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Country
origin: Central Africa
Description: African
Padauk wood floors have a medium hard specie used primarily for its vibrant orange/red
color.
Color Range: African Padauk wood floors offer a medium range of color variability from
medium oranges through to vivid oranges with darker striping when
freshly milled. Please see Color Change below as African Padauk changes
color dramatically over time.
Color
Change: African Padauk wood floors undergoes an extreme
degree of color change with pronounced darkening from the vivid orange
color when freshly milled to a dark red almost black color when fully
aged/oxidized. Oil finishes hasten this process and allow the full color
change to occur while water based finishes inhibit the full color range.
Botanical
name: Pterocarpus, soyauxii
Hardness:
1725
as compared to: Red oak- 1260 & N maple- 1450 (Janka chart)
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