COMMONLY USED VENEERS
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| Cherry |
Generally used in fine furniture, flooring, and architectural woodwork, Cherry is a very attractive, close grained wood which has a heartwood color that ranges from a light to a beautiful medium reddish-brown. On a Cherry veneer, a transparent finish creates an extremely attractive rich luster.
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| Hickory |
Commonly used for tool handles and sporting equipment, Hickory has a varied grain from straight to sometimes irregular and wavy. Because of its hardness, workability is difficult, blunting cutting blades easily. If you're ever hungry, chip up some hickory, since its chips are useful in smoking meat
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| Khaya |
| (African Mahogany) |
The heartwood varies from light to deep reddish- brown. The grain is straight to interlocked, and has a moderately coarse texture. Khaya (African Mahogany) is widely used for furniture and cabinetmaking, office, shop and bank fitting, interior joinery, boatbuilding and vehicle bodies. Rotary cut logs are used for plywood and sliced veneers for decorative work.
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| Knotty Pine |
Knotty Pine is an evergreen species with a wood that ranges from a beautiful, almost pure, white to an extremely attractive pale cream. The grain of this species is straight and uniform. Knotty Pine is quite often used for woodwork, musical instruments, and various construction needs such as windows, doors, frames, and carpentry in general.
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| Maple |
Maple has a tight grained pattern which is useful for both a stained or a painted panel. The sapwood of the Maple resembles a reddish ivory, while the heartwood ranges from a brownish grey to a darker reddish brown. Maple is often used in combination with birch to make cabinets, furniture, flooring, and other fixtures.
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Red Oak |
The open and abundant heartwood of the red oak ranges from a reddish tan to brown. The grain is rough with many porous areas. The Red Oak veneer is popular for furniture, flooring, molding, cabinets, architectural woodwork, and other fixtures.
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| White Oak |
White Oak has a hardness and strength that makes it a constant favorite for furniture and fixtures. It has an open grain and varies considerably in color from light grayish tan to a warm brown.
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| Walnut |
Walnut has several interesting variations in its grain pattern, that add to its distinctive nature, which become much more evident depending on the way the wood is cut. The heartwood varies from a gray-brown to a dark purplish brown. Because of the cost of the product, Walnut is generally used primarily for upscale office and home furnishings.
