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Botanical Name: Quercus sap
Other names: Northern red oak,
American red oak, Canadian red oak, gray oak. |
| Red oak, the most
common oak variety in North America, grows very quickly – young
trees often sprout a foot a year. |
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Sources: Canada and Eastern U.S.A. |
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Characteristics: Straight grain,
coarse texture; pinkish red color.
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Finishing: Satisfactory because of
open pores It should be filled before any finishing or painting. |
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Grain: The grain is distinguished
by rays, which reflect light and add to its attractiveness.
Depending on the way the logs are sawn into timber (rift-cut,
flat sliced, flat sawn, rotary cut, quartered), many distinctive
and sought after patterns emerge: flake figures, pin stripes,
fine lines, leafy grains and watery figures. |
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