Tight Grained Hardwood

Its grain varies from straight to roey and its texture is fine to medium with an oily appearance.

Tight grained hardwood.

That s why white oak works so well for whiskey barrels and outdoor furniture. This richly grained tropical hardwood is very scarce and is classified as rare or endangered throughout its natural habitat. Beech is similar in appearance to maple and birch. Some well known types of close grained wood are.

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. Dominant red tones return. Hardness is one of the chief indicators of durability and wear resistance.

Beech is a wood with high crush strength and medium stiffness. Bocote is native to colombia cuba honduras mexico and nicaragua. Its innate beauty comes from its rich dark tones found in the heartwood. European beech is a heavy pale colored medium to hard wood.

Asian hardwood is somewhat characterless without stain. Choose from northern hard maple northern red oak northern white oak american cherry yellow birch red birch northern ash and hickory. Lignum vitae a hardwood native to the west indies has the finest grain of any wood known and an ironlike density. Slight tight grain pattern that is similar to hard maple.

Its light color appears similar to domestic maple but its grain resembles that of beech. Beyond that there are as many different wood grain patterns as there are trees. It is a fine tight grain and has large medullar rays. The tree varies in height to a maximum of 100 feet.

Beautiful delicate grain with character. Darkens with exposure to light. Casual rustic for character grades. 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. Basswood boxwood douglas fir sitka spruce maple alder italian walnut. Unparalleled quality rich consistent color and exceptionally tight grain make northern hardwoods the premier choice in wood flooring. Some like basswood and holly have almost no visible grain while catalpa and red oak usually have striking patterns.

Asian hardwood has a hardness rating of 960 on the janka hardness scale comparable to black cherry and mahogany.