Padauk

The heartwood is a vivid blood red, toning down to dark purple-brown with red streaks upon exposure. The grain is straight to interlocked with a moderately coarse texture. Weight varies from 640-800 kg/m³ (40-50 lb/ft³), average 720 kg/m³ (45 lb/ft³); specific gravity .72.

This attractive wood has high strength properties, durability and outstanding stability and is deal for high-class joinery, furniture and cabinetmakingAlso for fancy turnery and carvings, tool and knife handles, spirit levels, paddles and oars, and agricultural implementsIt has a high resistance to abrasion and makes and excellent heavy-duty flooring timber, also suitable for floors where under-floor heating has been installed because of dimensional stabilitySelected logs are sliced to form very attractive decorative veneersRenowned as a dye wood

For more information on Padauk talk to Whitmore's Timber Co Ltd