Choosing the Perfect Look: I get many questions about finish solutions for a newly installed product. Just today I fielded an inquiry about how to seal up and enhance the looks of a fire escape I installed earlier this year. It was a bargain job, with Yellawood and a cedar railing system, but for the moment, […]
Environmental Issues and Hardwood Decking
Environmental Issues: Often, lumber imports are blamed for many of the environmental issues facing our world today. However, over 94% of rain forest degradation is due to the agricultural practice of clear cutting giant swaths of land. Furthermore, this material is often burnt to make way for cattle pastures or crop growing. Ownership Motives Lumber […]
Know your wood: Purpleheart
Purpleheart A good pictorial detailing this purpleheart guitar’s construction here. Trade Names: Purpleheart , Amaranth Taxonomy: Kingdom: Plantae – Plants Subkingdom: Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision: Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class: Liliopsida – Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass: Rosidae Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae – Pea family Genus: Peltogyne Species: porphyrocardia, venosa, […]
Know your wood: Peruvian Walnut
Peruvian Walnut Hey, if you’re already putting the money into a 1938 Rolls-Royce, go right ahead and deck out the body in Nogal. Trade Name: Nogal, Peruvian walnut, South American walnut, Andean walnut Genus: Juglans neotropica Janka Hardness (pounds-force): 1080 Description: Peruvian walnut, or Nogal, is darker than its North American cousin Black walnut, and […]