Tight Grained Hardwood Board

This special type of closed grain hardwood measures an impressive 1 300 lbf on the janka hardness scale.

Tight grained hardwood board.

Close grained wood makes good cutting boards because it does not readily absorb water. This type of wood is food safe which makes it ideal for use in the kitchen. Always sand in the direction of the grain of the wood never diagonally or across it at right angles. This method creates boards with greater stability than flat sawn wood and often displays straight grain with distinct ray flecks showing in certain species.

Measuring 1 300 lbf on the hardness scale this food safe closed grained hardwood is non damaging to knives and offers stellar scratch and impact resistance outdone only by hard maple. This determines whether or not the surface requires application of a filler to get a smoother finish. Dust the surface and apply your water based primer stain or clear coat. Hardwoods make the best cutting boards.

Technically speaking when we talk about wood grain we refer to the direction of the wood fibers. When wood finishers refer to a hardwood as open grained or close grained they re talking about the relative size of the pores. A butchers block normally has the wood grain turned up on end and a cutting board has the grain running the length of the board. Hardwood lumber is cut to maximize the yield of the log and with the result being a random width product.

However the terms are used to describe both and are no longer exclusive. Vertical grain douglas fir clears. S4s boards for retail programs. Because the grain is especially tight you won t have to worry about the wood absorbing water and becoming warped.

Ironwood gourmet plays with the natural textures of the woods to create beautiful cutting boards such as an end grain board with an edge grain frame and juice groove or a patchwork board combining both end and edge grains. Close grained wood has tightly packed fibers with tight pores whereas open grain wood has larger pores. Western red cedar clears. Our sales representatives can assist you in determining the board footage needed for your job.

Western red cedar sound tight knot. Quarter sawing is the method of milling boards by first cutting a log lengthwise into quarters and milling from the center out keeping the grain angle between 60 and 90 degrees.