quality rich consistent color and exceptionally tight grain make northern hardwoods the premier choice in wood flooring. Lignum vitae a hardwood native to the west indies has the finest grain of any wood known and an ironlike density. Beech is similar in appearance to maple and birch. Darkens with exposure to light.

Its innate beauty comes from its rich dark tones found in the heartwood.