Tight Grained Hardwood

That s why white oak works so well for whiskey barrels and outdoor furniture.

Tight grained hardwood.

Formal traditional for select grades. Its grain varies from straight to roey and its texture is fine to medium with an oily appearance. Beautiful delicate grain with character. Unparalleled quality rich consistent color and exceptionally tight grain make northern hardwoods the premier choice in wood flooring.

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. Casual rustic for character grades. Its innate beauty comes from its rich dark tones found in the heartwood. Dominant red tones return.

Its light color appears similar to domestic maple but its grain resembles that of beech. 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. Slight tight grain pattern that is similar to hard maple.

Darkens with exposure to light. This richly grained tropical hardwood is very scarce and is classified as rare or endangered throughout its natural habitat. Basswood boxwood douglas fir sitka spruce maple alder italian walnut. Bocote is native to colombia cuba honduras mexico and nicaragua.

Hardness is one of the chief indicators of durability and wear resistance. Beech is a wood with high crush strength and medium stiffness. Beyond that there are as many different wood grain patterns as there are trees. Some well known types of close grained wood are.

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. It is a fine tight grain and has large medullar rays. Asian hardwood is somewhat characterless without stain.

82 harder than red oak. One excellent characteristic of beech is the fact that it does stain and polish well. European beech is a heavy pale colored medium to hard wood. Strong as hard maple however it is two thirds as hard and may dent.

White oak on the other hand has such a tight cell structure that water can t pass.