| Description:
European
Beech Wood Floors Botanical
name: Fagus, slyvatica
| European Beech is widely used in furniture where its
light orangey tan color along with its fine graining and small
rays offer a distinct contemporary look. |
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Color Range & Color
Change:
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| Color Range:
European Beech wood floors offers a medium range of color variability in each
of the color ranges this wood is offered in. In the drying
process, Beech which is steamed yields a pink/orangey tan color,
while the un-steamed Beech wood floors yields a blonde tan colored wood. It
also comes as steamed Beech. Within each of these selections, Beech
ranges in color from a light cream color on through to a medium
tan brown and when steamed will have the pinkish/orangey
overtones.
Color Change: European
Beech wood floors undergoes a medium degree of color change with a slight
muting of the orangey tan colors and an ambering in color over
time.
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Hardness: 1300
as compared to: Red oak- 1260 & N maple- 1450
(Janka chart)
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