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- ACACIA NATURAL HANDSCRAPED
- ACACIA GOLDEN HANDSCRAPED
- AFRICAN CHERRY HANDSCRAPED
- CUMARU NATURAL HANDSCRAPED
- HICKORY BISCOTTI HANDSCRAPED
- HICKORY BROWN HANDSCRAPED
- JATOBA NATURAL HANDSCRAPED
- JATOBA BROWN HANDSCRAPED
- JATOBA WALNUT HANDSCRAPED
- MAPLE SMOKEY TOPAZ HANDSCRAPED
- MAPLE TOBACCO HANDSCRAPED
- TIGERWOOD NATURAL HANDSCRAPED
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GENERATION – AFRICAN CHERRY HANDSCRAPED
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The sapwood of padouk tends to be a very uniform cream/pale beige color, while the heartwood contains rich reddish-orange tones that over time ages to a deep reddish or purple brown color sometimes even black. Padouk is moderately coarse with large pores and a mixture of straight and interlocking grain.
AFRICAN CHERRY (PADAUK)
SPECS – ½” X 5” X 1’-7’ (9 PLY PLYWOOD CORE / 2 MM WEAR LAYER)
TEXTURES AVAILABLE – HANDSCRAPED
COLORS – AFRICAN CHERRY
FINISH – 7 COATS OF TREFFERT ALUMINIUM OXIDE (ANTI SCRATCH AND ANTI ABRASIVE)
SHEEN – 15% HANDSCRAPED (GENERATION COLLECTION)
JANKA HARDNESS – 1725
ORIGIN – AFRICA
APPEARANCE – NATURAL PADAUK IS AN ORANGISH RED COLOR IN ITS NATURAL FORM. CALA’S AFRICAN CHERRY IS PADAUK WITH A STAIN WHICH STARTS AS A RICH REDDISH PURPLE AND OXIDIZES INTO A DARK PURPLISH BLACK OVER TIME WITH EXPOSURE TO LIGHT.
